N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Building a faculty community to support curriculum development in computational science and engineering Kris Stewart San Diego State University NPACI Ed Center on CSE

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA What is Computational Science? Science Discipline Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc. Computer Science Hardware/Software Applied Mathematics Numerical Analysis, Modeling, Simulation

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA What is Computational Science? Science Discipline Physics, Chemistry, Biology, etc. Computer Science Hardware/Software Applied Mathematics Numerical Analysis, Modeling, Simulation Teamwork and Collaboration

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA The mission of EOT-PACI is to develop human resources through the innovative use of emerging information technologies in order to understand and solve problems in education, science, business, government, and society. 4

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Education Goal: Support a national level systemic impact on CS&E education (k-12, undergrad, grad/training, informal science) mvhs1.mbhs.edu biology.ncsa.uiuc.edu whyfiles.news.wisc.edu 5

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Education: some remarkable projects Chickscope students watch embryo maturing using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) over the Web Chemviz visualization tools and curriculum for computational chemistry (quantum chemistry computations, web crystallographic databases, etc.) The WHY files explanation of science behind the news (NISE) Biology Workbench collection of computational biology tools and databases Maryland Virtual High School Core models in the K12 classroom Sociology Workbench Online tools for survey data analysis, e.g. student evaluations 6

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Learning Technologies Goal: Develop, apply, and assess computational tools that enhance learning trurl.npac.syr.edu/tango Java-based Web collaboratory for distributed learning Environmental hydrology workbench, watershed mapping and modeling tools Course broadcast over the Web 7

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Access & Inclusion Goal: Increase participation and success of women, minorities and people with disabilities in CS&E and in PACI Universal design and disability access trace.wisc.edu CDC Coalition to Diversify Computing GirlTECH Spend a Summer with a Scientist 8

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Education Center on Computational Science & Engineering 9 Mission: Foster the incorporation of high performance research tools for scientific investigation into the undergraduate curriculum to better prepare learners for post-Baccalaureate activities where: Collaborative, interdisciplinary teams, Sophisticated computer tools and Effective communication among the team members and with others are used in research and problem solving.

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Introduce the EC/CSE (duplicate slide from earlier presentaion) 10 The mission of the Ed Center on Computational Science and Engineering? Who are the people involved? Some of our projects: Some of our activities: Some resources: Sid Karin: The Importance of Science Literacy in a Computing World (see enVision Sci ence Magazine, V.15 No. 2)

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Faculty Community Faculty Fellows Program Geological Sciences, Geography, Computer Engineering Partnership with LEAD for evaluation Follow-on Activities (Susan Millar, LEAD) CATS (Classroom Assessment Techniques) FLAG (Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide) SALG (Student Assessment Learning Guide)

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Faculty Fellows Challenges and strategies building community of HPC users undergraduate faculty and students minority-serving institution, based on exploration of faculty attitudes to computing in the classroom

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Faculty Fellows Role of institutions and institutional infrastructure curriculum transformation especially important in the most demanding in terms of efforts time and other resources high performance computing and networking University faculty system of rewards does not encourage investing much effort in teaching innovations (Boyer Report)

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Faculty Fellows Stakeholders College Deans - Specific support Faculty - Compensation, and acknowledgement, of the value of the faculty members contribution Benefits College Department (Faculty Fellows as discipline-specific spokespersons for EC/CSE) Faculty (as individuals) Ed Center on Computational Science and Engineering

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Computational Science Curricula Evaluation and Assessment 15 User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation: Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education, NSF Learning through Evaluation, Adaptation and Dissemination, U. Wisconsin NPACI partner

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Evaluation and Assessment of Classroom Practice Student Surveys - Need a compatible tool for instructor to examine results with Sociology WorkBench (SWB) developed by team of undergraduate computer science majors employed by the EC/CSE

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA SWB Convenient Tool to Learn from Student Survey Data Online tool for “standard public data sets” or your own data set Small Sample, therefore only useful as feedback for the instructor Can be used with “forms” interface directly into SWB format, as in June ‘99 CSU Faculty Workshop

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA SWB as Analysis Tool

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Advancing the Computational Infrastructure Resources -- Today’s Digital Laboratory High-performance computing available today to the academic community Develop and Deploy Technology and application collaborations to push the capabilities of tomorrow’s digital laboratory Use and Apply Computational scientists applying enhanced capabilities to achieve new scientific results Disseminate and Incorporate Incorporating technologies into the digital laboratory and disseminating them for use in new communities

N ATIONAL P ARTNERSHIP FOR A DVANCED C OMPUTATIONAL I NFRASTRUCTURE Educause 99, October 29, 1999, Long Beach CA Sources of Information NPACI Partnership Report Touch the Future enVision quarterly science magazine, especially June99 “The Importance of Science Literacy in a Computing World”, Sid Karin “Online” biweekly electronic publication,