Mathematical Sciences:Mathematics in Industry: Opportunities and Educational Requirements

数学科学：工业数学：机会和教育要求

• 批准号: 9303983
• 负责人: I. Edward Block
• 金额: $ 19万
• 依托单位: Society For Industrial and Applied Math (SIAM)
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-08-01 至 1996-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9303983&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mathematical; Sciences; Mathematics; Industry; Opportunities

9303983 Block The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) will conduct a project that will provide guidelines for those educators who desire to improve the match of their mathematics graduate students (master's and doctoral) to the needs of business, industry, and government by characterizing both the uses and users of mathematics in those sectors by identifying the skills and attributes possessed by successful practitioners of nonacademic mathematics, by communicating this information to employers and educators, and by initiating and promoting reform in education for those master's and doctoral students bound for careers in industrial mathematics. Data from surveys and interviews of selected graduates, their employers, and their faculty will be analyzed and appropriate recommendations and guidelines developed. The objectives of the project are to (1) characterize the demand for individuals with training in the mathematical sciences at the master's and doctoral levels and the ways in which training is utilized in industry; (2) characterize the skills and attributes possessed by successful practitioners of nonacademic mathematics as well as any perceived weaknesses of current mathematics graduates; (3) formulate guidelines for educators who desire to improve the match of mathematics graduate students to the needs of industry; (4) create a continuing process to monitor the progress of mathematics graduates in industry and to disseminate this information to educators; (5) initiate activities to increase among industry managers understanding of how mathematical and computational analysis can be used effectively to improve product design, manufacturing processes, and other industrial functions; and (6) assess the value of mathematics as perceived by influential managers in a cross- section of U.S. industries. The project consists of three tasks: (1) a written survey with telephone follow-up of recent mathematics graduates and their employers and relevant faculty; (2) site visits to industrial organizations and federal laboratories; and (3) a survey of decision makers in industry about the current and potential future value of mathematics to industry.

9303983 Block工业与应用数学学会（SIAM）将开展一个项目，通过识别成功的非学术数学实践者所拥有的技能和属性，描述数学在这些领域的用途和使用者，为那些希望提高其数学研究生（硕士和博士）与商业、工业和政府需求的匹配度的教育工作者提供指导。通过向雇主和教育工作者传达这些信息，并通过启动和促进对那些即将从事工业数学职业的硕士和博士学生的教育改革。对选定的毕业生、他们的雇主和教师的调查和访谈数据将进行分析，并制定适当的建议和指导方针。该项目的目标是：(1)描述对受过硕士和博士水平数学科学培训的个人的需求，以及在工业中利用培训的方式；(2)描述成功的非学术数学实践者所拥有的技能和属性，以及当前数学毕业生的任何已知弱点；(3)为希望提高数学研究生与行业需求匹配度的教育工作者制定指导方针；(4)建立一个持续的过程来监测工业中数学毕业生的进步，并将这些信息传播给教育工作者；(5)开展活动，提高行业管理者对如何有效利用数学和计算分析来改进产品设计、制造过程和其他工业功能的理解；(6)评估美国各行业中有影响力的管理者所感知到的数学的价值。该项目包括三个任务：(1)对最近的数学毕业生及其雇主和相关教师进行书面调查和电话随访；(2)实地考察工业组织和联邦实验室；(3)对工业决策者关于数学对工业的当前和潜在未来价值的调查。