Parallel computing at the undergraduate level: Lessons learned and insights

Mohamed Zahran; Marsha J. Berger

doi:10.1145/3338698.3338889

Parallel computing at the undergraduate level: Lessons learned and insights

Mohamed Zahran, Marsha J. Berger

Computer Science

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All computing devices we currently use are parallel machines. This includes the whole range from portable devices to supercomputers. Until recently, parallel computing at the undergraduate level was considered an advanced elective topic in most computer science and engineering departments. If this continues, undergraduate students will not be competitive in the market. If they decide to go to graduate studies, they will be late in acquiring parallel computing skills. In this paper we discuss the challenges and insights in designing an undergraduate parallel computing course in computer science department. These insights stem from our experience in offering this course for six years, once per year.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Workshop on Computer Architecture Education, WCAE 2019
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450368421
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3338698.3338889
State	Published - Jun 22 2019
Event	2019 Workshop on Computer Architecture Education, WCAE 2019 - Phoenix, United States Duration: Jun 22 2019 → …

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Conference	2019 Workshop on Computer Architecture Education, WCAE 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Phoenix
Period	6/22/19 → …

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Hardware and Architecture
Education

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Parallel computing at the undergraduate level: Lessons learned and insights. / Zahran, Mohamed; Berger, Marsha J.
Proceedings of the Workshop on Computer Architecture Education, WCAE 2019. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2019. 3338889 (Proceedings of the Workshop on Computer Architecture Education, WCAE 2019).

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Zahran, M & Berger, MJ 2019, Parallel computing at the undergraduate level: Lessons learned and insights. in Proceedings of the Workshop on Computer Architecture Education, WCAE 2019., 3338889, Proceedings of the Workshop on Computer Architecture Education, WCAE 2019, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2019 Workshop on Computer Architecture Education, WCAE 2019, Phoenix, United States, 6/22/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3338698.3338889

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