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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> On Jul 23, 2006, at 10:55 PM, Scott Lathrop wrote:<br /> <br /> Homework assignment<br /> <br /> o Identify top 3 best practices/resources/programs you feel can significantly contribute to workshops for faculty and students on computational science, scientific computing and grid computing education. Please include:<br /> <br /> 1) Post-workshop follow-up, in a variety of ways. At the simple end a periodic check-in via email from one of the instructors. At the more involved end on-going virtual rounds for particular projects ala Henry Neeman&#039;s program at OSCER. These would be staffed by the instructors, enabled by the AccessGrid, and supported by the SC education program.<br /> <br /> 2) Listserv per workshop flavor (parallel and distributed computing, computational chemistry, etc.). All the instructors and anyone who taught/took a workshop would be automagically enrolled and could opt-out at their discretion.<br /> <br /> 3) BOF sessions per workshop flavor at all HPC and computational science related conferences. In some cases it may be a general &quot;SC Education Workshop&quot; BOF, for larger venues one per workshop flavor may be supportable.<br /> <br /> - the fields of science that will benefit<br /> <br /> All.<br /> <br /> - why the resources are so useful<br /> <br /> My experience is that building a community, ala e.g. the Beowulf list, is the first and most important step towards adoption of any technology.<br /> <br /> - examples of who is using the resources<br /> <br /> NA.<br /> <br /> - examples of the impact of the resources on learning<br /> <br /> Testimonial letters are available on request ;)<br /> <br /> - pros/cons of the resources<br /> <br /> Pro: Builds community. Con: Cost of teleconferencing and labor to support the consultants for the rounds.<br /> <br /> - who could best teach the material at SC or other venues<br /> <br /> NA.<br /> <br /> o Identify 3 other people/organizations in the community we should be talking with to expand the discussion of available content and/or content needs<br /> <br /> 1) Social scientists, particularly economists.<br /> <br /> 2) Biologists, population ecology and bio-informatics.<br /> <br /> 3) Environmental scientists, ground water modeling.<br /> <br /> o Identify 3 &quot;nay-sayers&quot; we need to be talking with to understand the barriers to adopting changes in the curriculum<br /> <br /> I haven&#039;t met any, yet.<br /> <br /> o Identify a business/industry contact we can approach for support including financial, mentoring, internships, content, software, etc.<br /> <br /> Stephen Wheat at Intel.<br /> George Jones at Dell. <br /> Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Washington). <br /> <br /> o Identify at least 1 internship opportunity for faculty and students<br /> <br /> Google &quot;[high performance computing || computational science] internship&quot;.<br /> <br /> o Identify 3 institutions (colleges/universities) whose faculty and students we should encourage to participate in the program<br /> <br /> Any of the GLCA schools with strong science programs (e.g. Oberlin, Wooster). A significant percentage of future faculty come from liberal arts undergraduate environments.<br /> <br /> o Include references, publications, etc of value to this discussion for posting on the web site<br /> <br /> Bootable Cluster CD - http://bccd.cs.uni.edu<br /> LittleFe - http://LittleFe.net<br /> <br /> charlie<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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