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Mwasaga, Nkundwe Moses and Joy, Mike (2020) Investigating the usefulness of a micro high performance computing system as an educational tool. In: ICONIC: 2020 International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications, Plaine Magnien, Mauritius, 24-25 Sep 2020. Published in: ICONIC '20: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications ISBN 9781450375580. doi:10.1145/3415088.3415105
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3415088.3415105
Abstract
Access to High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems is an increasingly important problem in academia in emerging economies. Computer science curricula often offer courses that require an HPC system as an education supporting tool. This represents a problem in emerging economies due to the extensive financial resources that are required to acquire, host, and maintain it. To tackle this problem we investigate how a micro HPC system can be used in computer science courses to help the students acquire the knowledge and the skills required to utilize a fully-fledged HPC system. In this paper, we use four dimensions of the utilization of a micro HPC system to examine how these are related to one component of the technology acceptance model. In the evaluation of the usefulness of a micro HPC system, we have used design science research as the survey method. Research data were collected to evaluate the hypotheses that the acquisition of HPC skills and knowledge of engineering students in managing, maintaining, programming, and integration relate to the perceived usefulness of a micro HPC system. The results show that a micro HPC system is a useful artifact that can support computer science students in acquiring HPC skills and knowledge. The findings of this study support the usability of a micro HPC system by evaluating the usefulness of the system as an educational tool to support the transfer of HPC skills and knowledge in a resource-constrained environment.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | ICONIC '20: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications | ||||||
Publisher: | ACM | ||||||
ISBN: | 9781450375580 | ||||||
Book Title: | Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications | ||||||
Official Date: | 24 September 2020 | ||||||
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Article Number: | 17 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1145/3415088.3415105 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||||
Title of Event: | ICONIC: 2020 International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications | ||||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||||
Location of Event: | Plaine Magnien, Mauritius | ||||||
Date(s) of Event: | 24-25 Sep 2020 | ||||||
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