IGERT: Dynamics of Complex Systems in Science and Engineering

99875777 stephen Davis -西北大学IGERT：科学与工程中的复杂系统动力学这项综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持建立复杂系统动力学教育和研究的多学科研究生培训计划。非线性科学对自然科学、工程和医学等许多学科的影响越来越大，需要通过培训来跨越传统的院系和学校界限。这个研究生培训计划强调广泛的科学研究领域的基本概念的统一：非线性光学，计算神经科学，模式形成，混沌，遍历理论；应用于工程和材料科学问题：界面运动，燃烧和混合。目标是让学生为当今快速发展的专业环境做好准备。学生将具备处理各种形式和技术领域中出现的复杂非线性问题所需的工具和直觉。跨学科研究和沟通技巧将通过为期一年的密集课程来发展，在该课程中，小型研究生团队将在两位具有互补观点的教师的指导下调查一个主题。这个早期的研究经历之后，将有一篇关于不同主题的论文；就IGERT研究员而言，论文项目将是共同指导和跨学科的。实习将提供额外的培训经验。跨部门研究研讨会和学生举办的研讨会，区域研讨会，年度务虚会和积极的访客计划将促进一个高度合作，多样化，跨学科的培训环境。IGERT是一项nsf范围内的计划，旨在满足培养具有多学科背景和未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能的博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目旨在通过建立新的、创新的研究生教育和培训模式，在一个超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中，促进研究生教育的文化变革。在该计划的第三年，奖项将颁发给19个机构，这些机构的项目涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。这一特殊奖项的智力焦点在于数学和物理科学理事会；工程;计算机与信息科学与工程；教育与人力资源。

9987577Stephen Davis - Northwestern UniversityIGERT: Dynamics of Complex Systems in Science and EngineeringThis Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary graduate training program of education and research on the dynamics of complex systems. Nonlinear science has increasing impact on many disciplines in the natural sciences, engineering, and medicine, and requires training that bridges traditional departmental and school boundaries. This graduate training program emphasizes the unity of fundamental concepts underlying a broad range of scientific research areas: nonlinear optics, computational neuroscience, pattern formation, chaos, ergodic theory; and applications to engineering and materials science problems: interface motion, combustion, and mixing. The goal is to prepare the students for today's rapidly evolving professional environment. Students will be equipped with the tools and intuition needed to tackle complex nonlinear problems arising in various guises and technical fields. Cross-disciplinary research and communication skills will be developed through an intensive year-long course, in which small graduate-student teams will investigate a topic guided by two faculty members with complementary perspectives. This early research experience will be followed by a thesis on a different topic; in the case of IGERT fellows the thesis project will be co-advised and cross-disciplinary. Internships will provide additional training experience. Cross-departmental research seminars and student-run seminars, regional workshops, yearly retreats, and an active visitor program will foster a highly cooperative, diverse, cross-disciplinary training environment.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the multidisciplinary backgrounds and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing new, innovative models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. In the third year of the program, awards are being made to nineteen institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. The intellectual foci of this specific award reside in the Directorates for Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Engineering; Computer and Information Science and Engineering; and Education and Human Resources.