Teaching Parallel and Distributed Computing Using a Cluster Computing Portal
Hong Lin · 2013
Abstract — 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. We 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. Keywords-component; lab platform, cluster computing, user portal, undergraduate education, parallel computing I.