REU Site: SCEC Undergraduate Studies in Earthquake Information Technology (SCEC/UseIT)

地震信息技术本科研究（UseIT）是一个基于团队的本科研究项目，由南加州地震中心（SCEC）在其牵头机构南加州大学（USC）运营。SCEC/ UseIT的总体目标是通过在令人兴奋的地震信息技术领域的团队研究，激励来自不同背景的本科生从事科学和工程方面的职业。它使本科生能够通过开发和应用先进的可视化方法和其他It工具来参与跨学科研究，解决地震系统科学中的挑战性问题。暑期实习生在一个协作的、以团队为导向的、跨学科的研究环境中进行互动，并受到一些全国最具前瞻性的地震和计算机科学家的指导。研究活动围绕地震信息技术的“重大挑战”展开。每年夏天，实习生们都会在之前课程的基础上，设计和开发越来越复杂的可视化工具。目前的软件，SCEC- vdo（虚拟对象显示）现在被SCEC科学家广泛使用，并且是南加州大学多媒体课程的一部分。SCEC/UseIT向本科生挑战困难的，现实世界的问题，需要协作，多学科的解决方案。它让非科学专业的学生参与减少自然灾害风险的实际问题，从而告诉具有不同背景的学生如何将他们的技能应用于重大的社会问题。地震对南加州等地震活跃地区的建筑环境构成了最大的自然威胁。SCEC/ UseIT将加强计算机科学和信息技术（CS/IT）方面的劳动力，这是在地震系统科学方面取得根本性进展所必需的。SCEC/UseIT提供CS/IT和系统科学的交叉培训，鼓励学生在大学拓宽他们的课程，并考虑在系统科学的CS/IT方面的研究生工作。

The Undergraduate Studies in Earthquake Information Technology (UseIT) is a team-based undergraduate research program run by the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) at its lead institution, the University of Southern California (USC). The overarching goal of SCEC/ UseIT is to motivate undergraduates from diverse backgrounds towards careers in science and engineering through team-based research in the exciting field of earthquake information technology. It enables undergraduates to participate in interdisciplinary research by developing and applying advanced visualization methods and other IT tools to solve challenging problems in earthquake system science. Summer interns interact in a collaborative, team-oriented, interdisciplinary research environment and are mentored by some of the nation's most forward-thinking earthquake and computer scientists. Research activities are structured around "Grand Challenges" in earthquake information technology. Each summer the interns build upon the foundation laid by previous sessions as they design and engineer increasingly sophisticated visualization tools. The current software, SCEC-VDO (Virtual Display of Objects) is now in wide use by SCEC scientists and is part of a multimedia curriculum at USC. SCEC/UseIT challenges undergraduates with difficult, real-world problems that require collaborative, multidisciplinary solutions. It engages non-science majors in the practical problems of reducing the risk from natural disasters, and thereby informs students with diverse backgrounds how their skills can be applied to significant societal issues. Earthquakes pose the greatest natural threat to the built environment in seismically active regions such as Southern California. SCEC/ UseIT will enhance the workforce in computer science and information technology (CS/IT) needed to make fundamental progress in earthquake system science. SCEC/UseIT provides the cross-training in CS/IT and system science that encourages students to broaden their coursework in college and to consider graduate work in the CS/IT aspects of system science.