Mathematical Sciences/GIG: New Multidisciplinary Directions in Applied Mathematics Reserach & Teaching at MIT (Group Infrastructure Grant)

该奖项将被证明是种子资金，用于建设基础设施，以促进跨学科合作，并培训麻省理工学院应用数学科学的学生。该活动的主题是建立机制，使来自不同系(应用数学和地球、大气和行星科学)的教员就共同感兴趣的研究课题进行实质性的、直接的合作。计划是创造一个研究环境，在这个环境中，重要的跨学科问题可以通过分析、数值模拟和物理实验的混合来解决。基础设施包括创建专门的学生研讨会、旨在提高可视化和教育能力的计算机设备、对博士后研究员和学生的支持，以及加强复杂系统的数学建模与物理实验的联系的资金。研讨会系列包括一个非正式研讨会，让学生和小组成员分享对当前项目的想法，以及一系列侧重于发展中研究领域的想法。计划中的科学领域将当前教师个人研究领域扩展到许多教师之间的合作。具体的研究主题包括界面的动力学、地球物理过程中的沉积和图案形成以及广义相对论中的奇点形成。合作将由联合博士后和学生促进和维持，部分由基础设施赠款提供支持。不同的人才汇聚在一起，为数学和物理科学方面的合作研究和跨学科教育创造了一个特殊的环境。这项活动的资金将由数学科学司和重大计划署多学科活动办公室提供。

PROJECT SUMMARY This award will proved seed money to build infrastructure to promote interdisciplinary collaborations and train students in the applied mathematical sciences at MIT. The theme of the activity is to set up mechanisms for substantive, direct collaborations between faculty members from different departments (Applied Mathematics and Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences) on research topics of common interest. The plan is to create a research environment where important interdisciplinary problems can be addressed through a blend of analysis, numerical simulations and physical experiments. The infrastructure includes the creation of special student seminars, computer equipment designed to increase visualization and educational capabilities, support for postdoctoral fellows and students, and funding to strengthen connections of the mathematical modelling of complex systems to physical experiments. The seminar series includes an informal workshop, allowing students and group members to share ideas on current projects, as well as a series focusing on developing areas of research. The planned scientific areas extend current areas of individual faculty research to collaborations between many faculty members. Specific research topics include the dynamics of interfaces, sedimentation and pattern formation in geophysical processes, and singularity formation in general relativity. Collaborations will be facilitated and sustained by joint postdocs and students supported partially through the infrastructure grant. The diverse talents brought together in the group create the potential for a special environment for collaborative research and interdisciplinary education in mathematics and the physical sciences. Funding for this activity will be provided by the Division of Mathematical Sciences and the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities.