NSF/TCPP%20Curriculum%20Planning%20Workshop

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NSF/TCPPCurriculum Planning Workshop

• Andrew Lumsdaine
• Indiana University

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Mechanism and Processes (How?)

• Andrew Lumsdaine
• Indiana University

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It wont happen all at once
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Im Looking for a Controversy
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I remember my first parallel program
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I am thinking of a parallel programming paradigm

• It is already used by millions of programmers
• It is what our students will be doing when they
  graduate
• It has a clean mental model
• So intuitive that no one calls it parallel
  programming
• We rarely teach it (if we do, we probably dont
  teach it well)

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And the answer is

• Client-server programming

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I am thinking of another parallel programming
paradigm

• It is already used by millions of programmers
• It is what our students will be doing when they
  graduate
• It has a clean mental model
• So intuitive that no one calls it parallel
  programming
• We do teach it, but not with view of concurrency

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And the answer is

• Object-oriented programming

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Real World Programmers Do It Concurrently
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For the Skeptics
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Mechanism and Process

• Leverage what we already know how to do
• Or what industry already knows how to do
• Solve the problems that need solving
• Avoid gratuitous concurrency
• Absolutely have to modernize curriculum
• It is long past time to say goodbye to Hello
  World!\n
• Our students spend their first 18 years in a
  highly computationally concurrent world (and
  non-deterministic)
• Absolutely have to strengthen ties to industry
• Not so we can train better workers
• Innovation is coming from industry

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Im Looking for a Controversy