Mathematical Sciences/GIG:Infrastructure Needs for Preparing Students for the Industrial and Business Workforce

摘要9631347为应对数学家学术就业市场的萎缩，明尼苏达大学数学学院开发了新的教育计划，以培养数学学生担任非学术职位，并开展了积极的工业研究计划，为数学教师提供新的研究机会。明尼苏达工业数学中心(MCIM)和著名的数值分析学院建议联合起来，进一步加强这些现有的教育和研究活动。该中心成立于1993年，致力于与工业界合作开展研究，并为寻求在商业、工业和政府实验室工作的学生提供职业培训和机会。工商类学生实习是该项目的基石。数值分析和科学计算课程致力于开展多学科研究，主要是与大学科学家合作。该教育计划旨在为学术和工业就业培训数学学生，并为许多工程专业学生提供服务培训。与工业界的伙伴关系正在通过MCIM发展。事实上，两个小组，MCIM和数值分析，有重叠的成员。这些团体的一个共同目标是提高前往工业、商业和科学工作场所的学生的教育、研究和职业机会的质量。该奖项将通过支持研究生、实验计算实验室和职业发展服务来扩大和加强这些教育和研究项目。这一奖项与GOALI活动是一致的，因为所授予的资金集中在将在真实工业环境中工作的研究生的活动上。

Abstract 9631347 In response to the shrinking academic job market for mathematicians, the School of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota has developed new educational programs to train mathematics students for nonacademic positions and an active industrial research program to provide mathematics faculty with new research opportunities. The Minnesota Center for Industrial Mathematics (MCIM) and the well-established faculty in Numerical Analysis propose to join forces to enhance further these existing educational and research activities. The MCIM, established in 1993, is devoted to conducting research in partnership with industry and to providing career training and opportunities for students seeking employment in business, industry and government laboratories. The industrial/business student internship is the cornerstone of this program. The program in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing is devoted to conducting multi-disciplinary research primarily with university based scientists. The educational program serves to train mathematics students for both academic and industrial employment as well as to provide service training for many engineering students. Partnership with Industry is being developed through the MCIM. In fact, the two groups, MCIM and Numerical Analysis, have an overlapping membership. A common goal of these groups is to improve the quality of education, research and career opportunities for students bound for the industrial, business and scientific workplace. This award will expand and strengthen these educational and research programs through support for graduate students, an experimental computing laboratory and career development services. This award is consistent with the GOALI activity, in that the funding awarded is centered on the activity of graduate students who will be in real industrial settings.