Student Travel to the Cornell, Maryland, Max Planck Pre-Doctoral Research School

太多有才华的学生没有攻读研究生，也没有在高等教育和研究领域就业。我们认为，这是因为学生们不知道研究生院应该期待什么，也不知道这样的职业需要什么。为了解决这一问题，马里兰大学与康奈尔大学和德国马克斯·普朗克学会的教职员工合作，开办了一系列研究暑期学校。该学院的目标是向顶尖学生介绍世界级的研究，并与该领域的领先研究人员一对一地以小组形式让他们参与进来。这项提议寻求资助大约25名来自美国的学生参加该学院的第一次迭代，该学院将于2017年8月8日至13日在德国萨尔布鲁肯的马克斯·普朗克软件系统研究所举行。学生已经在网上申请，并根据成绩、一份声明和推荐信进行评估。我们的中心论点是，与来自计算机科学广泛感兴趣领域的领导者的短期实践经验将有效地吸引许多本科生致力于为本科生(REU)、研究生院以及最终在研究领域的职业生涯提供长期的研究经验。为了评估这一点，我们将使用问卷调查、一对一建议会议和课后研究项目来跟踪参与者在研究学校期间和之后的进展和轨迹。研究学校的设计理念是，让学生，特别是女性和少数族裔，接触到计算机科学研究的广度和多样性，特别是在他们职业生涯的早期，将使他们更有可能追求Reus，并最终在研究中从事职业生涯。接触到高质量的研究，并能够与各自领域的领导者合作，将使研究生涯的选择成为现实，并对与会者的学术生涯产生变革性的积极影响。

Far too many talented students are not pursuing graduate school, or a career in higher education and research. We believe this is because students do not understand what to expect in graduate school, or what such a career entails. To address this problem, University of Maryland, in collaboration with faculty at Cornell University and the Max Planck Society in Germany are starting a series of research summer schools. The goal of the school is to introduce world-class research to top quality students, and engage them, one-on-one and in small groups, with leading researchers in the field.This proposal seeks funding for approximately 25 students from the United States to attend the first iteration of the school, which will be held on the premises of the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, in Saarbruecken Germany, from August 8-13th, 2017. Students have applied online, and are evaluated based on grades, a statement and recommendation letters. Our central thesis is that short, hands-on experience with leaders from a wide range of interesting areas of Computer Science will effectively entice many undergraduates to commit to longer-term Research Experience for Undergraduates (REUs), graduate school, and ultimately careers in research. To evaluate this, we will track participants' progress and trajectory, both during and after the research school, using questionnaires, one-on-one advising sessions, and post-school research projects.The research school is designed around the belief that exposing students, especially women and minorities, to the breadth and diversity of Computer Science research, especially early in their careers, will make them more likely to pursue REUs and, eventually, careers in research. Being exposed to high quality research and being able to work with leaders in their fields will make the option of a research career "real", and have a transformative impact for the positive in the attendee's academic careers.