REU Site: Interdisciplinary Scientific Computation at Ohio Wesleyan University

该奖项支持更新俄亥俄卫斯理大学本科生研究体验(REU)网站。每个本科生都将在俄亥俄卫斯理大学的一名教员的指导下完成一个为期十周的研究项目，该项目涉及以下学科之一：天文学、计算机科学、数学/统计学、神经科学和物理学。项目参与者将代表广泛的兴趣、经验和背景。这些项目将侧重于科学计算的一个或多个方面，例如：数值(用“传统”编程语言编码)、符号(使用计算机代数程序，如数学)和数据可视化。来自上述领域的七到八位导师将指导学生探索一系列重要的科学问题。每周一次的会议将培养与会者的社区意识，并指出计算技术在解决不同学科问题方面的优势。在会议上，各个研究小组将提交进展报告，所有参与者都可以讨论项目。该大学拥有的一个并行计算集群将可供参与者在他们的项目中使用。一系列由教师主导的每周半小时的研讨会将向参与者介绍广泛使用的计算工具。在研究期结束时，将举行一次研究专题讨论会，供与会者介绍他们的成果。该奖项由物理学司和数学和物理科学局内的数学科学司资助。

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at Ohio Wesleyan University. Each undergraduate participant will work on a ten-week research project under the guidance of an Ohio Wesleyan University faculty member in one of the following disciplines: astronomy, computer science, mathematics/statistics, neuroscience, and physics. Project participants will represent a wide range of interests, experiences, and backgrounds. The projects will focus on one or more aspects of scientific computation, such as: numerical (coding in a "traditional" programming language), symbolic (using a computer algebra program such as Mathematica®), and data visualization. Seven to eight mentors from the fields listed above will guide student explorations into a wide range of important scientific problems. Weekly meetings, in which individual research groups give progress reports and all participants are able to discuss the projects, will foster a sense of community among the participants and point out the strengths of computational techniques to tackle problems in varying disciplines. A parallel computing cluster, owned by the university, will be available for participants to use on their projects. A series of weekly, half-hour, faculty-led seminars will introduce participants to widely used computational tools. A research symposium will be held at the end of the research period for participants to present their results. This award is funded by the Physics Division and the Division of Mathematical Sciences within the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate.