Mathematical Sciences/GIG: New Multidisciplinary Directions in Applied Mathematics Reserach & Teaching at MIT (Group Infrastructure Grant)

数学科学/GIG：应用数学研究的新的多学科方向

• 批准号: 9709607
• 负责人: Alan Edelman
• 金额: $ 43.06万
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-08-15 至 2001-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9709607&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mathematical; Sciences; GIG; New; Multidisciplinary

PROJECT SUMMARY This award will proved seed money to build infrastructure to promote interdisciplinary collaborations and train students in the applied mathematical sciences at MIT. The theme of the activity is to set up mechanisms for substantive, direct collaborations between faculty members from different departments (Applied Mathematics and Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences) on research topics of common interest. The plan is to create a research environment where important interdisciplinary problems can be addressed through a blend of analysis, numerical simulations and physical experiments. The infrastructure includes the creation of special student seminars, computer equipment designed to increase visualization and educational capabilities, support for postdoctoral fellows and students, and funding to strengthen connections of the mathematical modelling of complex systems to physical experiments. The seminar series includes an informal workshop, allowing students and group members to share ideas on current projects, as well as a series focusing on developing areas of research. The planned scientific areas extend current areas of individual faculty research to collaborations between many faculty members. Specific research topics include the dynamics of interfaces, sedimentation and pattern formation in geophysical processes, and singularity formation in general relativity. Collaborations will be facilitated and sustained by joint postdocs and students supported partially through the infrastructure grant. The diverse talents brought together in the group create the potential for a special environment for collaborative research and interdisciplinary education in mathematics and the physical sciences. Funding for this activity will be provided by the Division of Mathematical Sciences and the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities.

项目摘要该奖项将证明是建立基础设施来促进跨学科合作的种子资金，并在麻省理工学院的应用数学科学中培训学生。 该活动的主题是建立与共同兴趣研究主题的不同部门（应用数学和地球，大气和行星科学）的教职员工之间实质性直接合作的机制。 该计划是创建一个研究环境，通过分析，数值模拟和物理实验的融合可以解决重要的跨学科问题。 基础架构包括创建特殊的学生研讨会，旨在提高可视化和教育能力的计算机设备，对博士后研究员和学生的支持以及为加强复杂系统与物理实验的数学建模连接的资金。 研讨会系列包括一个非正式的研讨会，使学生和小组成员可以分享有关当前项目的想法，以及一个专注于发展领域的研究领域。计划的科学领域将个人教师研究的当前领域扩展到许多教职员工之间的合作。 特定的研究主题包括地球物理过程中的界面动力学，沉积和模式形成以及一般相对性的奇异性形成。合作将由联合的博士后和学生通过基础设施赠款进行部分支持。 小组中汇集的各种才能为数学和物理科学领域的合作研究和跨学科教育创造了特殊环境的潜力。 这项活动的资金将由数学科学和国会议员多学科活动办公室提供。