Title :
Distributed exploratorium for high performance computational techniques
Author :
Iyer, Sridhar V. ; Beck, Alan ; Ravaioli, Umberto ; Terstriep, Jeff
Author_Institution :
Nat. Center for Supercond. Applic., Illinois Univ., Champaign, IL, USA
Abstract :
The exploratorium described here consists of hyper-linked tutorials and quizzes on high performance computational concepts and computational modules implemented on different computer systems: desktop workstations, vector and parallel supercomputers. The exploratorium provides a highly interactive environment in which students can experiment with computational modules and visually compare algorithms, numerical techniques, performance and implementation related issues. Such a hands-on simulation and experimentation based learning will enable students to gain a deeper understanding of advanced concepts. The World Wide Web based exploratorium fosters the easy development of instructional material from research software
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; computer science education; hypermedia; interactive systems; Internet; World Wide Web; desktop workstations; experimentation based learning; high performance computational techniques; highly interactive environment; hyper-linked tutorials; instructional material; numerical techniques; parallel supercomputers; simulation; vector supercomputers; Application software; Computational modeling; Concurrent computing; Distributed computing; High performance computing; Packaging; Programming environments; Supercomputers; Web sites; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Supercomputing '94., Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6605-6
DOI :
10.1109/SUPERC.1994.344271
