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读研究生，也没有从事高等教育和研究工作。我们认为这是因为学生不了解研究生院的期望，或者这样的职业需要什么。为了解决这个问题，马里兰大学与康奈尔大学和德国马克斯普朗克学会的教员合作，正在启动一系列研究性暑期学校。学院的目标是向高质量的学生介绍世界一流的研究成果，并以一对一或小组的形式与该领域的顶尖研究人员进行交流。该提案旨在为来自美国的大约25名学生提供资金，以参加该学校的第一次迭代，该学校将于2017年8月8日至13日在德国萨尔布吕肯的马克斯普朗克软件系统研究所举行。学生在网上申请，并根据成绩、陈述和推荐信进行评估。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进行短暂的实践体验，将有效地吸引许多本科生致力于长期的本科生研究经验（reu），研究生院，并最终从事研究工作。为了评估这一点，我们将通过问卷调查、一对一的咨询会议和毕业后的研究项目来跟踪参与者在研究学校期间和之后的进展和轨迹。这所研究型学院的设计理念是，让学生，尤其是女性和少数族裔学生，接触到计算机科学研究的广度和多样性，尤其是在他们职业生涯的早期，将使他们更有可能追求reu，并最终从事研究工作。接触高质量的研究并能够与各自领域的领导者一起工作，将使研究生涯的选择“真实”，并对与会者的学术生涯产生积极的变革性影响。