CPATH CDP: Integrating Biology and Computing: Empowering Future Computer Professionals

CPATH概念开发和规划项目融合了生物学和计算机科学的概念，在生物计算领域开辟了一条新的轨道。它包括来自14个学科的23名教职员工，他们的愿景是培养未来的生物计算领导者。该轨道认识到计算概念和实践对当前生物学思维的重要性，以及生物过程为计算机科学发展提供信息的潜力。该项目涉及机构改革，包括与中学和更广泛的社区进行接触。该项目的智力价值在于该主题的重要性和时效性，以及计算机教育显然需要这种变化，以培养下一代计算机专业人员。该项目团队包括在作为实施基础的计算学科研究和教育创新方面拥有丰富专业知识的研究人员。该项目有可能对全国产生影响，并为未来的计算机教育提供新的模式。该项目的更广泛影响在于，有可能满足对计算机专业人员不断变化的需求，并吸引不同的学生受众。该项目包括与高中生和更广泛的社区进行接触。该项目有可能为本科生为生物计算职业生涯做准备提供高质量的研究资源。

This CPATH Conceptual Development and Planning project integrates concepts from biology and computer science to create a new track in biological computing. It includes 23 faculty members from 14 academic disciplines with a vision for nurturing future leaders in biological computing. The track recognizes the importance of computing concepts and practice to current thinking in biology as well as the potential for biological processes to inform the development of computer science. The project involves institutional transformation and includes outreach to secondary schools and broader communities.The intellectual merit of the project lies in the importance and currency of the topic and clear need for such changes in computing education to prepare the upcoming generation of computing professionals. The project team includes researchers with significant expertise in both the computing discipline research that underlies the implementation and in educational innovation. The project has the potential for national impact and to provide new models for computing education of the future.The broader impacts of the project lie in the potential to address changing demands on computing professionals and to attract a diverse audience of students. The project includes outreach to high school students and broader communities. The project has the potential to provide quality research-based resources for the preparation of undergraduates for careers in biological computing.