IGERT: Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative Technologies (SCALE-IT) for Biology

这项针对生物学的可扩展计算和前沿创新技术(SCALE-IT)综合研究生教育和研究培训(IGERT)计划将以一种新的方式教育未来的生物学家--计算专业知识和使用新兴工具的研究的无缝结合，可以解决跨越亚细胞到生物尺度的生物学中最具挑战性的问题。这些活动将由田纳西大学和橡树岭国家实验室的生物学家和计算科学家团队协调。其目标是赋予未来的科学家在计算和生物科学的界面上工作的专业知识，使他们能够掌握重要的生物学问题，了解解决这些问题所需的数据的范围，精明地设计全面的解决方案，并以合理和高效的方式实施这些问题。Scale-IT实习生将在包括最先进的仪器设备、高性能计算和通过Tera-GRID进行全球分布式计算的环境中进行研究。新的课程将为受训者提供在计算和生物范围内工作的背景知识，包括以问题为基础的深入学习和实践经验。学生将有机会在主要行业、研究所和其他学术项目实习。该计划的其他更广泛的影响包括为合作机构的教职员工和学生举办暑期研究体验和课程开发研讨会。与特拉华州立大学和田纳西州立大学的合作将为代表不足的少数族裔提供参与这一博士课程的途径。将通过与新闻业同事建立科学传播中心来促进科学有效传播方面的培训。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的项目，旨在应对培养具有跨学科背景、所选学科的深厚知识以及满足未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能的美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中，催化研究生教育的文化变革。

This Integrated Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) Program on Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative Technologies (SCALE-IT) for Biology will educate future biologists in a new way of approaching biology?a seamless combination of computing expertise and research using emerging tools that can attack the most challenging problems in biology spanning sub-cellular to organismal scales. These activities will be coordinated by a team of biologists and computational scientists at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The goal is to endow future scientists with the expertise to work at the interface of computational and biological sciences, giving them the foundation to grasp important biological problems, understand the scope of the data needed to address them, shrewdly design comprehensive solutions, and implement them in a reasonable and efficient fashion. SCALE-IT trainees will conduct research in an environment that includes state-of-the-art instrumentation, high performance computing and worldwide distributed computing via the Tera-grid. New curricula will provide trainees with the background to work across computational and biological scales, including in-depth problem-based learning with hands-on experiences. Opportunities will be available for students to intern with major industries, institutes and other academic programs. Other broader impacts of the program include summer research experiences and curriculum development workshops for faculty and students from partner institutions. Collaborations with Delaware State University and Tennessee State University will provide pathways for underrepresented minorities to participate in this doctoral program. Training in effective communication of science will be fostered by establishing a Science Communication Center with colleagues in journalism. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.