A Case Study of Teaching Parallel and Distributed Computing Topics on a Computer Cluster

This paper presents the establishment of cluster computing lab at a minority serving institution that aims to provide computing resources to support undergraduate computer science curriculum. The computing resources of the cluster are managed by a job distribution environment that allows the users t...

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Published in:Journal of cases on information technology Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 58 - 71
Main Author: Lin, Hong
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hershey IGI Global 01.04.2014
Subjects:
CAI
Case studies
Clustering (Computers)
Clusters
Computation
Computer assisted instruction
Computer networks
Computer programs
Computer science
Curricula
Distributed processing
Distributed processing (Computers)
Education
Parallel processing
Platforms
Study and teaching
Teaching
Work environment
United States
ISSN:1548-7717, 1548-7725
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Summary:This paper presents the establishment of cluster computing lab at a minority serving institution that aims to provide computing resources to support undergraduate computer science curriculum. The computing resources of the cluster are managed by a job distribution environment that allows the users to upload, compile, and run their jobs. The job distribution software distributes the submitted jobs to the computing nodes of the cluster. The authors will present a case study of using this platform to teach parallel and distributed computing topics in the operating system course. The evaluation of the teaching effectiveness is presented thereafter.
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ISSN:1548-7717
1548-7725
DOI:10.4018/jcit.2014040105