Center for Computational Science
Recruits for NSF-Funded Graduate Training Program
Boston, Mass.) Boston University's Center for
Computational Science (CCS) has begun recruiting
the first cohort of graduate students for its Advanced
Computation in Engineering and Science (ACES) training
program. This program will provide BU's Ph.D. candidates
from a wide array of disciplines with a broad training
in high-performance computational science while
they pursue doctoral studies in their individual
fields. Using this approach, the program aims to
broaden the students academic experience and enrich
their intellectual contributions to the knowledge
base for science and technology.
For the United States to maintain its pace of
scientific and technological progress, says
Claudio Rebbi, professor of physics and CCS
director, it must prepare a cadre of young researchers
well versed in the use of high-performance computing.
The ACES
program for BU graduate students
will go a long way toward fulfilling this need.
Supported by a five-year, $2.7 million grant
from the National
Science Foundation's (NSF's)
Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Traineeship (IGERT) program, ACES will
expose participants to the cross-disciplinary
uses and research laboratory applications of
high-performance computational science. Students
will experience the challenges and opportunities
of work at industrial, government, and academic
research laboratories in the United States and
abroad. They also will earn a certificate in
computational science acknowledging their special
expertise. The certificate, awarded in conjunction
with their Ph.D., will be conferred by CCS.
Other aspects of ACES will focus on building the
students understanding of the responsibilities
of scientists in the computational disciplines
by involving them in multidisciplinary seminars,
workshops, and specialized lectures on ethics
and relevant issues of law. Results of this interdisciplinary
project will be disseminated through seminars,
workshops, and web-based documents so that they
may inform other groups interested in developing
cross-disciplinary training programs in computational
science.
Principal investigators for BU's IGERT grant include
CCS Rebbi; David Coker, professor of chemistry;
Roscoe Giles, professor of electrical and computer
engineering and deputy director of CCS; Michael
Caramanis, professor and associate chairman of
the graduate program in manufacturing engineering;
and Stephen Grossberg, professor and chairman
of the department of cognitive and neural systems.
Currently, nine departments at BU participate
in the ACES program:
Founded
in 1990, CCS seeks to coordinate and promote
computationally based research, foster computational
science education, and increase opportunities
for the expansion of computational resources
and support.
The IGERT program is an NSF-wide effort designed
to catalyze change in education programs for
U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers by providing
support for the development of innovative models
of graduate education and training within collaborative
research environments.
The grant to the ACES program is the second
IGERT for Boston University. Additional information
on ACES, including the program's ongoing recruitment
effort, can be found at http://ccs.bu.edu
March 11, 2003
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