Title : 
A Multimedia Tool for Teaching Reconfigurable Computing
         
        
            Author : 
Skliarova, Iouliia
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electron., Univ. of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper proposes a method for efficient teaching of reconfigurable computing. Nowadays, reconfigurable systems, in general, and FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) based systems, in particular, constitute an essential part of engineering practice. The paper argues importance of reconfigurable systems in education and suggests a multimedia tool augmented with an FPGA-based prototyping system, which could contribute to productive teaching of reconfigurable computing.
         
        
            Keywords : 
educational computing; field programmable gate arrays; multimedia computing; reconfigurable architectures; teaching; FPGA-based prototyping system; education; field-programmable gate array; multimedia tool; reconfigurable computing teaching; reconfigurable systems; Acceleration; Automotive engineering; Computer science education; Design engineering; Field programmable gate arrays; Multimedia computing; Multimedia systems; Prototypes; Signal processing algorithms; Telecommunication computing; FPGA; computer architecture; prototyping board; reconfigurable computing; teaching;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Computer and Electrical Engineering, 2009. ICCEE '09. Second International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Dubai
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-5365-8
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-0-7695-3925-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICCEE.2009.237