JSU Fall98: Course Syllabus

Jackson State University
Fall 1998

Computational Science for Simulation Applications

Course Information

Instructors

Dr. Geoffrey Fox
Syracuse University
Director of NPAC
Professor of Computer Science and Physics
(315) 443-2163
gcf@npac.syr.edu
Dr. Nancy McCracken Syracuse University
Computer Science Affiliated Faculty
(315) 443-4687
njm@npac.syr.edu
Dr. Debasis Mitra Jackson State University
Computer Science Faculty
(601) 968-8252
dmitra@ccaix.jsums.edu

Course Home Page

http://osprey6.npac.syr.edu:8080/cps615course/    (permanent)
http://jsutango.wes.hpc.mil/npaccourses/projects/jsufall98/    (local)

Lectures

Tues. and Thurs., 4:30-5:50pm, Central Time

Method of Course Delivery

This course will be given at Jackson State University by instructors from Syracuse University using course materials on the Web. Lectures will be given remotely using the TANGO collaborative software. Students will go to the lab at JSU at the designated times, start the TANGO system, and join the lecture sessions. Occasionally, the instructors will come to JSU.

All course assignments will be posted on the class Web page and completed assignments and projects will be published on the Web by the students. Grades will also be available on-line.

We encourage you to use e-mail for individual interactions with the instructors and teaching assistants. Please don't hesitate to ask questions about the homework, lectures or the text!

Course Assistants

Mike Robinson JSU Lab Assistant
mrobinsn@ccaix.jsums.edu
Saleh Elmohamed SU Teaching Assistant
saleh@npac.syr.edu

Textbook

For parallel programming tools the following text will be used:

Course Work

Course work will consist primarily of approximately 8 individual assignments and a small project. The course grade will be assigned as follows:

Late assignments will receive a deduction in points based on the degree of lateness and to what extent the lateness was caused by technical difficulties.

The assignments will primarily be programming assignments; all assignments will be written up in an HTML document to be kept on each student's course web page. The programming will use parallel programming software and systems provided by NPAC at Syracuse. Access to these systems will be given through the Virtual Programming Lab, which will give a programming interface at the JSU lab to the systems in Syracuse.

Academic Dishonesty

All homework, assignments, and projects submitted by a student must actually be their own work in accordance with standard academic practice. Furthermore, students should not knowingly allow others to copy their work for the purposes of cheating. On the other hand, students are encouraged to discuss assignments and programming techniques amongst themselves; however, the resulting program or homework solution must be written up be each individual. Students are encouraged to use example programs and materials in their assignments, but should take care to give credit to the source of these materials.

Northeast Parallel Architectures Center