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SUMMARY:Employing Student Retention Strategies for an Introductory GPU Pro
 gramming Course
DESCRIPTION:Workshop\nDiversity, Education, Workshop Reg Pass\n\nEmploying
  Student Retention Strategies for an Introductory GPU Programming Course\n
 \nGutierrez, Kaeli, Previlon\n\nGraphics Processing Units (GPUs) have beco
 me a vital hardware resource for the industry and research community due t
 o their high computing capabilities. Despite this, GPUs have not been intr
 oduced into the undergraduate curriculum of Computer Engineering and are b
 arely covered in graduate courses.\n\nBreaching the gap between university
  curriculum and industry requirements for GPU expertise is ongoing, but th
 is process takes time. Offering an immediate opportunity for students to l
 earn GPU programming is key for their professional growth.\n\nThe Northeas
 tern University Computer Architecture Research Lab offers a free GPU progr
 amming course to incentivize students from all disciplines to learn how to
  efficiently program a GPU. In this paper, we discuss the methods used to 
 keep students engaged in a course with no academic obligations. By applyin
 g these strategies, we have been able to retain 80% of the students throug
 hout the whole course and obtained positive feedback from students for the
 se strategies.
URL:https://sc18.supercomputing.org/presentation/?id=ws_eduhpcp105&sess=se
 ss165
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