CyberTraining: CDL: iPDC - Summer Institute for Integrating Parallel and Distributed Computing in Introductory Programming Classes

Cyber​​Training：CDL：iPDC - 在入门编程课程中集成并行和分布式计算的夏季学院

• 批准号: 1730417
• 负责人: Michael Rogers
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Tennessee Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1730417&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberTraining; CDL; iPDC; Summer; Institute

The computing landscape has been changed in recent years due to the pervasive shift to multicore and GPU-based computer architectures. The current and future generations of our computing workforce will require the acquisition of a broad parallel and distributed computing (PDC) skill set, to enable the effective utilization of existing and emerging computing devices and cyber infrastructures. The current undergraduate computer science (CS) and computing engineering (CE) curricula, in most cases, do not integrate PDC concepts as required topics. The overall goal of the project is to prepare CS, CE, and Engineering undergraduate students for their future careers in light of this technological shift towards parallelism by improving faculty expertise in PDC through a series of week-long training workshops and by providing them with the resources to integrate PDC topics into introductory programming classes. This will enable the future workforce to contribute effectively in the emerging technological ecosystem, promoting the progress of science and advancing the national health, prosperity and welfare, which serves the national interest, as stated by NSF's mission. Based on the training of the trainer model, this project will be conducting a series of week-long workshops for non PDC CS1 and CS2 instructors through whom the project will be able to reach a larger audience of CS and CE undergraduates. The project will leverage existing PDC educational resources to enact a two-phase plan. The first phase is to conduct a preliminary planning workshop to plan and develop a faculty development workshop and the IPDC toolkit. The IPDC toolkit will be an all-inclusive resource repository for the easy integration of PDC topics in introductory programming class without much effort required from the instructor. In the second phase a series five training workshops will be conducted over three years. These intensive faculty development workshops will include: 1) introduction to PDC concepts, 2) developing parallel programs using libraries and tools like Open MP, Java, and Mat lab, 3) PDC concepts through unplugged activities, 4) hands-on programming modules, 5) access to tools and information beyond the scope of IPDC. Continuous improvement through assessment and evaluation will be an integral part of the project. The projects goal is to reach seventy-five faculty over 3 years period who in turn will introduce PDC concepts and topics to over four thousand undergraduates per year. The participants selected for the project will come from institutions primarily involved in teaching but lack research infrastructure and PDC resources. Beyond the NSF funding cycle, the project will continue to provide online faculty development workshops and mini-workshops, using the IPDC toolkit, at CS and CE education conferences.

近年来，由于向基于多功能和基于GPU的计算机体系结构的普遍转变，计算领域已发生了变化。我们的计算劳动力的当前和后代将需要获取广泛的平行和分布式计算（PDC）技能集，以便有效利用现有和新兴的计算设备和网络基础架构。在大多数情况下，当前的本科计算机科学（CS）和计算工程（CE）课程不会根据需要的主题整合PDC概念。该项目的总体目标是通过通过一系列一周的一周培训研讨会来改善PDC的教师专业知识，并为他们提供资源，并提供将PDC主题集成到入门编程中，以改善PDC中的教师专业知识，从而使CS，CE和工程本科生为未来的职业做好准备。如NSF的使命所述，这将使未来的劳动力能够在新兴的技术生态系统中有效贡献，从而促进科学进步并推进为国家利益的国家健康，繁荣和福利。根据培训师模型的培训，该项目将为非PDC CS1和CS2讲师进行一系列为期一周的研讨会，该项目将能够吸引更多的CS和CE本科生。该项目将利用现有的PDC教育资源制定两相计划。 第一阶段是举办初步计划研讨会，以计划和开发教师发展研讨会和IPDC工具包。 IPDC工具包将是一个包罗万象的资源存储库，用于在入门编程类中轻松整合PDC主题，而无需讲师的努力。在第二阶段，A系列五年培训研讨会将在三年内举办。这些密集的教师开发研讨会将包括：1）PDC概念的简介，2）使用库和工具（例如开放MP，Java和Mat Lab）制定并行程序，3）通过插电活动的活动，4）动手编程模块，5）5）5）访问IPDC范围以外的工具和信息。通过评估和评估的持续改进将是该项目不可或缺的一部分。项目的目标是在三年内达到75名教职员工，而这些教师又将在每年将PDC概念和主题引入四千多本大学生。为该项目选择的参与者将来自主要参与教学的机构，但缺乏研究基础设施和PDC资源。除了NSF融资周期之外，该项目还将继续使用IPDC工具包，在CS和CE教育会议上提供在线教师开发研讨会和迷你工作坊。

项目成果

Integrating Parallel Computing in Introductory Programming Classes: An Experience and Lessons Learned

将并行计算集成到编程入门课程中：经验和教训

• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75178-8_18
• 发表时间: 2017
• 期刊: Proceedings of the Euro-EDUPAR 2017 workshop of the 23rd International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing
• 作者: Ghafoor, Sheikh K.

Unplugged Activities to Introduce Parallel Computing in Introductory Programming Classes: an Experience Report

在入门编程课程中引入并行计算的不插电活动：经验报告

• DOI: 10.1145/3304221.3325573
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: ITiCSE '19: Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
• 作者: Ghafoor, Sheikh K.;Brown, David W.;Rogers, Mike;Hines, Thomas
• 通讯作者: Hines, Thomas

Faculty Development Workshops for Integrating PDC in Early Undergraduate Curricula: An Experience Report

将 PDC 纳入早期本科课程的教师发展研讨会：经验报告

• DOI: 10.1145/3624062.3624097
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: and Analysis (SCW 2023
• 作者: Ghafoor, Sheikh K.;Brown, David W.;Haynes, Ada;Rogers, Mike
• 通讯作者: Rogers, Mike

A Framework for the Evaluation of Parallel and Distributed Computing Educational Resources

并行和分布式计算教育资源评估框架

• DOI: 10.1109/ipdpsw50202.2020.00057
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: 2020 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW
• 作者: Brown, David W.;Ford, Vitaly;Ghafoor, Sheikh K.
• 通讯作者: Ghafoor, Sheikh K.