Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Title
Proceedings of the Conference on Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education, ITiCSE
Abstract
Multicore computers have become standard, and the number of cores per computer is rising rapidly. How does the new demand for understanding of parallel computing impact computer science education? In this paper, we examine several aspects of this question: (i) What parallelism body of knowledge do today's students need to learn? (ii) How might these concepts and practices be incorporated into the computer science curriculum? (iii) What resources will support computer science educators, including non-specialists, to teach parallel computing? (iv) What systemic obstacles impede this change, and how might they be overcome? We address these concerns as an initial framework for responding to the urgent challenge of injecting parallelism into computer science curricula. Copyright © 2010 ACM.
First Page
97
Last Page
115
DOI
10.1145/1971681.1971689
Publication Date
12-1-2010
Recommended Citation
Brown, Richard; Shoop, Elizabeth; Adams, Joel C.; and Clifton, Curtis, "Strategies for preparing computer science students for the multicore world" (2010). University Faculty Publications and Creative Works. 275.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/calvin_facultypubs/275