Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid'05) - Volume 1
Experiences in teaching a geographically distributed undergraduate grid computing course
Cardiff, Wales, UK
May 09-May 12
ISBN: 0-7803-9074-1
B. Wilkinson, Dept. of Comput. Sci., North Carolina Univ., Charlotte, NC, USA
C. Ferner, Nat. e-Sci. Centre, Glasgow Univ., UK
This paper describes the experiences of teaching a new undergraduate grid computing course to students across the State of North Carolina in Fall 2004. This course is specifically focused at the undergraduate level and has a large number of geographically distributed participating sites. New materials have been developed for undergraduate students. We have developed a coherent set of grid computing programming assignments. All the materials developed are available on-line. This course also had internationally known guest speakers to provide state-of-the art presentations. Apart from developing grid computing materials, a number of issues arose in using the grid computing software and coordinating the activities, which are described here.
Citation:
B. Wilkinson, M. Holliday, C. Ferner, "Experiences in teaching a geographically distributed undergraduate grid computing course," ccgrid, vol. 1, pp.59-66, Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGrid'05) - Volume 1, 2005