Collaborative Research: California-Hawaii Astrophysics Mentoring Partnership (CHAMP)

加州-夏威夷天体物理学指导伙伴关系(CHAMP)是由少数族裔服务机构加州大学河滨分校(UCR)和夏威夷大学(UH)天文研究所(IFA)共同开展的一个项目。CHAMP旨在建立在这两个机构多年来成功合作的基础上，共享他们现有的设施和基础设施，目标是建立合作伙伴关系，以满足2022年十年调查对天文学和天体物理学的建议。UH-IFA拥有广泛的地面望远镜(约占莫纳凯克、双子座、斯巴鲁、CFHT、UKIRT上所有大型望远镜观测时间的15%)，具有观测技术、数据处理和简化方面的经验。UCR在数据科学、机器学习、数据可视化、数据编目、STEM教育和推广方面拥有丰富的专业知识。CHAMP将利用这一结合的专业知识来开发一项研究、教育和推广计划，目标是这两个合作机构的本科生和研究生。CHAMP将特别关注天文学中代表性不足的少数群体，包括夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民、西班牙裔和妇女。CHAMP还将为高中生组织天文学夏令营，向他们介绍使用Python和数据科学技术进行编码。利用约书亚树国家公园UCR天文台和夏威夷莫纳克亚天文台的望远镜，CHAMP将为公众组织亲身体验和远程观星之夜。更广泛影响的焦点将是IFA的夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民，以及UCR的拉丁裔和西班牙裔社区。UH-IFA和UCR在创建两个最大和最深的地基多波长星系调查-COSMOS2020和夏威夷-Two0(H20)方面发挥了重要作用。CHAMP将利用这些调查来解决星系进化和宇宙学中的主要科学问题，并为本科生和研究生制定研究和培训计划，这些学生将访问合作机构，接受培训，并在教职员工的指导下进行研究。该项目每年为本科生和研究生提供10周的时间。UCR学生将获得实际观测经验，UH-IFA学生将学习数据科学和机器学习技术及其在天文学中的应用。CHAMP还将在这两个机构开发两门新课程：教授光度学红移、星系质量、消光、恒星形成率测量基本技能的“现代天文学工具”；恒星人口合成算法的使用；以及通过调整和建立在加州大学学院现有的本科课程基础上的“天文学家的机器学习”。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。

The California-Hawaii Astrophysics Mentoring Partnership (CHAMP) is a program between the University of California Riverside (UCR), a minority serving institution, and the University of Hawaii (UH), Institute for Astronomy (IfA). CHAMP is designed to build on years of successful partnership between these two institutions to share their existing facilities and infrastructures, with the goal of building a partnership to address the 2022 Decadal Survey recommendations for Astronomy & Astrophysics. The UH-IfA has extensive access to ground-based telescopes (~15% of the observing time on all large telescopes on Mauna Kea - Keck, Gemini, Subaru, CFHT, UKIRT), with experience in observing techniques, data processing and reduction. UCR has significant expertise in data science, machine learning, data visualization, data cataloging, STEM education, and outreach. CHAMP will use this combined expertise to develop a research, education, and outreach program targeting both undergraduate and graduate students in the two partner institutions. CHAMP will particularly focus on the under-represented minority groups in astronomy, including Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, Hispanics and women. CHAMP will also organize summer camps in astronomy for high school students, introducing them to coding with Python and data science techniques. Using the telescopes at UCR observatory in Joshua Tree National Park and at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, CHAMP will organize hands-on and remote stargazing nights for the public. The focus of the broader impact will be Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders at IfA and the Latino and Hispanic community at UCR. UH-IfA and UCR have played a major role in creating two of the largest and deepest ground-based multi-wavelength galaxy surveys - COSMOS2020 and Hawaii-Two0 (H20). CHAMP will use these surveys to address major scientific questions in Galaxy Evolution and Cosmology and to develop research and training programs for undergraduate and graduate students who will visit the partner institutions to receive training and perform research under a faculty member. The program will last for 10 weeks each year for both undergraduate and graduate students. UCR students will gain hands-on observing experience and UH-IfA students will learn about data science and machine learning techniques and their application to astronomy. CHAMP will also develop two new courses to be delivered at both institutions: “Tools in Modern Astronomy” to teach basic skills in measurement of photometric redshifts, galaxy mass, extinction, star-formation rates; use of stellar population synthesis algorithms, and “Machine Learning for Astronomers” by adapting and building on an existing undergraduate course at UCR.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.