Supercomputer Based Laboratories And The Evolution Of The Personal Computer Based Laboratory

Authors

David A. Joiner, Kean UniversityFollow
Robert M. Panoff, Shodor Education Foundation
Paul A. Gray, University of Northern IowaFollow
Tom Murphy, Contra Costa CollegeFollow
Charlie Peck, Earlham CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book/Conference Title

American Journal of Physics

Volume

76

Issue

4-5

First Page

379

Last Page

384

Abstract

The increase in availability of open source research quality simulation software coupled with a reduction in barriers to high performance computer hardware access and new methods for adding interactivity to server-side web services have created a rich environment for the development of supercomputer based laboratories to augment the many personal computer based activities currently in use in the physics classroom. An exemplary supercomputer based laboratory is presented using the N-body problem applied to galactic structure. © 2008 American Association of Physics Teachers.

Department

Department of Computer Science

Original Publication Date

4-1-2008

DOI of published version

10.1119/1.2839562

Recommended Citation

Joiner, David A.; Panoff, Robert M.; Gray, Paul A.; Murphy, Tom; and Peck, Charlie, "Supercomputer Based Laboratories And The Evolution Of The Personal Computer Based Laboratory" (2008). Faculty Publications. 2452.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/2452