What Should the Agenda Be for Computational Science Education?

Topic # 1: What Should the Agenda Be for Computational Science Education?

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This seems like a good way to start a discussion going: "What is a
reasonable agenda for us?" This question is probably as old as
computational science itself. On the one hand, domain science is
important and should be fit into any program. There are some issues
that need resolution.

1. We all know that STEM enrollments are in decline. How can
computational science help reverse this decline?

2. There is a deep gulf between secondary science and introductory
post-secondary science. How do we bridge that gap?

3. How much architecture, programming, and systems systems education
is needed? [Not necessarily taught by computer science].

4. It has been very difficult to get engineering faculty involved in
computational science education. Steve Gordon is leading the effort
to change this. Please forward ideas on this issue.

5. What training do graduate students really need to have to
develop reliable, verified, and validated models and simulation?

6. I'm running into a large number of engineering grad students who
have only Matlab experience. When their theses/dissertations are
more than what Matlab can handle, how do we bring them to minimum
proficiency? What is minimum proficiency?

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