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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Times" size="6" class="">Dean Zatz would like to extend the warmest invitation to
<b class="">all</b> first-year students to please apply to the Interdisciplinary Computational Graduate Education (ICGE) </font><span class="" style="font-family:Times; font-size:xx-large">Training Program. </span><span class="" style="font-family:Times; font-size:xx-large"> In
order to increase the diversity of students participating in the program Dean Zatz and the committee are accepting applications after their original deadline which was last week. Dean Zatz, who is also director of the ICGE program, assured the Graduate Chairs
in our meeting yesterday that additional fellowships will be made available with the express purpose of increasing the contributions to diversity among fellow trainees. More info below or please inquire to Dean Zatz or any of the faculty listed below!</span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Times" size="6" class="">Director Ramesh Balasubramaniam would like to gently remind about their training opportunity deadline of November 18</font><span class="" style="font-family:Times; font-size:xx-large"> for
the Intelligent and Adaptive Systems Training Program (see more at </span><font face="Times" size="6" class=""><a href="http://nrt-ias.org" class="">http://nrt-ias.org</a>)</font><span class="" style="font-family:Times; font-size:xx-large">. </span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">I am writing to invite you to participate in the NSF funded National Research Training: Innovations in Graduate Education, “Interdisciplinary Computational Graduate Education (ICGE).” <b class=""><i class="">Applications
will be accepted until 12:00 noon Monday, November 7.</i></b> First year doctoral students in all graduate programs with interests in the computational sciences are encouraged to apply.</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">Please note we recognize that two NRT programs at UC Merced are accepting applications. Acceptance in one program does not preclude acceptance in the other—they are organized such that interested students
may easily participate in both.</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">The program is designed to provide the following benefits to graduate students:</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· Experience working on innovative projects with <b class=""><i class="">interdisciplinary teams</i></b></span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· <b class=""><i class="">Networking</i></b><i class=""> </i>with and <b class=""><i class="">mentorship</i></b>from partners from the National Laboratories, NASA, and industry and faculty from
multiple disciplines.</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· Instruction in <b class=""><i class="">project management and teamwork</i></b> pertaining to managing knowledge-intensive projects</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· Fundamental <b class=""><i class="">research skills</i></b> including writing scientific papers, literature reviews, scientific presentation, and research ethics</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· <b class=""><i class="">Computational skills</i></b> including techniques for managing data, coding, data structures, visualization, and analytic techniques</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· <b class=""><i class="">Career preparation</i></b> to work in and with industry and the National Labs as well as the academy</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">In addition, the program is designed to contribute to greater diversity within the computational sciences through increased retention and degree completion, especially for members of underrepresented
groups and first-generation doctoral students.</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">Participating students will be expected to attend a program launch Dec. 14 and Dec 16, which will include our partners from industry, the National Labs and NASA. Throughout the spring semester, participants
will meet every Friday afternoon. These sessions will be devoted to hands-on experience working on interdisciplinary project teams and faculty-led instructional modules on interactive programming, the Linux operating system and shell scripting, compiled programming,
high performance clusters and remote supercomputers, team science and project management, and practices and habits of successful graduate students in the interdisciplinary computational sciences. </span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">Participants will receive travel funds to visit with the National Labs, NASA and/or industry partners and may receive funding to present their research at professional conferences. Participants may
also be eligible for summer internships with partner organizations.</span></div>
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<b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">To apply:</span></i></b></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">1. Complete the attached short application by 12 noon, Monday, November 7 and email it to <a href="mailto:graddean@ucmerced.edu" class="" style="color:purple">graddean@ucmerced.edu</a>.</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">2. Ask your advisor/mentor/graduate program chair to send a letter of endorsement, recognizing that if accepted into the program you are committing to regular attendance on Friday afternoons throughout
the spring semester.</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">Feel free to contact any of the participating faculty with any questions you may have —stop by our offices or email us. We really do want to hear from you! Faculty include:</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· Prof. Michael Colvin, Chemistry & Chemical Biology & QSB</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· Prof. Sayantani Ghosh, Physics & BEST</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· Prof. Arnold Kim, Applied Mathematics</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· Prof. Paul Maglio, Cognitive & Info. Sciences & Electrical Engineering &Computer Science</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· Prof. Ashlie Martini, Mechanical Engineering & BEST</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· Prof. Juan C. Meza, Applied Mathematics and Dean, SNS</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· Prof. Suzanne Sindi, Applied Mathematics, Cognitive & Information Sciences, & QSB</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· Prof. Mukesh Singhal, Electical Engineering and Computer Science</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· Prof. Michael Spivey, Cognitive & Information Sciences</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">· Prof. Marjorie Zatz, Sociology and Graduate Dean</span><span class="" style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Helvetica"></span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times">Marjorie S. Zatz, Ph.D.</span></div>
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David H. Ardell</div>
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Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology</div>
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Chair, Quantitative and Systems Biology Program</div>
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University of California, Merced, CA 95343</div>
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Please contact me by email at <a href="mailto:dardell@ucmerced.edu" class="">dardell@ucmerced.edu</a></div>
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