IGERT: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education in Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging

这一综合性研究生教育与研究培训计划(IGERT)奖项支持科罗拉多大学博尔德分校计算光学传感与成像(COSI)的跨学科研究生教育计划。目标是在这个快速发展的地区教育未来的劳动力及其技术和社会影响。该项目汇集了在数学、生物、物理、电气和计算机工程方面具有不同背景的研究生。共同的科学主题是综合COSI系统。COSI系统的设计同时融合了光学、光电子学、信号处理和先进的数学算法。系统性能由这些元素的联合优化控制，而不是分别对每个元素进行单独优化。COSI最大的潜力在于实现了使用经典方法无法获得的功能和性能。这一快速发展的研究领域涵盖了各种成像方式，包括光学层析成像、合成孔径、超材料结构以及波前编码成像。高影响力的应用包括紫外线光刻、纳米制造检查、生物科学的超分辨率显微镜、环境传感和消费电子产品的成像系统。COSI项目通过灵活和跨学科的方法促进研究生的招生和留住，其中包括经济、社会和伦理方面的内容。与工业和国家实验室的广泛联系推动了大学技术向工业应用的转移。具有集成光学传感背景的毕业生有望在工业、政府、教育和研究实验室担任关键职位，从而帮助开发新技术，促进社会经济福祉。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的项目，旨在应对培养具有跨学科背景、所选学科的深厚知识以及满足未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能的美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目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，催化研究生教育的文化变革。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program award supports an interdisciplinary graduate education program in Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging (COSI) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The goal is to educate the future workforce in this fast-developing area and in its technological and societal implications. The program brings together graduate students with diverse backgrounds in mathematics, biology, physics, and electrical and computer engineering. The common scientific theme is integrated COSI systems. The design of COSI systems simultaneously incorporates optics, optoelectronics, signal processing, and advanced mathematical algorithms. The system performance is controlled by joint optimization of these elements, as opposed to an independent optimization of each separately. COSI's greatest potential is in realizing capabilities and performance that are otherwise impossible to obtain using classical methods. This fast-growing research area covers various imaging modalities, including optical tomography, synthetic aperture, metamaterials architectures, as well as wavefront coded imaging. High impact applications encompass ultra-violet lithography, nano-manufacturing inspection, super-resolution microscopy for biological sciences, environmental sensing, and imaging systems for consumer electronics. The COSI program promotes a diverse graduate student enrollment and retention with a flexible and interdisciplinary approach to science and engineering education that includes economical, social, and ethical components. The extensive ties with industry and national labs advance the transfer of university technologies to industrial applications. Graduates with a background in integrated optical sensing are expected to occupy key positions in industry, government, education, and research labs, thus helping develop new technologies for the economic well being of society. 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.