Towards concrete concurrency: occam-pi on the LEGO mindstorms

In a world of ad-hoc networks, highly interconnected mobile devices and increasingly large supercomputer clusters, students need models of computation that help them think about dynamic and concurrent systems. Many of the tools currently available for introducing students to concurrency are difficult to use and are not intrinsically motivating. To

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: SIGCSE
• Authors: Christian L. Jacobsen, Matthew C. Jadud
• Keywords: Ad-Hoc Networks, Education, Large Supercomputer Clusters, SIGCSE 2005, Students Need Models