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Overview foils for Computational Science Overview at Illinois -- May 1995

Given by Geoffrey C. Fox at Presentation at Illinois Computational Science Seminar on May 5,1995. Foils prepared January 26,1997

I describe some issues in setting up computational science education programs at the undergraduate and graduate level based on my experience at Caltech and Syracuse University. Important issues include:
Academic Implementation: a separate department or interdisciplinary program?
Is it a fundamental field? is Computational science an "academic" discipline or a "Technical training course"
Curriculum content: Is computational science the same as scientific and engineering computation?
  • Note that at Syracuse, we plan an information track


Table of Contents for Overview foils for Computational Science Overview at Illinois -- May 1995


001 Remarks on
    Academic Programs in Computational Science 
002 Abstract of Presentation
003 What is Computational Science?
004 What do we have at Syracuse University?
005 Program in Computational Science
    Implemented within current academic framework
006 Caltech Computational Science Program
007 PCCS: Physical Computation and Complex Systems at Caltech
008 Usefulness of Computational Science Degrees: 
009 Syracuse Computational Science Academic Programs  -- Masters 
    Degree
010 Comments on CPS615 Content Compared to Applied Mathematics and 
    Mathematical Methods (in Physics) Courses
011 Syracuse Graduate Computational Science Academic Programs 
012 Computational Science Courses -- CPS615
013 Computational Science Courses -- Typical CPS615 Module
014 Computational Science Courses -- CPS615 Topics
015 Computational Science Courses -- CPS713
016 Syracuse Computational Science Academic Programs
    Undergraduates Minors in Computational Science 
017 Undergraduate Minor in Computational Science
    -- First Core Courses CPS311,313
018 Undergraduate Minor in Computational Science
    -- Continued Core Courses CPS312,314
019 Undergraduate Minor in Computational Science
    Overview of CPS/CIS 412 Data Parallel Computing (3 Credits)
020 Undergraduate Minor in Computational Science
    Philosophy of CPS/CIS 412 Data Parallel Computing 
021 CPS451 Senior Computational Science Project (3 Credits)
022 Syracuse Computational Science Courses -- Enrollment
023 Options in Implementation of Computational Science Programs
024 Some Academic Areas and their Relation to Computational Science
025 Why is Academic Implementation of Computational Science Important?
026 Tradeoffs in  Implementation of Computational Science as an 
    Interdisciplinary program versus establishing a new department
027 Remarks on the Curriculum and Student Audience
028 Program in Information Age Computational Science Implemented 
    Within Current Academic Program
029 Federal 1994 Blue Book Comparison of National and Grand Challenges
030 CPS616: Technologies and Applications of the Information Age
031 Overview of Draft Curriculum for CPS616
032 What we taught this Spring CPS600 --
    "Technologies for Webwindows" --
    The next generation (meta)Computing and Communications Environment
033 Master's Degree in Multimedia Studies


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