International Summer Program in Astrophysical Modeling

该奖项将为参加天体物理建模国际暑期项目的研究生和资深科学家提供旅行和当地支持。这个研讨会由Pascale Garaud博士（加州大学圣克鲁斯分校）发起，有两个目标：培养天体物理建模方面的研究生和博士后，促进理论家、数字学者和观测者之间的科学合作。研讨会将持续六周，地点将在加利福尼亚州的圣克鲁斯和一个国际地点之间交替进行，其中第一个地点将在法国。学校的形式是高度非传统的，从某种意义上说，它不会围绕着教授学生一种特定的预定义技能或知识。相反，该项目首先向学生展示有趣的专题研究问题，并让他们决定他们感兴趣的数学/数值方法来解决这些问题。在这个研究项目期间，更资深的教师和博士后将提供广泛的技术技能指导和支持。通过促进多学科合作，团队中的每个人都有机会向其他人学习。将组织小型讲习班，向任何感兴趣的人教授他们所选择的项目可能需要的数学/数值/统计工具。该项目将在国际环境中进行，在美国和世界其他地区之间交替举办，以促进国际合作，并将学生介绍给国际研究界。

This award will provide travel and local support for graduate students and senior scientists for the International Summer Program in Astrophysical Modeling. This workshop, being developed by Dr. Pascale Garaud (University of California - Santa Cruz), has a dual goal: to train graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in astrophysical modeling and to promote scientific collaborations between theorists, numericists and observers. The workshop will run for a total of six weeks, and the venue will alternate between Santa Cruz, California and an international location, the first one of which will be in France. The format of the school is highly non-traditional, in the sense that it will not revolve around teaching the students a single particular pre-defined skill or knowledge. Instead, the program begins by presenting the students with interesting topical research problems, and leaves them to decide whichever mathematical/numerical method they are interested in developing to address these problems. Mentoring and support in a wide breadth of technical skills will be provided by the more senior faculty and postdoctoral fellows for the duration of this research program. By fostering multi-disciplinary collaboration, every person in the team will have the opportunity to learn from the others. Mini-workshops will be organized to teach whomever is interested the mathematical/numerical/statistical tools they may need for the project of their choice. The program will be run in an international setting by alternating venues between the United States and the rest of the world to promote international collaborations and introduce the students to the international research community.