Super-Partnerships: Computational Science Curricula,
High Performance Computing and SIAM
SIAM 99 Minisymposium
Annual Meeting - Atlanta GA - May 14, 1999

10:30 AM-12:30 PM Room: Georgia 1

This URL is http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu/siam99/index.html

Building on the enthusiastic participation of the SIAM membership July 1998 sharing our community's support of Computational Science, this minisymposium highlights two distinct curricular efforts in this field complemented by activities from the NSF Partnerships for Advanced Computing Infrastructure (PACIs). Academics, industrialists and students will find common interests here and an extended discussion on mechanisms for locale-dependent/sensitive replication is extected to follow.

Interdisciplinary Education and Research in Computational Science and Engineering

Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) is inherently interdisciplinary and frequently collaborative. In this talk we consider the educational implications of this increasingly prevalent mode of scientific research and engineering practice, including such issues as practical training and career development. To work effectively in such an environment, students must become proficient in computing technology, including scientific computing methods and the practical use of high performance computer architectures, as well as in one or more applied disciplines. We outline an approach to providing a curriculum to prepare students to work effectively in CSE, as well as the provision of relevant research experience, sense of teamwork, and appropriate role models as part of the overall educational experience. 
Michael T. Heath, Director
Computational Science & Engineering Program
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Broadening Computational Science: Simulation and Internetics

As in CompSciSc98 and Internetics, we will discuss a broad definition of computational science to be the interdiciplinary area between computer science and all application areas. We suggest traditionally that simulation has been focus of computational science but that today there is an order of magnitude more student interest in information based applications.

Geoff Fox presentation 

Geoffrey Fox gcf@npac.syr.edu 
Director of the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center (NPAC) 
and Professor of Physics and Professor of Computer Science 
Syracuse University  
Syracuse, NY 13244-4100  
NPAC homepage 
Phone (315) 4432163 
(315) 4431723 npac central) 
Fax:(315) 4434741

Repositories and Online Tools

Key elements of professional computational science are reflected in repositories and online tools which support scientific communication, sharing of data and other information, and investigation. As we develop and prototype such tools within the two NSF Parttnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastucture (NPACI and the Alliance), we are also exploring their use to support education at various levels. This discussion will introduce examples of online tools and will describe the repositories we are building.

Roscoe Giles presentation 

Roscoe C. Giles                         MARINER Project
Department of Electrical                Center for Computational Science
  & Computer Engineering
Boston University
8 St. Mary's Street
Boston MA, 02215
roscoe@bu.edu
R. Giles home page
Voice: (617) 353-9590
       (617) 353-6082
FAX:   (617) 353-6440

Building a Faculty Community to Support Computational Science & Engineering

SIAM's long history linking Higher Education academics and Industrial practitioners of applied mathematics makes it a natural venue for showcasing the international efforts in the now well established discipline of Computational Science. The linkages between the campus learning and research environments and industrial laboratories is also well established. To complete the circle, we present a project providing the incentive for faculty buy-in for curricular enhancement at the undergraduate level which focuses on High Performance Computing and the NSF sponsored Education, Outreach and Training partnership . This Faculty Fellows program is piloted at SDSU and has already succeeded with faculty from Geology, Geography and Computer Engineering.

Kris Stewart presentation 

Dr. Kris Stewart, Director 
Education Center on Computational Science & Engineering,
  an NPACI partnership activity for the CSU/SDSU
Professor                     | Senior Fellow
Math & Computer Sciences      | San Diego Supercomputer Center 
San Diego State University    | La Jolla, CA 92038-0505 
San Diego, CA  92182-8050     | -----------------------------
619.594.0491   Fax: 619.594.0433    Mail Code 8050
Campus Location: Library Addition Basement/LA 073 ("under the dome")    
stewart@sdsu.edu              
EC/CSE Homepage