The New Mexico AiS server is now housed here at the Albuquerque High Performance Computing Center. AiS teachers now have new accounts and a new login procedure . T he goal of the Adventures in Supercomputing program is to foster and enhance the participation of diverse populations of secondary school students in mathematics, science and computing. To achieve this goal, AiS provides teachers and students with a curriculum and training so that they can experience, firsthand, the excitement of computational science. As part of the AiS curriculum, students engage in extended projects that require them to pose hypotheses, devise methods and procedures for solving problems and draw on a variety of resources, including printed and electronic sources, computer simulations, and human experts.
Recognition is given to schools, students, and projects at a yearly exposition.
The Adventures in Supercomputing program is designed to offer an interdisciplinary approach to project-based curriculum using the techniques of the field of computational science. Computational science integrates the disciplines of mathematics, science, and engineering and utilizes computers, networking, and scientific visualization to simulate real-world problems. The AiS program embraces many of the ideals expressed in the education reforms which have been proposed to engage students in effective learning with an emphasis on critical thinking, hands-on problem solving, and independent research. Distance Ed A new report by Brian Morgan of Marshall University introduces an online calculator. It computes an estimate of the costs of distance ed at your organization.