Introduction to the Education Center on
Computational Science & Engineering
Department Chairs & Center Directors, SDSU College of Sciences
Nov. 3, 1997
Enhancing Undergraduate Curricula with High Performance Computing
Tools and Technologies for the California State University System and
the National Education Community
The Partnership for Advanced Computing Infrastructure (PACI) is a
large, five year grant from the National Science Foundation's Division
of Advanced Scientific Computing (DASC) supporting two High Performance
Computing (HPC) Centers in
San Diego and
Champaign-Urbana
, to build the
national infrastructure in HPC through partnerships. NSF/PACI also
supports two HPC Centers in Pittsburgh and Cornell as they "ramp down"
their service to the national community and transition their users,
as appropriate, to San Diego and/or Champaign-Urbana.
- Who are the other NPACI partners?
- The partnership
is truly national and involves different levels
of participation from the
Resource, Research & Education
partners who provide allocatable compute and data resources,
Reseach & Education
partners providing leadership in the thrust areas,
Associate
partners providing additional intellectual linkages to the partnership, and
Industrial partners who make significant intellectual and/or
financial contributions to the partnership.
- What is the mission of the EC/CSE?
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Foster the incorporation of high performance
research tools for scientific investigation into the
undergraduate curriculum to better prepare learners
for post-Baccalaureate activities where
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collaborative, interdisciplinary teams,
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sophisticated computer tools and
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effective communication among the
team members and with others
are used in research and problem solving.
- How can the faculty become involved?
- The Education Center staff (myself, Dr. Ilya Zaslavsky and Ms.
Dolores Candelario) have prepared descriptions of the opportunities
that SDSC and the NPACI offer to the nation, with a focus on identifying
opportunities to enhance undergraduate education. We are ready to
give presentations to the Colleges at SDSU who declared support for
this project last spring (Sciences, Engineering, Business Administration,
Arts & Letters, PSFA, Extended Studies), but first need to need with
individuals from the Colleges who can help us with matching NPACI
resources to faculty needs based on their teaching needs within
individual disciliplines.
Mechanism we suggest (to be modified with feedback from you)
- Meet with faculty to identify likely interests from the College
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- EC/CSE staff researches NPACI opportunities to tailor a presentation
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- EC/CSE staff makes presentation to faculty on appropriate NPACI
opportunities
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- Faculty who then show interest are invited (accompanied by
their College/Department's instructional support staff) to
come to the Ed. Center facility to pursue individualized research.
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- Graduate students will be hired (soon) and will then be assigned
to assist the faculty & support staff incorporate the High Performance
Computing Tools into the undergraduate curriculum.
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- What can the EC/CSE do for you?
- EC/CSE staff gathers information on NPACI through attending workshops,
conferences and national meetings and disseminates this through the
EC/CSE home page and the Education Laboratory - #73 Library Addition, SDSU.
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