A Combined Program for Research Experience for Undergrad- uates and Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement

该项目将把本科生和本科生教师组成团队，通过培训和研究来探索超级计算。本科生将学习超级计算的原理，并与他们的教师导师一起制定和执行一个研究项目。本科教师将有机会研究超级计算，并将这种技术和方法整合到他们的课程中。具体来说，将为康奈尔大学的学生开设为期四周的暑期短期课程--“超级计算工具、方法和应用”。在康奈尔国家超级计算机设施(CNSF)工作人员的持续支持下，参加团队设计的研究项目的工作将在课程期间开始，并在随后的整个学年中在教师顾问的监督下继续进行。将通过一系列报告和在年中召开的与会者会议监测进展情况。技术支持和超级计算机资源将由CNSF提供。行政管理将通过该项目的国家指导委员会进行。指导将由在本科教育，特别是在计算和数值分析方面经验丰富的合格人员进行。通过采取学生和教师相结合的独特方式，将超级计算的概念和实践引入本科生体验，这项提案为那些在课程中可能没有强调研究或计算的大学和学院提供了一个特殊的机会。通过鼓励将通过该计划提供的材料和参与教师开发的原始课件整合到本科课程中，该计划将刺激本科生学习的增长和对计算技术和研究应用程序的兴趣。除了国家科学基金会的拨款外，参与者的机构还将为该项目的运营提供约15%的旅费。

This project will combine undergraduate students with undergraduate faculty into teams which will explore supercomputing through training and research. Undergraduate students will learn the principles of supercomputing and, with their faculty advisor, formulate and execute a research project. Undergraduate faculty will have the opportunity to investigate supercomputing and to integrate that technology and methodology into their curricula. Specifically, a four- week Summer Short Course, "Supercomputing Tools, Methodologies and Applications", will be given for students at Cornell University. Work on the research projects designed by the attending teams will begin during the course and continue throughout the subsequent academic year under the supervision of the faculty advisor with the continuing support of the Cornell National Supercomputer Facility (CNSF) staff. Progress will be monitored through a series of reports and at a midyear convocation of the participants. Technical support and supercomputer resources will provided by the CNSF. Administration will be handled through this project's nationally-derived Steering Committee. Instruction will be by qualified persons experienced in undergraduate education, especially with respect to computing and numerical analysis. By taking the unique approach of combining students and faculty to introduce the concepts and practice of supercomputing into the undergraduate experience, this proposal offers a special opportunity to those universities and colleges that may not have an emphasis on research or computing in their curriculum. By encouraging the integration of the materials provided through this program and the original courseware developed by participating faculty into the undergraduate curriculum, this program will stimulate the growth of undergraduate learning and interest in the technologies of computing and applications in research. In addition to the NSF grant, participants' institutions will provide about 15% in travel costs toward the operation of the project.