Seminar

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"Seminar - Current parallel programming/libraries"

Newsgroup
The newsgroup of the event can be found here.

Short description
From modern smartphones/tablets to desktop computers and supercomputers, all systems today use multiple CPUs to provide the most efficient performance possible. Unfortunately, the step towards more parallelism is not transparent for developers, so they have to specify the parallelism explicitly. In this seminar we will introduce the latest programming languages / libraries that help to write parallel programs as easily as possible.

In particular, participants will practice

  • working with scientific, English-language texts
  • familiarization with a scientific field that was previously unknown to them
  • different presentation and teaching methods

A visit to the project of the same name is not compulsory, but is recommended. Participants can suggest their own topics. To do so, please send an e-mail to Jens Breitbart (jbreitbart@uni-kassel.de) at least one week before the preliminary meeting, stating the topic and literature.

Participants
Students from the 5th semester of computer science.

Requirements
Basic knowledge of parallel programming is recommended, but not mandatory.

Techniques for presentation and elaboration

  • Rainer Bromme, Riklef Rambow: Improving the oral presentation of papers: An educational goal and at the same time a contribution to the quality of teaching, Das Hochschulwesen, 1993, issue 6, pp. 289-297. online
  • There is a good short guide to writing scientific papers from the Department of Ecological Agricultural Sciences.
  • If you want to know more about the topic (especially with regard to a later diploma thesis), we recommend the guide to scientific writing from FB6.
  • Peter Rechenberg: Technical writing (not only) for computer scientists, Hanser, 2003.
  • Justin Zobel: Writing for Computer Science, Springer, 2004.
  • Otto Kruse: Keine Angst vor dem leeren Blatt, Campus Verlag, 2002, contains, among other things, a 15-step guide to creating scientific texts

Seminar leader
Dipl.-Inf. Jens Breitbart

Time/location
On Monday, 24.10.11 from 14:00 - 15:00 there will be a preliminary discussion in 2307A of the department. Further dates will be arranged there.

Scope

  • Bachelor 2 SWS (3 CP)
  • Master 2 SWS (4 CP)

Other
Interested? Questions? Please contact Dipl.-Inf. Jens Breitbart by e-mail. The earlier we know how many students are interested, the better we can plan the seminar and prepare the course.

Links
Seminar Bachelor in the HISLSF online course catalog
Seminar Master in the HISLSF online course catalog