IGERT Formal Proposal: PICCS: Program in Integrative Computer and Computational Sciences

这一综合性研究生教育和研究培训(IGERT)奖支持普林斯顿大学建立一个多学科的教育和研究研究生培训计划，为下一代计算机科学家和高性能计算用户提供跨学科边界的综合研究生培训。一方面，计算机技术的巨大进步将使计算科学作为理论和实验的平等伙伴而发生革命性的变化，但它们的性质决定了利用它们将需要在应用领域和计算机科学方面的跨学科培养和专业知识。与此同时，计算机科学的进步将越来越多地受到应用知识的推动，包括科学模拟和其他方面。PICAS计划将解决各种领域的整个计算和信息管道，从模型和方法到并行算法和系统，再到身临其境的可视化和信息管理。它将培养一批新的研究人员，以跨学科的边界，开发学科之间的新领域，并利用协同效应。该项目以计算机科学系为中心，将包括整个大学的许多系。计划的组成部分包括课程开发、跨部门建议、跨学科的综合研究、集中协作的交叉年度主题计划，以及最近吸引了来自不同地方机构的许多研究人员的跨学科研讨会系列等活动。IGERT是一个NSF范围的计划，旨在促进建立创新的、以研究为基础的研究生计划，培训不同的科学家和工程师群体，为充分利用广泛的职业选择做好准备。IGERT为博士机构提供了一个机会，以开发新的、重点明确的、超越组织边界的多学科研究生课程，并团结来自几个系或机构的教师，为培训和研究建立一个高度互动、协作的环境。在该计划的第二年，将向21个机构颁发奖项，这些机构的项目共同涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。这一具体奖项由计算机和信息科学与工程、数学和物理科学(多学科活动办公室)、工程学、教育和人力资源局资助。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports establishment of a multidisciplinary graduate training program of education and research at Princeton to provide the next generation of computer scientists and users of high-performance computing with integrated graduate training across disciplinary boundaries. On one hand, dramatic advances in computer technology are poised to revolutionize computational science as an equal partner of theory and experiment, but their nature is such that harnessing them will require cross-disciplinary fertilization and expertise in both application areas and computer science. At the same time, advances in computer science will increasingly be driven by knowledge of applications, both scientific simulations and others. The PICAS program will address the entire computational and information pipeline in a variety of areas, from models and methods through parallel algorithms and systems to immersive visualization and information management. It will train a new breed of researchers to cross-disciplinary boundaries, develop new areas between disciplines, and exploit synergies. Centered around the computer science department, the program will include many departments throughout the university. Program components include curriculum development, cross-department advising, integrated research across disciplines, cross-cutting annual thematic programs to focus collaboration, and activities like a recent interdisciplinary seminar series that attracts many researchers from various local institutions.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to facilitate the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of scientists and engineers to be well-prepared to take advantage of a broad spectrum of career options. IGERT provides doctoral institutions with an opportunity to develop new, well-focussed multidisciplinary graduate programs that transcend organizational boundaries and unite faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly interactive, collaborative environment for both training and research. In this second year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-one institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. This specific award is supported by funds from the Directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Office of Multidisciplinary Activities), for Engineering, and for Education and Human Resources.