The EduHPC workshop invites unpublished manuscripts from academia, industry, and national laboratories on topics in HPC and PDC relating to computation-oriented undergraduate and graduate curricula, education, professional training, and workforce development. Previous workshops have featured papers from diverse fields, including Computer Science, Computational Science and Engineering, Data Science, and computational courses across STEM and non-STEM disciplines.
The workshop unites stakeholders from industry, national labs, and academia in the context of SC (Supercomputing) to discuss pedagogical challenges, share approaches, and exchange ideas on incorporating HPC/PDC education in undergraduate and graduate curricula. Activities include paper presentations, featured speakers, a "Peachy Assignments," special session, and collaboration opportunities, resource sharing, educator training, internships, and other cross-sector interactions.
Topics of interest include:
- Pedagogical tools and methods for HPC/PDC, AI/ML, data science, and IoT/Edge education
- Evidence-based educational practices and innovative teaching methods in relevant fields
- Professional training and workforce development
- Reports on integrating HPC and PDC topics into core CS/CE courses and into other STEM fields and areas
- Pedagogical tools, materials, infrastructures, languages, and projects for HPC/PDC/DS/AI/ML/IoT/Edge education
- Employers' experiences and expectations regarding new graduates' proficiency in HPC/PDC/IoT/Edge
- Resources based on advanced programming languages and environments/frameworks
- Addressing the gender gap in computing and broadening the HPC pipeline
- Projects or units introducing concepts related to distributed computing at scale
- Evaluating generative AI impacts on teaching HPC
- Addressing the gender gap in computing disciplines and enhancing the pipeline to research/development careers in HPC/PDC and related areas
- Addressing software engineering challenges in HPC/PDC
EduHPC is seeking contributions in 3 different categories. A “Most Distinguished Paper” award will be awarded for the workshop. Both Education Research papers and Short Papers are eligible for the award.
Submission Categories
1. Education Research paper: A Full Paper is a previously unpublished work that addresses the above mentioned topics and themes of the workshop. Full papers are 7-8 pages, including figures, tables, and references (fully counted toward the page limit), with a recommended Artifact Description (AD) appendix (up to 2 pages). All submissions are peer-reviewed (single blind). Accepted papers will appear in the SC proceedings.
2. Short Papers: Short papers address specific topics of interest at EduHPC. Short papers are 4-5 pages long, including figures, tables and references. All submissions are peer-reviewed (single blind) with accepted papers appearing in the SC proceedings. This year, there are two categories of short papers we are interested in:
Research to Education submissions discuss innovative experiences in integrating research, as well as associated methods, tools, models, simulations, or datasets, into educational settings, with a focus on undergraduate or K-12 levels, or fostering broader community engagement. Submissions do not need to include an assessment of teaching techniques or in-class evaluations. An optional additional 2 additional pages for the Artifact Description (AD) appendix is recommended.
Experience/Replication Report submissions discuss how a previously described tool or method for HPC education worked in the context of their own classrooms. These papers aim to help the community understand how well previously described tools or methods work in the context of the diverse set of institutions and student populations that may interact with such tools, helping foster a consensus on what works well and what may not.
3. Peachy Parallel Assignments: Peachy Parallel Assignments are HPC/PDC educational assignments that cover any topics related to HPC or PDC education, and are: Tested, Adoptable, Engaging and Inspirational. Please see the official CFP for full details.
Peachy assignments should be submitted as a 1-2 page paper that includes a 150-word abstract describing the assignment and the context in which it was used, a short paragraph summarizing how the assignment relates to other PDC education literature/applications, references, plus a link to a public web page containing the complete set of files actually given to students (assignment description, scaffolding code, etc.)
The Peachy short papers will not appear as is in the SC Workshop proceedings. A paper encompassing all the accepted Peachy submissions will be submitted to the paper track of EduHPC and will go through peer review in that track, with materials included in the appendix. If accepted by the program committee, the collective paper will appear in SC Workshop proceedings. The paper will be authored by the Peachy team and all the authors of the individual Peachy assignments accepted for EduHPC. [Peachy Assignments Coordinator: David Bunde (dbunde [at] knox.edu)]
Submit on linklings: https://submissions.supercomputing.org/
Papers should follow SC26 submission format. Templates here: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates
Important Dates
Submission (paper tracks): July 17
Notification (paper tracks, lightning talk): August 31
Camera ready (paper tracks): Sep 25
Submission (Peachy): July 10, 2025
Notification (Peachy): July 16, 2025
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