Student Travel to the Cornell, Maryland, Max Planck Pre-Doctoral Research School

学生前往马里兰州康奈尔大学马克斯·普朗克博士前研究学院

• 批准号: 1735563
• 负责人: Samrat Bhattacharjee
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-01 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1735563&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Student; Travel; Cornell; Maryland; Max

Far too many talented students are not pursuing graduate school, or a career in higher education and research. We believe this is because students do not understand what to expect in graduate school, or what such a career entails. To address this problem, University of Maryland, in collaboration with faculty at Cornell University and the Max Planck Society in Germany are starting a series of research summer schools. The goal of the school is to introduce world-class research to top quality students, and engage them, one-on-one and in small groups, with leading researchers in the field.This proposal seeks funding for approximately 25 students from the United States to attend the first iteration of the school, which will be held on the premises of the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, in Saarbruecken Germany, from August 8-13th, 2017. Students have applied online, and are evaluated based on grades, a statement and recommendation letters. Our central thesis is that short, hands-on experience with leaders from a wide range of interesting areas of Computer Science will effectively entice many undergraduates to commit to longer-term Research Experience for Undergraduates (REUs), graduate school, and ultimately careers in research. To evaluate this, we will track participants' progress and trajectory, both during and after the research school, using questionnaires, one-on-one advising sessions, and post-school research projects.The research school is designed around the belief that exposing students, especially women and minorities, to the breadth and diversity of Computer Science research, especially early in their careers, will make them more likely to pursue REUs and, eventually, careers in research. Being exposed to high quality research and being able to work with leaders in their fields will make the option of a research career "real", and have a transformative impact for the positive in the attendee's academic careers.

太多有才华的学生没有攻读研究生，也没有从事高等教育和研究。 我们认为这是因为学生不明白在研究生院期待什么，或者这样的职业需要什么。为了解决这个问题，马里兰州大学与康奈尔大学和德国马克斯·普朗克学会的教师合作，正在开办一系列研究性暑期学校。 该学院的目标是将世界一流的研究成果介绍给高素质的学生，并让他们与该领域的领先研究人员进行一对一和小组的接触。该提案寻求资助大约25名来自美国的学生参加该学院的第一次迭代，该学院将在德国萨尔布吕肯的马克斯普朗克软件系统研究所举行，2017年8月8日至13日 学生在网上申请，并根据成绩，声明和推荐信进行评估。 我们的中心论点是，与来自计算机科学广泛有趣领域的领导者的短期实践经验将有效地吸引许多本科生致力于本科生（雷乌斯），研究生院的长期研究经验，并最终从事研究工作。 为了评估这一点，我们将跟踪参与者的进步和轨迹，无论是在研究学校期间和之后，使用问卷调查，一对一的咨询会议，和课后研究项目。研究学校的设计是围绕着这样一个信念，即让学生，特别是女性和少数民族，接触计算机科学研究的广度和多样性，特别是在他们职业生涯的早期，将使他们更有可能追求雷乌斯，最后是从事研究工作。 接触到高质量的研究，并能够与领导者在各自的领域工作将使研究生涯的选择“真实的”，并有积极的与会者的学术生涯的变革性影响。