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

地震信息技术本科研究(UseIT)是由南加州地震中心(SCEC)在其牵头机构南加州大学(USC)运营的以团队为基础的本科生研究项目。SCEC/UseIT的总体目标是通过在令人兴奋的地震信息技术领域进行团队研究，激励来自不同背景的本科生投身科学和工程事业。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，以解决地震系统科学中具有挑战性的问题。暑期实习生在协作、团队导向、跨学科的研究环境中互动，并得到美国一些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领域的“重大挑战”展开。每年夏天，实习生都会在前几次课程奠定的基础上，设计和设计越来越复杂的可视化工具。目前的软件SCEC-VDO(物体的虚拟显示)现在被SCEC的科学家广泛使用，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问题，这些问题需要协作的、多学科的解决方案。它让非理科专业的学生参与减少自然灾害风险的实际问题，从而向具有不同背景的学生提供如何将他们的技能应用于重大社会问题的信息。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。科学、技术和经济研究中心将加强计算机科学和信息技术(CS/IT)方面的工作人员，使地震系统科学取得根本进展。SCEC/UseIT提供CS/IT和系统科学的交叉培训，鼓励学生拓宽他们在大学的课程内容，并考虑在系统科学的CS/IT方面进行研究生工作。

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.