VIGRE: Vertical and Horizontal Integration of Research and Education in Statistics and Mathematical Sciences at Carnegie Mellon

在卡耐基梅隆大学，统计学系和数学科学系将在互补优势的基础上发展一个联合的、垂直整合的教育和研究项目。为了响应国家的需求，该项目将(i)培养博士后，使其在需要多功能性的环境中从事强调研究的职业；（ii）旨在招募和留住美国研究生，避免花太多时间完成博士学位，同时为学生提供毕业后成功的高概率；（iii）帮助增加攻读数学和统计科学高级学位的美国本科生的数量，包括女性和少数族裔。该计划强调跨学科研究和理解学习者在学科进步背景下的需求。许多活动都是由两个先前资助的集团基础设施补助金发展到我们各自的部门，以及一个非常成功的本科暑期应用数学研究所。例如，我们计划将基础设施拨款中的研究生支持模式用于数学科学，我们将扩大暑期研究所的运作，包括统计学的学生，我们将把一些在统计学方面很有效的博士后指导程序应用于数学科学。我们对该培训计划的评估将评估以下内容：本科生参与有意义的研究经历；它成功地为VIGRE毕业生学员提供了可接受的平均获得学位的时间；它有效地拓展了本科生和研究生的数学视野和就业机会，尤其是研究生课程；在培养VIGRE博士后成为专业数学科学家方面的有效性；在发展VIGRE参与者的沟通技巧方面的有效性；本科生、研究生和博士后的指导效果研究团队的整体效能，以及整合研究与教育的其他努力；统计学系和数学科学系之间的培训伙伴关系的有效性；以及妇女和少数民族的参与程度。该奖项的资金由数学科学司和MPS理事会的多学科活动办公室提供。

9819900Eddy At Carnegie Mellon University, the Department of Statistics and the Department of Mathematical Sciences will build on their complementary strengths to develop a joint, vertically-integrated program of education and research. Responding to national needs, the program will (i) train postdoctoral fellows for careers emphasizing research in settings that require versatility, (ii) aim to recruit and retain U.S. graduate students, avoiding excessive time to complete Ph.D.s while providing students with a high probability of success after graduation, and (iii) help increase the numbers of U.S. undergraduates, including women and minorities, who pursue advanced degrees in mathematical and statistical sciences. The program emphasizes cross-disciplinary research and understanding the needs of learners in a context of disciplinary advancement. Many of the activities grow from two previously-funded Group Infrastructure Grants to our respective departments, and from a very successful Undergraduate Summer Research Institute in Applied Mathematics. For instance, we plan to use the graduate support model from the infrastructure grant to Mathematical Sciences, we will expand the operation of the Summer Institute to include students from Statistics, and we will adapt for Mathematical Sciences some of the postdoctoral mentoring procedures that have worked well in Statistics. Our evaluation of this training program will assess the following:involvement of undergraduates in meaningful research experiences; its success in producing acceptable average time-to-degree for VIGRE graduate trainees; its effectiveness in expanding the mathematical horizons and career opportunities of students at both the undergraduate and the graduate levels, with particular focus on the graduate program; its effectiveness at the postdoctoral level in preparing VIGRE postdoctoral fellows for careers as professional mathematical scientists; its effectiveness in developing the communications skills of VIGRE participants; the effectiveness of the mentoring of undergraduate students, graduate trainees, and postdoctoral fellows; overall effectiveness of the research teams and other efforts to integrate research and education; the effectiveness of the partnership-in-training between the Departments of Statistics and Mathematical Sciences; and the degree of involvement of women and minorities.Funding for this award is provided by the Division of Mathematical Sciences and the MPS Directorate's Office of Multidisciplinary Activities.