California Research Training Program in Computational and Applied Mathematics

该计算和应用数学项目的主旨是让学生开始和完成从本科生到博士生的关键过渡点，进行高质量的大学水平研究。学生体验独立研究项目的发展和获得录取并成功进入顶级博士课程所需的里程碑。他们参加夏季研究模块的主题，如犯罪建模，流体动力学实验和建模，机器人和控制，医学成像，癌症干细胞，骨生长，遥感应用，酒精生物传感器，光伏电池和算法设计显微镜。该计划涉及数学教师与医学，人类学，工程，化学和其他学科的教师合作。该项目包括博士后和初级教师的培训计划，以学习如何让博士前学生参与出版水平的研究。该培训项目以加州大学洛杉矶分校为基地，包括附近学院和大学的本科生和硕士生参与。该项目的目标是直接解决多样性问题，并获得计算和应用数学领域的顶级博士课程。拟议的方案提供：（a）夏季奖学金，为本科生参加计算和应用数学的研究;（B）夏季研究奖学金，为硕士生从非博士授予机构;（B）夏季实习，为教师从非博士授予机构获得经验，监督本科生的研究，并与研究人员在加州大学洛杉矶分校合作;（c）第一年的博士研究金，以招募和培训一批更多样化的博士生;（d）为最近获得博士学位的人提供博士后培训，他们有兴趣指导本科生解决研究问题;（e）为博士后提供暑期研究导师，与年轻学生一起研究研究单元。

The thrust of this Computational and Applied Mathematics program is engaging students starting and finishing the critical transition point from undergraduate to PhD student in high quality university level research. Students experience both the development of independent research projects and the milestones needed to get admitted to and succeed in a top PhD program. They participate in summer research modules on topics such as crime modeling, fluid dynamics experiments and modeling, robotics and control, medical imaging, cancer stem cells, bone growth, remote sensing applications, alcohol biosensors, photovoltaic cells, and algorithm design for microscopy. The program involves faculty from Mathematics in collaboration with faculty in Medicine, Anthropology, Engineering, Chemistry, and other disciplines. The project includes a training program for postdocs and junior faculty to learn how to involve pre-PhD students in publication-level research. The training program is based at UCLA and includes undergraduate and masters student participation from nearby colleges and universities.The program goal is to directly address diversity and access to top level PhD programs in computational and applied mathematics. The proposed program provides(a) summer fellowships for undergraduates to participate in research in computational and applied mathematics; (b) summer research fellowships for masters students from non-PhD granting institutions; (b) a summer traineeships for faculty from non-PhD granting institutions to gain experience supervising undergraduate research and to collaborate with research faculty based at UCLA; (c) first year PhD fellowships to recruit and train a more diverse group of PhD students (d) postdoctoral traineeships for recent PhDs with an interesting in mentoring undergraduates on research problems;(e) summer research mentorships for postdocs to work with younger students on research modules.