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

学生前往马里兰州康奈尔大学马克斯·普朗克博士前研究学院

• 批准号: 1735563
• 负责人: Samrat Bhattacharjee
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-01 至 2019-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1735563&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Student; Travel; Cornell; Maryland; Max

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.

太多的才华横溢的学生没有攻读研究生院或高等教育和研究职业。 我们认为这是因为学生不了解研究生院的期望，或者是这样的职业所带来的。为了解决这个问题，马里兰大学与康奈尔大学的教师和德国的马克斯·普朗克学会合作，正在开设一系列研究暑期学校。 学校的目的是介绍世界一流的研究，以一对一的一对一和小组与他们与领域的领先研究人员互动。该提案寻求为来自美国的大约25名学生提供资金，以参加学校的第一个迭代，该学校将在Max Planck Systems的Max Planck Systems of Saarbruecken Dermany和8月8日至8月8日至2017年在MaxPlanck System of Salearbrueck Institute of Saplanck Systems of Salesy and Spectute of Sale and 8-13。关于成绩，声明和推荐信。 我们的中心论点是，与来自各个有趣的计算机科学领域的领导者的短暂而动手的经验将有效地吸引许多本科生致力于为本科生（REUS），研究生院，最终从事研究的长期研究经验。 To evaluate this, we will tr​​ack 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. 接触高质量的研究并能够与他们的领域的领导者合作将使研究职业“真正”的选择，并对与会者的学术职业产生变革性的影响。