REU Site: Interdisciplinary Cutting-Edge Research though the Analysis of Global Data

位于纽约州帕利塞兹的哥伦比亚大学拉蒙特-多尔蒂地球天文台(LDEO)的本科生研究体验(REU)项目将在2018-2020年间接待14名本科生实习生进行为期10周的暑期研究体验。该项目的题目是《通过全球数据分析的跨学科前沿研究》，《全球数据》主题聚焦于以数据驱动、以解决方案为导向的科学研究方法的体验。学生们在LDEO活跃的跨学科研究和教育社区工作，并由LDEO的180名博士级别的科学家中至少一人单独指导。该项目的目标是让学生通过自己的亲身经历了解研究是什么样子，以便他们可以探索研究生涯；让学生对自己的独立研究和沟通能力以及科学身份培养自信，通过了解前沿问题并为解决方案做出贡献；以及让他们与科学家建立持久的职业关系。研究项目涉及地球、大气、海洋和环境科学的所有领域，符合学生不同的学科兴趣。专业发展的努力包括在项目开始时举行为期三天的尖端研讨会，其目标是教学生快速评估科学论文的目的、方法和逻辑，并批判性地思考其重要性。学生还参加了消防安全培训、实验室安全培训和第九条培训、计算机指导讲习班、每周科学系列讲座、研究伦理讲习班、科学写作讲习班和职业讲习班。学生们将住在纽约哥伦比亚大学的宿舍里，但他们将在LDEO工作，每天乘坐公交车往返。还将向学生介绍LDEO计算环境的能力，特别是数据分析、数据库访问和数据显示(例如在地图上)。大部分资金用于支付学生津贴、住房和学生参加该项目的旅费。该项目在全国范围内寻找申请者，并寻求吸引来自研究机会有限的学校的学生。该计划支持培养下一代科学家和科学工作者的国家目标。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at Columbia Univeristy's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), which is located in Palisades, NY, will host fourteen undergraduate interns for a 10 week summer research experience from 2018-2020. The title of the program is "Interdisciplinary Cutting-Edge Research through the Analysis of Global Data", and the "global data" theme focuses the experience on a data-driven and solutions-oriented approach to scientific research. Students work in LDEO's lively interdisciplinary research and education communities and are individually mentored by at least one of LDEO's 180 PhD-level scientists. The goals of the program are for students to learn through their own experience what research is like, so they can explore research careers; for students to develop self-confidence in their independent research and communication abilities and scientific identities, by their coming to understand cutting-edge issues and contributing to their solution; and for them to form lasting professional relationships with scientists. Research projects are in all areas of the Earth, atmospheric, oceanic and environmental sciences and follow the diverse disciplinary interests of the students. Professional development efforts include the three day Cutting Edge Workshop, held at the beginning of the program, which has the goal of teaching students to rapidly assess the purpose, methodology and logic of a scientific paper and to think critically about its importance. Students also participate in Fire Safety Training, Lab Safety Training and Title IX training, a Computing Orientation workshop, a weekly scientific lecture series, a Research Ethics workshop, a scientific writing workshop and a career workshop. Students will be housed in dormitories at Columbia University in New York City, but they will work at LDEO, traveling to and from via bus each day. Students will also be introduced to the capabilities of the LDEO computing environment, and especially to data analysis, database access and the display of data (e.g. on maps). Most of the funding provides support for student stipends, housing and student travel to attend the program. The program conducts a national search for applicants and seeks to engage students who are from schools with limited research opportunities. This program supports the national goal of developing the next generation of scientists and the scientific workforce.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.