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- From: bievenue@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Lisa Bievenue)
- Subject: internship opportunity for undergraduates
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- Organization: NCSA
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:41:48 GMT
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- Announcing an Opportunity for
- Undergraduate Student Research in Computational Science
- Spring 1993 Session
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- The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of
- Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), is conducting an NSF funded program of
- Research Experiences in Computational Science for Undergraduate Students.
- The program brings to NCSA students from colleges and universities across
- the United States for a full semester internship of research. The fall
- 1992 program is already underway and applicants are being sought for the
- spring 1993 term. Students are chosen through a national competition and
- are matched with an NCSA research project in accordance with their
- interests and background and by mutual agreement. All expenses are paid
- and a stipend is provided.
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- The focus of the program is the application of computational technology to
- scientific research in fields such as biology, chemistry, engineering,
- physics, and social science. There is a special emphasis on leading edge
- technology, including parallel computing and data visualization, necessary
- to make progress on frontier scientific problems. The program will
- provide undergraduates in their junior or senior year with:
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- Ñ An exciting experience at the front-line of research and technology:
- Ñ enough time to carry a project to completion,
- Ñ mini-symposium at the end of the program to present results.
- Ñ A solid foundation for future work in computational science:
- Ñ training on vectorization, parallelization and visualization,
- Ñ weekly seminars for education in computational science basics,
- Ñ work on parallelization and visualization with an ongoing research
- project.
- Ñ Integration into the professional culture:
- Ñ work in teams with graduate students, NCSA staff and faculty,
- Ñ mentoring by NCSA consultants, post-docs and graduate students,
- Ñ mentoring by UIUC computational science students.
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- Program Faculty (partial list)
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- ÑM. Fouad Ahmad, Engineering
- ÑVernon Burton, History & Sociology
- ÑDavid Ceperley, Physics
- ÑDonna Cox, Art and Design
- ÑMichael Heath, Computer Science
- ÑRichard Ingram, Engineering
- ÑBarbara Mihalas, Research Data Management
- ÑMichael Norman, Astrophysics
- ÑEdward Seidel, Physics
- ÑShankar Subramaniam, Computational Biology
- ÑRobert Wilhelmson, Atmospheric Sciences
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- Program Timelines
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- October 15, 1992 Deadline for full consideration.
- November 1, 1992 Selection of participants for the spring.
- November, 1992 Students select project and faculty advisor.
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- January 6,1993 Training and Orientation period begin.
- June 5,1993 End of research period (21 weeks).
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- June 8-10,1993 Mini symposium for all students (Fall & Spring).
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- Who may apply:
- Ñ junior and senior undergraduate students who are citizens or permanent
- residents for the United States and its possessions.
-
- NCSA especially encourages applications from students attending liberal
- arts colleges, small universities, and institutions serving populations
- underrepresented in the scientific and engineering professions. NCSA will
- work, when needed, to arrange for internship or co-op leaves for students
- of such institutions.
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- To apply, please send a letter describing
- Ñ your career and academic interests
- Ñ your computing experience in detail
- Ñ if you are primarily interested in parallel computing or in visualization
- Ñ your relevant work experience, if any
- Ñ a copy of your transcript
- Ñ three letters of reference. At least one must be from a faculty member
- in your discipline at the college you are attending and one must
- address your computing experience and ability.
- Ñ a phone number where you can be reached between October 15 and November
- 30, 1992.
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- For more information, please contact
-
- Lisa Bievenue bievenue@ncsa.uiuc.edu
- 605 East Springfield, phone: (217) 244-1993
- Champaign, IL 61820 fax (217) 244-1987
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