Collaborative Research: Science of Information: Bringing Many Disciplines Together

布林莫尔学院和普渡大学正在为新兴的信息科学多学科领域创建一套高水平的本科课程材料。在这个项目中开发的材料和课程模块引导学生理解超越学科之间，特别是在物理和生命科学、通信和从海量数据集中提取知识之间的边界的“信息”的概念。这些课程材料奠定了在具体计算模型中学习信息的基础。在过去的60年里，信息理论走到了几个传统学科的十字路口：数学、统计学、计算机科学、物理、生物和电气工程。一个有形的实践课程模块存储库正在帮助学生、教师和研究人员借鉴多个学科的最新发现，复制最近的研究，并学习在他们的生活中应用基于信息的调查的技术和工具。NSF STC信息科学中心(CSOI)的资源和基础设施正被用于最大限度地发挥该项目的教育影响，包括关注增加多样性、性别和种族平衡以及扩大参与。正在举办讲习班，培训教员如何使用课程材料。

Bryn Mawr College and Purdue University are creating a set of upper level undergraduate course materials in the emerging multidisciplinary area of science of information. Materials and course modules developed during this project lead students to an understanding of the concept of "information" that transcends boundaries between disciplines, especially between physical and life sciences, communication, and knowledge extraction from massive datasets. The course materials ground the study of information in concrete computational models.The past six decades have brought information theory to the crossroads of several traditional disciplines: mathematics, statistics, computer science, physics, biology, and electrical engineering. A repository of tangible, hands-on course modules is helping students, faculty, and researchers draw upon the latest discoveries from multiple disciplines, replicate recent research, and learn to apply the techniques and tools of information-based inquiry in their lives.The resources and infrastructure of the NSF STC Center for Science of Information (CSoI) are being used to maximize the educational impact of this project, including a focus on increasing diversity, gender and ethnic balance, and broadening of participation. Workshops are being conducted to train faculty in the use of the course materials.