IGERT: Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative Technologies (SCALE-IT) for Biology

IGERT：生物学的可扩展计算和前沿创新技术 (SCALE-IT)

• 批准号: 0801540
• 负责人: Cynthia Peterson
• 金额: $ 298.23万
• 依托单位: University of Tennessee Knoxville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-15 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0801540&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Scalable; Computing; Leading; Edge

This Integrated Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) Program on Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative Technologies (SCALE-IT) for Biology will educate future biologists in a new way of approaching biology?a seamless combination of computing expertise and research using emerging tools that can attack the most challenging problems in biology spanning sub-cellular to organismal scales. These activities will be coordinated by a team of biologists and computational scientists at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The goal is to endow future scientists with the expertise to work at the interface of computational and biological sciences, giving them the foundation to grasp important biological problems, understand the scope of the data needed to address them, shrewdly design comprehensive solutions, and implement them in a reasonable and efficient fashion. SCALE-IT trainees will conduct research in an environment that includes state-of-the-art instrumentation, high performance computing and worldwide distributed computing via the Tera-grid. New curricula will provide trainees with the background to work across computational and biological scales, including in-depth problem-based learning with hands-on experiences. Opportunities will be available for students to intern with major industries, institutes and other academic programs. Other broader impacts of the program include summer research experiences and curriculum development workshops for faculty and students from partner institutions. Collaborations with Delaware State University and Tennessee State University will provide pathways for underrepresented minorities to participate in this doctoral program. Training in effective communication of science will be fostered by establishing a Science Communication Center with colleagues in journalism. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, 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 innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）计划可扩展计算和前沿创新技术（SCALE-IT）的生物学将教育未来的生物学家在接近生物学的新方式？计算专业知识和使用新兴工具的研究的无缝结合，可以解决生物学中最具挑战性的问题，从亚细胞到有机体尺度。这些活动将由田纳西大学和橡树岭国家实验室的生物学家和计算科学家团队协调。 其目标是赋予未来的科学家在计算和生物科学的接口工作的专业知识，给他们掌握重要的生物学问题的基础，了解解决这些问题所需的数据范围，精明地设计全面的解决方案，并以合理和有效的方式实施它们。 SCALE-IT学员将在一个包括最先进的仪器、高性能计算和通过Tera-grid进行全球分布式计算的环境中进行研究。 新的课程将为学员提供跨计算和生物规模工作的背景，包括深入的基于问题的学习和实践经验。 学生将有机会在主要行业，研究所和其他学术课程实习。 该计划的其他更广泛的影响包括夏季研究经验和课程开发研讨会的教师和学生从合作机构。 与特拉华州州立大学和田纳西州州立大学的合作将为代表性不足的少数民族提供参加这一博士课程的途径。 将通过与新闻界同事建立科学传播中心来促进有效科学传播的培训。 IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在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。