SeeMore: A kinetic parallel computer sculpture for educating broad audiences on parallel computation

被引：2

作者：

Li, Bo ^{[1
]}

Mooring, John ^{[2
]}

Blanchard, Sam ^{[3
]}

Johri, Aditya ^{[4
]}

Leko, Melinda ^{[5
]}

Cameron, Kirk W. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Virginia Tech, Dept Comp Sci, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA

[2] Microsoft, Seattle, WA USA

[3] Virginia Tech, Sch Visual Arts, Blacksburg, VA USA

[4] George Mason Univ, Dept Informat Sci & Technol, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA

[5] Univ Kansas, Dept Special Educ, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING | 2017年 / 105卷

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Parallel and distributed computing; Kinetic art; Computer science education; VISUALIZATION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jpdc.2017.01.017

中图分类号：

TP301 [理论、方法];

学科分类号：

081202 ;

摘要：

We discuss the design, implementation, and evaluation of a 256-node Raspberry-Pi cluster with kinetic properties. Each compute node is attached to a servo mechanism such that movement results from local computation. The result is SeeMore, a kinetic parallel computer sculpture designed to enable visualization of parallel algorithms in an effort to educate broad audiences as to the beauty, complexity, and importance of parallel computation. The algorithms and interfaces were implemented by students from various related courses at VA Tech. We describe these designs in sufficient detail to enable others to build their own kinetic computing sculptures to augment their experiential learning programs. Our evaluations at exhibitions indicate 63% and 84% of visitors enjoyed interacting with SeeMore while 69% and 87% believed SeeMore has educational value. Published by Elsevier Inc.

引用

页码：183 / 199

页数：17

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