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January 5, 2010 11:00 PM PST



University Collaboration

The Intel Academic Community Team has been working closely with professors and University administrations to support efforts to expand ungergraduate curricula in Computer Science and Engineering.  Integrating parallelism into existing curricula with original teaching modules, demos, and documentation helps ease the transition to more advanced concepts.  Find course materials to help bring parallelism into your classroom.


University of Southern California

Seven newly revamped courses at University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering establish parallelsim as core to computing curricula.  Find out more including course structures and downloadable demos!

M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology


In mid-2009, The Centre of Excellence launched at the MSRIT campus, in affiliation with Visveswaraiah Technological Universities. Learn how this could effect parallelism in undergraduate curricula in India.   !MSRIT



Course Feedback

Over the last several years Intel has taken a leading role in providing faculty and developer trainings, as well as course materials developed specifically for the undergraduate classroom.  See what our members have to say about their experiences learning and teaching parallelism with Intel. Academic testimonials are a great way to share.



Featured Community Members

The Academic Community is comprised of Faculty members and academics around the world who support Intel's vision to bring cutting edge course materials to computing education.  Creating the next generation of technologists who have the tools they need and the confidence to excel and innovate for the future is our goal.  The superstars responsible for developing a multi-core curriculum aren't just the luminaries from the labs.  See a list of our featured members and suggest some of your own!  

Academic Community Software Developer Black Belts
Dr. Matthew Wolf

Dr. Matthew Wolf is an Intel Software Network Black Belt and the recipient of the first Leadership in Academia Award. Dr. Wolf is a member of the Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems (CERCS) at Georgia Tech, and a research scientist at the School of Computer Science of the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, and with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  He is also a charter member of Intel's Academic Community Advisory Council, which is a world-wide coalition of education professionals providing feedback and guidance regarding Intel's educational materials and plans.

Tom Murphy Professor Tom Murphy is an Intel Software Network Black Belt. Professor Murphy is Computer Science Program Chair and Director of Contra Costa College HPC Regional Education Training Center. He helps lead weeklong Parallel and Distributed Programming workshops across the US through the SC and National Computational Science Institute. He is member of the SC07-11 Education Program steering committee and the co-host of the Academic Community Teach Parallel! series.