US-France International Research Experiences for Graduate Students: Vanderbilt University Department of Mathematics and INRIA-Sophia Antipolis Exchange Program

范德比尔特大学和位于索菲亚-安提波利斯的法国国家信息与自动化研究所(INRIA)之间为期三年的美法交流项目为数学研究生和博士后研究人员提供垂直、综合的国际研究和教育经验。该项目由范德比尔特大学构造性逼近中心的爱德华·萨夫和INRIA-索菲亚-安提波利斯的劳伦特·巴拉查特领导。每年平均有三名范德比尔特大学的研究生将在INRIA进行五个月的团队研究，INRIA的研究生和/或博士后研究员将由范德比尔特数学系招待，他们将在那里与研究人员合作，参加研究生水平的数学课程。研究课题包括：(1)科学计算、建模和数值分析；(2)可再生资源的建模和控制；(3)医学成像和机器人；(4)几何、代数、算法和数学；(5)自动控制和优化中的计算。其好处是提高了范德比尔特大学研究活动的国际知名度，增加了美国学生参与国际研究和建立合作研究联系的机会。美国国家科学基金会将支付美国研究生访问INRIA的费用，INRIA将为法国毕业生和博士后访问范德比尔特大学提供支持。

0334769SaffThis three-year U.S.-France exchange program between Vanderbilt University and the French National Institute for Research in Information and Automation (INRIA) at Sophia-Antipolis supports vertically, integrated international research and education experiences for mathematics graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. The project is directed by Edward Saff at Vanderbilt University's Center for Constructive Approximation and Laurent Baratchart at INRIA-Sophia-Antipolis. An average of three Vanderbilt graduate students per year will spend five months in team research at INRIA and INRIA graduate students and/or postdoctoral fellows will be hosted by the Department of Mathematics at Vanderbilt, where they will cooperate with researchers and attend graduate level mathematics courses. Research topics include: (1) scientific computing, modeling and numerical analysis; (2) modeling and control of renewable resources; (3) medical imaging and robotics; (4) geometry, algebra, algorithms, and mathematics; and (5) computing in automatic control and optimization. The benefits are increased international visibility for research activities at Vanderbilt, increased opportunities for U.S. students to participate in international research and to establish cooperative research links.The National Science Foundation will cover the costs of the visits by U.S. graduate students to INRIA and INRIA will provide support to French graduates and postdoctoral researchers for their visits to Vanderbilt University.