Collaborative Research: CSUMS: URGE to Compute

协作研究：CSUMS：计算的冲动

• 批准号: 0802994
• 负责人: John Ringland
• 金额: $ 82.35万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Buffalo
• 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: 2008-09-15 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0802994&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CSUMS; URGE; Compute

RinglandDMS-0802994CarbonaraDMS-0802964 URGE to Compute provides a year-long computationallyintensive Undergraduate Research Group Experience in themathematical sciences to an annual cohort of 12 undergraduatemathematics majors. A collaboration of the University at Buffalo(UB), Buffalo State College (BSC), and the Hauptman-WoodwardMedical Research Institute, the project brings together aninterdisciplinary group of 16 faculty researchers who have ashared sense of the importance of computation in the mathematicalsciences, a record of successful supervision of undergraduateresearch, and a commitment to increasing the effectiveness of thepreparation of students at UB and BSC for post-graduate educationand careers in the many fields that now demand a combination ofcomputational and mathematical skills. Prior to commencing thefull-year research experience, students take calculus,differential equations, linear algebra, and a new sophomorecourse in scientific and mathematical computing which wasdeveloped with this project in mind and is offered to all mathmajors. Special efforts are made to recruit minorities andwomen, who are underrepresented in the mathematical sciences. The year of research begins in the Spring semester of thestudents' junior year with: a support course that providesbackground on the theme that unifies all the research projectsfor that year (e.g. stochastic processes in 2009); a team-taughtcourse on the tools and methods of computational research;regular meetings with the research project mentor; and the firstpart of a seminar that runs throughout the year. Researchcontinues through the summer, and students write an honors thesisor a paper for publication in the Fall. Computational resourcesavailable to the students include a 2000-node cluster and avisualization laboratory at UB's Center for ComputationalResearch. Talks by eminent outside researchers are a feature ofthe seminar, and students attend a national conference in an arearelated to their research, disseminate their results at regionalmeetings and local exhibitions of undergraduate scholarship, andparticipate in outreach activities at local high schools. Afterthe year is over, in their final undergraduate semester, the nowhighly trained students serve as teaching assistants in theintroductory differential equations course that is taken by allmathematics, engineering, and science students. Over the multi-year course of the project, the researchfocuses on a wide variety of topics of societal importance. These include optical fiber communications, agricultural pestcontrol, cryptography, medical imaging, and the behavior ofmaterials (from semiconductor devices to mudflows). The projectnot only trains a select annual cohort in these vital areas, butalso reaches a substantial fraction of all math majors at UB andBSC with a curriculum that is computationally enriched by thepreparation and support courses for the project, and adepartmental life that is enhanced by the seminars and theexposure to peers engaged in research. The project is supportedby the MPS Division of Mathematical Sciences, the MPS Office ofMultidisciplinary Activities, and the EHR Division ofUndergraduate Education.

Ringland DMS-0802994 CarbonaraDMS-0802964 URGE to Compute为每年一届的12名数学专业本科生提供为期一年的数学科学计算密集型本科生研究小组经验。 该项目由布法罗大学（UB）、布法罗州立学院（BSC）和豪普特曼-伍德沃德医学研究所合作，汇集了一个由16名研究人员组成的跨学科小组，他们共同认识到计算在医学科学中的重要性，并成功指导了本科生研究，并致力于提高UB和BSC学生的研究生教育和职业生涯的有效性，这些领域现在需要计算和数学技能的结合。 在开始全年的研究经验之前，学生需要微积分，微分方程，线性代数，以及科学和数学计算中的一个新的sophomorecourse，它是在考虑到这个项目的情况下开发的，并提供给所有数学专业。 我们特别努力招募数学科学领域代表性不足的少数族裔和女性。研究的一年开始于学生大三的春季学期：一个支持课程，提供关于统一该年所有研究项目的主题的背景（例如2009年的随机过程）;关于计算研究的工具和方法的团队授课课程;与研究项目导师的定期会议;以及贯穿全年的研讨会的第一部分。 整个夏天都在继续研究，学生们写一篇荣誉论文或一篇论文，在秋季发表。 学生可以使用的计算资源包括UB计算研究中心的2000节点集群和可视化实验室。 由杰出的外部研究人员的演讲是研讨会的一个特色，学生们参加与他们的研究有关的一个领域的全国性会议，在地区会议和本科生奖学金的地方展览会上传播他们的成果，并参加当地高中的推广活动。 一年后，在他们的最后一个本科学期，新的训练有素的学生担任助教介绍微分方程课程，是采取所有数学，工程和科学的学生。 在该项目的多年课程中，研究重点是各种具有社会重要性的主题。这些包括光纤通信、农业害虫控制、密码学、医学成像和材料的行为（从半导体设备到泥石流）。 该项目不仅在这些重要领域培训了一批精选的年度学生，而且还为UB和BSC的所有数学专业的相当一部分学生提供了一个课程，该课程通过项目的准备和支持课程在计算上得到了丰富，并通过研讨会和接触从事研究的同行来增强系生活。 该项目由MPS数学科学部，MPS多学科活动办公室和EHR本科教育部批准。