REU Site: SCEC Undergraduate Studies in Earthquake Information Technology (SCEC/UseIT)

REU 网站：SCEC 地震信息技术本科生研究 (SCEC/UseIT)

• 批准号: 1005235
• 负责人: Thomas Jordan
• 金额: $ 33.89万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-01 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1005235&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; SCEC; Undergraduate; Studies

Undergraduate Studies in Earthquake Information Technology (USEIT) is a team-based undergraduate research program implemented by the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) at its lead institution, the University of Southern California. Earthquakes are among the most complex terrestrial phenomena, and modeling of earthquake dynamics is one of the most difficult computational problems in science. USEIT allows students to work in multi-disciplinary collaborative teams to tackle a scientific "Grand Challenge" where they use the advanced tools of information technology to solve important problems in interdisciplinary earthquake research. The topic varies each year but it always entails performing computer science research that is needed by earthquake scientists, educators, and other target audiences. The overarching goal of USEIT is to motivate undergraduates from diverse backgrounds toward careers in STEM fields through team-based research in the exciting field of earthquake information technology. SCEC has observed that undergraduate and graduate degree programs in both computer science and geoscience continue to act as stovepipes, funneling students through narrow disciplinary training without giving them adequate breadth to span the major problem areas of system science. USEIT provides the cross-training in CS/IT and system science that encourages students to broaden their coursework in college and to consider graduate work in the CS/IT aspects of system science.Earthquakes pose the greatest natural threat to the built environment in seismically active regions such as Southern California. SCEC coordinates earthquake research in Southern California, which comprises 23 million people and about half of the national earthquake risk. The SCEC science plan is articulated in terms of the most pressing issues of earthquake system science, USEIT enhances the CS/IT expertise that SCEC will need to achieve its objectives in the prediction of strong ground motions and the understanding of earthquake predictability. USEIT benefits all federal agencies that participate in the National Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP); in particular, it strengthens the workforce for the USGS's program in seismic hazard mapping, as well as major NEHRP-related initiatives within NSF, including the EarthScope Program and the George E. Brown Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation. USEIT's broadest impacts will come as the intern alumni develop into a new generation of CS/IT savvy leaders in system science. The high and increasing participation of women and minority students in USEIT is particularly important given the precipitous enrollment declines in CS/IT undergraduate degree programs around the country, especially among women.The site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.

地震信息技术本科研究 (USEIT) 是一个基于团队的本科研究项目，由南加州地震中心 (SCEC) 在其牵头机构南加州大学实施。地震是最复杂的陆地现象之一，地震动力学建模是科学中最困难的计算问题之一。 USEIT 允许学生在多学科协作团队中工作，以应对科学的“大挑战”，他们使用先进的信息技术工具来解决跨学科地震研究中的重要问题。该主题每年都会有所不同，但总是需要进行地震科学家、教育工作者和其他目标受众所需的计算机科学研究。 USEIT 的总体目标是通过在令人兴奋的地震信息技术领域进行基于团队的研究，激励来自不同背景的本科生从事 STEM 领域的职业。 SCEC 观察到，计算机科学和地球科学的本科和研究生学位课程继续充当“烟囱”的角色，让学生接受狭窄的学科培训，而没有给他们足够的广度来跨越系统科学的主要问题领域。 USEIT 提供 CS/IT 和系统科学方面的交叉培训，鼓励学生扩大大学课程，并考虑系统科学的 CS/IT 方面的研究生工作。地震对地震活跃地区的建筑环境构成最大的自然威胁地区，如南加州。 SCEC 协调南加州的地震研究，该地区有 2300 万人口，约占全国地震风险的一半。 SCEC 科学计划根据地震系统科学最紧迫的问题进行阐述，USEIT 增强了 SCEC 实现其预测强地面运动和理解地震可预测性的目标所需的 CS/IT 专业知识。 USEIT 使所有参与国家减灾计划 (NEHRP) 的联邦机构受益；特别是，它加强了美国地质调查局地震灾害测绘项目以及 NSF 内与 NEHRP 相关的主要举措的人员队伍，包括 EarthScope 项目和乔治·E·布朗地震工程模拟网络。当实习校友成长为系统科学领域的新一代 CS/IT 领军人物时，USEIT 将产生最广泛的影响。鉴于全国各地计算机科学/信息技术本科学位课程的入学人数急剧下降，尤其是女性学生人数急剧下降，USEIT 中女性和少数族裔学生的高参与度尤其重要。该网站由国防部与NSF REU 计划。