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Curriculum Development for CyberInfrastructure (CI):
Perspective on Key Issues
MSI C(I)^2 SDSC 26June06
Dr. Kris Stewart
San Diego State University/California State University System
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SDSU is an MSI (kinda)2
Curriculum development – CS575 Supercomputing for the SciencesBased on SDSC Summer Institute workshop and computing resources from SDSC
Most recent curriculum –3d Game Programming for Simulation (Torque)NSF EPIC research project and collaboration with SDSC Visualization (S Cutchin)http://www.stewart.cs.sdsu.edu/cs596.html
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Resources:
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Building the Community of Faculty
• The challenges are people-centric, not technology-centric and of interest to the HPC community
• Systemic Change requires understanding the system and working within it
• Empower teachers (find the time), recognition (from chair/dean), support (student assistants)
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Assessment not just requirement
Rather, found to be• vital tool to assist in clarifying student and
faculty needs• improve prioritization skills• validation of focus on human factors to integrate
HPC (modeling & visualization) into undergrad curriculum
U. Wisconsin LEAD for 1998/99 Ed Center evaluationwww.cae.wisc.edu/~lead/pages/products/eot-paci.pdf
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Lessons Learned
• Network brings resources to YOUR desktop (or lab or class)
• Computer network is community resource with individual opportunities & responsibilities
• Efforts within your local environment to raise awareness, but must credit the external source
• National partnerships, EPIC, EOT-PACI and this workshop. Voices that local colleagues listen to (more than you)
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• Numerical Analyst* led to• Supercomputing and Undergraduate Education (SUE**)
led to• Supercomputing Teacher Enhancement Program
(STEP***) led to• Education Center on Computational Science &
Engineering (EC/CSE) part of EOT-PACI (1997)• ECCSE joins Engaging People in Cyberinfrastructure
(EPIC) led to 3d Game Programming (digital natives-JSB)
Kris’ Faculty Background(Kris Stewart, Director, San Diego State University, California State University System)
* MS/CS SDSU 1979, JPL 1981, PhD UNM 1987, SDSU 1984** SDSC (1991); UCES (DoEnergy 1994) *** Smithsonian Research Collection (1996)
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More Outside Wisdom – JSBJohn Seely Brown – 17Jan05 @ SDSU
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JSBwww.johnseelybrown.com
• Having the credentials that a computer science geek respects (Chief Scientist, Xerox; Director Xerox PARC)
• Having publications that the education community validates (he joined the HBR debate on “IT matters to Higher Ed”* in letter to editor)
*HBR May 2003 IT Doesn’t Matter – Nicholas G. Carr *Does IT Matter to Higher Education? – Jack McCredie, Educause Review Nov02
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Grid Curriculum – Mary Thomas
Introduction to Grid Computing
rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/mthomas/courses/spring05/cs696/index.html (all on 1 line)
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Next Step for You
• Participating in this workshop is excellent to learn first-hand of the resources
• Attend SC06, join plans for SC07-09 (thanks Scott Lathrop)
• Assessment is important (for you, your peers, your students) to demonstrate value
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Where did it begin? 1998/99 Assessment by LEAD
Background• Workshop in Wisconsin April 1997 to learn about assessment and make it real to the EOT-PACI (NPACI and NCSA Education Teams)• NPACI started 01 October 1997• EC/CSE requested assessment for 1998 project
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NSF/EHRNational Science
Foundation/Education and Human Resources
Directorate
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02057/start.htm
LEADAssessment and
Evaluation1998 Formative for the
ECCSEhttp://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~lead/pages/products/
eot-paci.pdf Updated NSF User-Friendly Handbook
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More Information?
• Kris StewartProfessor, Computer Science, SDSUDirector, ECCSE, NPACI/[email protected]
• www.edcenter.sdsu.edu
www.eotepic.orgThis work supported by NSF 520146
www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0520146
