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SCHEDULE: NOV 10-16, 2012

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NSF-TCPP Curriculum Initiative on Parallel and Distributed Computing - Core Topics for Undergraduates

SESSION: NSF-TCPP Curriculum Initiative on Parallel and Distributed Computing - Core Topics for Undergraduates

EVENT TYPE: Panels

TIME: 3:30PM - 5:00PM

Panelists:Sushil Prasad, Alan Sussman, Andrew Lumsdaine, Almadena Chtchelkanova, David Padua, Krishna Kant, Manish Parashar, Arny Rosenberg, Jie Wu

ROOM:355-BC

ABSTRACT:
A working group from IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP), NSF, and the sister communities, including ACM, has taken up proposing a parallel and distributed computing (PDC) curriculum for computer science (CS) and computer engineering (CE) undergraduates. The premise of the working group is that every CS/CE undergraduate should achieve a specified skill level in PDC-related topics from the required coursework. We released a preliminary report in Dec 2010, and have had about four dozen early adopter institutions worldwide try the proposed curriculum. We have assimilated feedback from these early adopters, stakeholders and the community at large, and are preparing to release its first formal version. The proposed panel will introduce this curriculum and its rationale to the SC community. Similar panels at HiPC-10, SIGCSE-11, and IPDPS-11 were very successful, frequently arousing audience with passionate arguments and disagreements, but all agreeing to the urgent need.

Moderator/Panelist Details:

Sushil Prasad (Moderator) - Georgia State University

Alan Sussman - University of Maryland

Andrew Lumsdaine - Indiana University

Almadena Chtchelkanova - National Science Foundation

David Padua - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Krishna Kant - Intel Corporation

Manish Parashar - Rutgers University

Arny Rosenberg - Northeastern University

Jie Wu - Temple University

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