EduPar-26 Technical Program
Tuesday , May 26, 2026
Location: Salon D
New Orleans, USA
EduPar is being held in conjunction with IPDPS. We encourage EduPar participants to register for IPDPS (IPDPS registration includes access to conference and workshop proceedings as well as email updates about the conference and its associated workshops: http://www.ipdps.org/)
*note: times are listed in the Eastern Time Zone
Welcome and Logistics
Sushil Prasad, Workshop Chair
Satish Puri, Program Chair
Keynote
Session Chair: Sushil Prasad
Dilma Da Silva
NSF/Texas A&M University
Paper Session I:
Session Chair:
Rithvik Dhanpal, Vinay Regu, Ramaprasanna Devarapally, Jiayin Wang, Sushil Prasad, Srishti Srivastava, Liudong Zuo, Michelle Zhu
Evaluating LLM-Generated Instructional Content for Parallel Computing Education,Xinyao Yi, Yonghong Yan
Online Self-Service Learning Modules for Running AI-Driven Scientific Workflows,Pari Hirenkumar Patel, Vani Seth, Bishwas Wagle, Roshan Lal Neupane, Ashish Pandey, Sanjit Subhash, Sharan Srinivas, Prasad Calyam
CDER Session
CDER center activities, Sushil Prasad
Panel
Moderator: Sushil Prasad
Title: Impact of AI on PDC Education
Panelists: Abhinav Bhatele (University of Maryland), Umit Catalyurek (Amazon/GaTech), Dilma Da Silva (NSF/TAMU), Dhabaleswar K Panda (Ohio State University), Chip Weems (UMass)
Paper Session II:
Session Chair:
Esteban Stafford
Knoxcraft Terps: Parallel Minecraft for Novices, a Peachy Assignment,Michael Gerten, Jurdana Masuma Iqrah, Jaime Spacco
Paper session III:
Session Chair:
Xiaoyuan Suo, Hayden Reinhold
An Unplugged Classroom Activity for Teaching Cloud Architecting,Steven Santillan, Cristina Abad
Development and Validation of a Parallel and Distributed Computing Exam for Early Computing Students & Research,Chris Bourke, David Bunde, Charlotte Gruner, Mary Smith, Xiaoyuan Suo
TCPP Curriculum
Workshop Wrap-up
Computer Engg. Curriculum update, R. Vaidyanathan
Final thoughts – Sushil Prasad and Dennis Brylow