EAGER: Developing a Framework for a Cyber-Infrastructure General Practitioner Program

该项目将对网络基础设施(CI)全科医生教育和实习计划框架的发展进行深入研究，旨在培养高能力和创新的信息技术(IT)专业人员。这个项目将建立一种方法，用来开发在学术环境中实施应用实习计划的原型模型。这种方法将包括评估本科生和研究生的课程内容需求，探索一系列所需的实用劳动力能力，打造私营部门合作伙伴的适当组合，对当前的课程设置进行匹配/差距分析，并开发CI全科医生项目的原型，探索教学交付的实习模式。在解决未来信息技术专业人员所需的必要能力方面，美国面临着几个挑战。传统的计算机科学和计算机工程学位往往只关注计算的理论基础，这些项目往往缺乏时间来指导学生完成全面的学徒计划。只关注本科教育的课程开发计划错过了一大批知识渊博的研究生水平的学生研究人员，他们往往准备好在推进研究和教学活动中使用实用的网络基础设施(CI)技能。不存在使本科生和研究生都能获得急需的课外CI技能的标准化教育模式。为了应对这些挑战，该计划将调查CI从业者计划的可行性和必要的组成部分，该计划旨在弥合目前由技术学院提供的培训计划、传统大学学位计划和专业认证途径之间的应用技能差距，以便开始培养一支拥有从事和支持CI支持的科学和创新所需的理论基础、实践能力和技术技能的劳动力队伍。这项研究的结果将适用于所有致力于制定更相关、更有效的课程和实习计划的机构，以培养本科生或研究生在科技驱动的全球市场中成为创新和具有竞争力的人才。这个项目？S的发现和课程模式将适用于多个学科，因为CI的好处是没有边界的。这项工作的受益者将主要包括传统的传播与信息科学，但也包括人文和经济努力。最后，该计划将通过为参与的本科生和研究生提供关键的广泛的CI视角来促进CI管理和发展的创新和独立性，这是做出最佳决策和最佳利用现有资源所需的。

This project will perform an in-depth study on the development of a framework for a cyberinfrastructure (CI) general practitioner education and internship program targeted at creating highly-capable and innovative information technology (IT) professionals. This project will establish a methodology by which to develop a prototype model that implements an applied internship program within an academic setting. This methodology will include evaluating both undergraduate and graduate curriculum content needs, exploring a set of desired practical workforce competencies, forging the appropriate mix of private sector partnerships, conducting a fit/gap analysis of current curriculum offerings, and developing the prototype offering of a CI general practitioner program that explores an internship style model for instructional delivery. The United States faces several challenges in addressing the necessary aptitudes that future information technology professionals will need. Traditional computer science and computer engineering degrees tend to focus only on theoretical foundations of computing, and these programs often lack the time to guide the students through a comprehensive apprenticeship program. Curriculum development programs that focus only on undergraduate education miss the large population of knowledgeable graduate-level student researchers who are often well prepared to employ practical cyberinfrastructure (CI) skills in advancing their research and teaching activities. A standardized educational model that enables both undergraduate and graduate students to gain much needed extracurricular CI skills does not exist. In addressing these challenges, this program will investigate the feasibility and needed components of a CI Practitioner program, which seeks to bridge the applied skills gaps between training programs currently offered by technical colleges, traditional university degree programs, and professional certification pathways in order to begin creating a workforce that possesses the theoretical foundation, hands-on capabilities, and technical skills needed to engage in and support CI-enabled science and innovation. The results of this study will be applicable at all institutions working toward a more relevant and more effective curriculum and internship program for preparing undergraduate or graduate students to become innovative and competitive in the technology driven global market. This project?s discoveries and curriculum model will be applicable within multiple disciplines, as CI benefit has no boundaries. Beneficiaries of this work will include traditional CI-enabled sciences primarily, but also the humanities and economic endeavors. Finally, this program will foster innovation and independence in CI management and development by providing participating undergraduate and graduate students with the critical broad perspective of CI needed to make the best decisions and best use of available resources.