[QSB-grads] Fwd: REMINDER: (NSF NRT-IGE)- APPLICATION- Interdisciplinary Computational Graduate Education

[David Ardell]

Hi Everyone,

Just a note to pass on from Dean Zatz, encouraging *all* interested grad students to attend the kick-off today. Unfortunately I am not able to come today as I originally planned, but please know that I personally encourage and thank each and every grad student for participating, investigating this valuable opportunity, and applying.

Thanks!
Dave

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From: Marjorie Zatz <mzatz at ucmerced.edu<mailto:mzatz at ucmerced.edu>>
Subject: FW: REMINDER: (NSF NRT-IGE)- APPLICATION- Interdisciplinary Computational Graduate Education
Date: November 3, 2016 at 11:22:50 AM PDT
To: Graduate Group Chairs <gradchairs at ucmerced.edu<mailto:gradchairs at ucmerced.edu>>, Juan Meza <jcmeza at ucmerced.edu<mailto:jcmeza at ucmerced.edu>>, Michael Spivey <spivey at ucmerced.edu<mailto:spivey at ucmerced.edu>>, Mukesh Singhal <msinghal at ucmerced.edu<mailto:msinghal at ucmerced.edu>>, Ashlie Martini <amartini at ucmerced.edu<mailto:amartini at ucmerced.edu>>, Sayantani Ghosh <sghosh at ucmerced.edu<mailto:sghosh at ucmerced.edu>>, Michael Colvin <mcolvin at ucmerced.edu<mailto:mcolvin at ucmerced.edu>>, Arnold Kim <adkim at ucmerced.edu<mailto:adkim at ucmerced.edu>>, Suzanne King <sking6 at ucmerced.edu<mailto:sking6 at ucmerced.edu>>, Paul Maglio <pmaglio at ucmerced.edu<mailto:pmaglio at ucmerced.edu>>

Dear colleagues,
Please help get the word out about our National Research Training grant: Innovations in Graduate Education – while all interested first year students are encouraged to apply, we want to be especially proactive about encouraging students who are members of underrepresented groups and/or first generation students, as we have designed the program to meet best practices in retention and timely completion for URM and first generation students.  Please actively encourage any students you think would benefit from the program!!! Thank you,
Marjorie

Marjorie S. Zatz, Ph.D.
Vice Provost and Graduate Dean
Professor of Sociology
Graduate Division
University of California, Merced
5200 N. Lake Rd.
Merced CA 95343
209-228-2408
Mzatz at ucmerced.edu<mailto:Mzatz at ucmerced.edu>

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Subject: REMINDER: (NSF NRT-IGE)- APPLICATION- Interdisciplinary Computational Graduate Education

Dear First Year Doctoral Students,
I am writing to invite you to participate in the NSF funded National Research Training: Innovations in Graduate Education, “Interdisciplinary Computational Graduate Education (ICGE).” Applications will be accepted until 12:00 noon Monday, November 7.  First year doctoral students in all graduate programs with interests in the computational sciences are encouraged to apply.

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.
The program is designed to provide the following benefits to graduate students:
·      Experience working on innovative projects with interdisciplinary teams
·      Networking with and mentorshipfrom partners from the National Laboratories, NASA, and industry and faculty from multiple disciplines.
·      Instruction in project management and teamwork pertaining to managing knowledge-intensive projects
·      Fundamental research skills including writing scientific papers, literature reviews, scientific presentation, and research ethics
·      Computational skills including techniques for managing data, coding, data structures, visualization, and analytic techniques
·      Career preparation to work in and with industry and the National Labs as well as the academy
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.
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.
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.
To apply:
1.     Complete the attached short application by 12 noon, Monday, November 7 and email it to graddean at ucmerced.edu<mailto:graddean at ucmerced.edu>.
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.
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:

·      Prof. Michael Colvin, Chemistry & Chemical Biology & QSB
·      Prof. Sayantani Ghosh, Physics & BEST
·      Prof. Arnold Kim, Applied Mathematics
·      Prof. Paul Maglio, Cognitive & Info. Sciences & Electrical Engineering &Computer Science
·      Prof. Ashlie Martini, Mechanical Engineering & BEST
·      Prof. Juan C. Meza, Applied Mathematics and Dean, SNS
·      Prof. Suzanne Sindi, Applied Mathematics, Cognitive & Information Sciences, & QSB
·      Prof. Mukesh Singhal, Electical Engineering and Computer Science
·      Prof. Michael Spivey, Cognitive & Information Sciences
·      Prof. Marjorie Zatz, Sociology and Graduate Dean
We look forward to seeing your application!
Yours,
Marjorie S. Zatz, Ph.D.
Vice Provost and Graduate Dean
Professor of Sociology
Graduate Division
University of California, Merced
5200 N. Lake Rd.
Merced CA 95343

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David H. Ardell
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
Chair, Quantitative and Systems Biology Program
University of California, Merced, CA 95343
office:SE1 228 ; office phone: 2092282953 ; web: http://davidardell.org
Please contact me by email at dardell at ucmerced.edu<mailto:dardell at ucmerced.edu>



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