REU Site: Passionate on Parallel-A Summer Research Program for Women in STEM

REU 网站：STEM 女性并行夏季研究计划的热情

• 批准号: 1004311
• 负责人: Susan Larson
• 金额: $ 35.82万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-01 至 2014-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1004311&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Passionate; Parallel; Summer

The computing landscape is changing - parallel computing will be the "default" approach to programming in the future. A central challenge in the transition to parallelism is shortage of workforce with expertise in parallel programming. In this REU, we will train students in the basics of parallel programming, provide them with research experience that demonstrates the importance of parallel computing in their own fields, and help them develop the confidence that they need to be successful in graduate school.To enable undergraduates to participate in the revolutionary new capabilities afforded by parallel computing, the REU-POP program (Research Experience for Undergraduates-Passionate on Parallel) at the University of Illinois will recruit ten (10) junior- and senior-level undergraduates majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to participate in a summer research experience in parallel computing and programming relevant to their own fields of study. Recognizing that women are critically underrepresented in academic and professional computer science, qualified students will be especially sought at women's and minority-serving colleges with limited research or graduate-school options. Eligible students will have completed specified computer science courses, but will not be required to have experience in parallel programming, which is rarely available at the undergraduate level.REU students will work in pairs (current literature suggests this is a successful learning strategy for women in programming) in small teams that will include a faculty member in their own discipline and a specially trained graduate mentor. Through preparatory online sessions before the POP summer, a four-day immersion session at the start of the POP summer, hands-on learning in their university laboratory, weekly technical sessions, and special seminars on topics such as parallel computing in current technology; research ethics; technology commercialization; and the benefits of graduate school, students will develop essential skills in parallel programming and explore the research options in their own STEM disciplines. Students will also interact with prominent professional and academic researchers to form a network of diverse role models and mentors to provide advice on careers and graduate school options.We believe undergraduates can be encouraged to persist in engineering programs, particularly computer science, by engaging them in research, by employing multiple mentoring options, and by providing opportunities for them to work in "programming pairs." The REU-POP program at Illinois will explore these methods within the REU context, and we will report on their success in the open literature to assist others in this effort.This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.

计算环境正在发生变化-并行计算将成为未来编程的“默认”方法。 向并行化过渡的一个核心挑战是缺乏具有并行编程专业知识的劳动力。在这个REU中，我们将培训学生并行编程的基础知识，为他们提供研究经验，证明并行计算在他们自己的领域的重要性，并帮助他们培养在研究生院取得成功所需的信心。为了使本科生能够参与并行计算所提供的革命性新能力，REU-POP计划（本科生的研究经验-Pingon平行）在伊利诺伊大学将招收十（10）个初级和高级本科生主修科学，技术，工程，和数学（STEM）学科参加夏季研究经验，并行计算和编程相关的自己的研究领域。认识到妇女在学术和专业计算机科学中的代表性严重不足，将特别在研究或研究生院选择有限的妇女和少数民族学院寻找合格的学生。符合条件的学生将完成指定的计算机科学课程，但不需要有并行编程的经验，这是很少在本科阶段提供。REU学生将在小团队中，将包括在自己的学科教师和受过专门训练的研究生导师对工作（目前的文献表明，这是一个成功的学习策略，为妇女在编程）。通过在持久性有机污染物夏季活动之前举行网上筹备会议，在持久性有机污染物夏季活动开始时举行为期四天的沉浸式会议，在大学实验室进行实践学习，每周举行技术会议，以及就当前技术中的并行计算、研究道德、技术商业化等专题举行特别研讨会;和研究生院的好处，学生将开发并行编程的基本技能，并探索自己的STEM学科的研究选择。学生还将与著名的专业和学术研究人员互动，形成一个由不同的榜样和导师组成的网络，为他们提供职业和研究生院选择的建议。我们相信，通过让他们参与研究，通过采用多种指导选择，并通过为他们提供“编程配对”的机会，可以鼓励本科生坚持工程专业，特别是计算机科学。“伊利诺伊州的REU-POP项目将在REU背景下探索这些方法，我们将在公开文献中报告他们的成功，以帮助其他人在这方面的努力。