TY - JOUR

T1 - An educational tool for interactive parallel and distributed processing

A1 - Pagliarini,Luigi

A1 - Lund,Henrik Hautop

AU - Pagliarini,Luigi

AU - Lund,Henrik Hautop

PB - Springer Japan KK

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - In this article we try to describe how the modular interactive tiles system (MITS) can be a valuable tool for introducing students to interactive parallel and distributed processing programming. This is done by providing a handson educational tool that allows a change in the representation of abstract problems related to designing interactive parallel and distributed systems. Indeed, the MITS seems to bring a series of goals into education, such as parallel programming, distributedness, communication protocols, master dependency, software behavioral models, adaptive interactivity, feedback, connectivity, topology, island modeling, and user and multi-user interaction which can rarely be found in other tools. Finally, we introduce the system of modular interactive tiles as a tool for easy, fast, and flexible hands-on exploration of these issues, and through examples we show how to implement interactive parallel and distributed processing with different behavioral software models such as open loop, randomness-based, rule-based, user interaction-based, and AI- and ALife-based software.

AB - In this article we try to describe how the modular interactive tiles system (MITS) can be a valuable tool for introducing students to interactive parallel and distributed processing programming. This is done by providing a handson educational tool that allows a change in the representation of abstract problems related to designing interactive parallel and distributed systems. Indeed, the MITS seems to bring a series of goals into education, such as parallel programming, distributedness, communication protocols, master dependency, software behavioral models, adaptive interactivity, feedback, connectivity, topology, island modeling, and user and multi-user interaction which can rarely be found in other tools. Finally, we introduce the system of modular interactive tiles as a tool for easy, fast, and flexible hands-on exploration of these issues, and through examples we show how to implement interactive parallel and distributed processing with different behavioral software models such as open loop, randomness-based, rule-based, user interaction-based, and AI- and ALife-based software.

KW - Education

KW - Distributed processing

KW - Modular robotics

KW - Playware

U2 - 10.1007/s10015-011-0996-7

DO - 10.1007/s10015-011-0996-7

JO - Artificial Life and Robotics

JF - Artificial Life and Robotics

SN - 1433-5298

IS - 4

VL - 16

SP - 441

EP - 447

ER -