A Concept for an Introduction to Parallelization in Java
Klaus-Tycho Foerster, Michael König, Roger P. Wattenhofer · 2016
We explore a new concept to teach parallelization in Java to college-level students. Using a modified version of the virtual world game Minecraft, the students implement agents that interact with the world's objects in parallel, with faults leading to the removal of the agents. We perform a promising pilot study in a computer laboratory course and plan to extend our line of work in the next semesters.