California Research Training Program in Computational and Applied Mathematics

这一计算和应用数学课程的主旨是吸引学生开始并完成从本科生到博士生的高质量大学水平研究的关键转折点。学生既经历了独立研究项目的发展，也经历了被顶尖博士项目录取并取得成功所需的里程碑。他们参加了夏季研究模块，主题包括犯罪建模、流体动力学实验和建模、机器人与控制、医学成像、癌症干细胞、骨骼生长、遥感应用、酒精生物传感器、光伏电池以及显微镜算法设计。该计划涉及来自数学的教员与医学、人类学、工程学、化学和其他学科的教员合作。该项目包括一项针对博士后和初级教师的培训计划，以学习如何让博士后学生参与出版物水平的研究。该培训计划以加州大学洛杉矶分校为基础，包括来自附近学院和大学的本科生和硕士学生。该计划的目标是直接解决计算数学和应用数学方面的多样性和获得顶级博士课程的机会。拟议的方案提供：(A)为本科生提供暑期研究金，以参与计算和应用数学研究；(B)为非博士授予机构的硕士学生提供暑期研究奖学金；(B)为非博士授予机构的教师提供暑期实习，以获得监督本科生研究的经验，并与加州大学洛杉矶分校的研究人员合作；(C)提供第一年博士奖学金，以招募和培训更多样化的博士生群体；(D)为最近有兴趣在研究问题上指导本科生的博士后提供实习；(E)为博士后提供暑期研究导师，以便博士后与年轻学生在研究模块上合作。

The thrust of this Computational and Applied Mathematics program is engaging students starting and finishing the critical transition point from undergraduate to PhD student in high quality university level research. Students experience both the development of independent research projects and the milestones needed to get admitted to and succeed in a top PhD program. They participate in summer research modules on topics such as crime modeling, fluid dynamics experiments and modeling, robotics and control, medical imaging, cancer stem cells, bone growth, remote sensing applications, alcohol biosensors, photovoltaic cells, and algorithm design for microscopy. The program involves faculty from Mathematics in collaboration with faculty in Medicine, Anthropology, Engineering, Chemistry, and other disciplines. The project includes a training program for postdocs and junior faculty to learn how to involve pre-PhD students in publication-level research. The training program is based at UCLA and includes undergraduate and masters student participation from nearby colleges and universities.The program goal is to directly address diversity and access to top level PhD programs in computational and applied mathematics. The proposed program provides(a) summer fellowships for undergraduates to participate in research in computational and applied mathematics; (b) summer research fellowships for masters students from non-PhD granting institutions; (b) a summer traineeships for faculty from non-PhD granting institutions to gain experience supervising undergraduate research and to collaborate with research faculty based at UCLA; (c) first year PhD fellowships to recruit and train a more diverse group of PhD students (d) postdoctoral traineeships for recent PhDs with an interesting in mentoring undergraduates on research problems;(e) summer research mentorships for postdocs to work with younger students on research modules.