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Producing Competent HPC Graduates: Employers seek recruits who can apply the knowledge, skill, and culture they acquire in college to solve problems as soon as they enter the workforce.

The article discusses how many colleges are producing high-performance computing (HPC) graduates who are able to contribute to companies and governments on day one of employment, and it mentions how employers are searching for candidates who are able to solve computing-related problems. Computing co...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 65; no. 12; pp. 56 - 66
Main Authors: JUAN CHEN, GHAFOOR, SHEIKH, IMPAGLIAZZO, JOHN
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Dec2022
Subjects:
High performance computing
College graduates
Job skills
Employers
Problem solving
Core competencies
Critical thinking
Attitude (Psychology)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses how many colleges are producing high-performance computing (HPC) graduates who are able to contribute to companies and governments on day one of employment, and it mentions how employers are searching for candidates who are able to solve computing-related problems. Computing competency and college curricula are assessed, as well as job skills and professional knowledge regarding critical thinking and task planning. Personal attitude-related disposition is also mentioned.