Supercomputing in plain english: teaching cyberinfrastructure to computing novices

Authors:
Henry Neeman;Horst Severini;Dee Wu
Affiliations:
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma;University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma;University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City OK
Venue:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2008

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Abstract

The field of Cyberinfrastructure (CI) has experienced rapid and exciting progress in enabling technologies, but much slower improvements in application codes, largely because of the ongoing disconnect between the CI and application research communities. At the University of Oklahoma, the OU Supercomputing Center for Education & Research (OSCER) is addressing this issue using a multipronged pedagogical strategy that combines workshops, tours, question-and-answer and "rounds" (one-on-one interactions), with minimal jargon, using storytelling and analogies to capture the essential properties of Cyberinfrastructure.