Aug. 24 — Ten STEM students have been named to the XSEDE Scholars program, an outreach and educational effort that reveals the full reach and potential of XSEDE’s resources and services to undergraduates and graduates. This 2015-16 cohort is the fifth generation of this program, which aims to engage with underrepresented groups in computational science.
As part of the XSEDE Scholars program, the scholars attended the Blue Waters Petascale Institute, participated at the XSEDE15 conference leading the Student Speed Networking session, will participate in at least six online technical training and mentoring webinars open to XSEDE Scholars and the general public, will network with leaders in the XSEDE research community and will learn about research, internships and other career opportunities via an online community throughout the year.
Seven names to receive $5,000 stipend who will be conducting year-long internships under the guidance of HPC mentors. The students are expected to present their research at XSEDE16/HPC event/webinar, and write a paper/final report.
Jorge Alarcon Ochoa (Rensselaer Polytechnic University; physics)
Glenna Dunn (Vanderbilt University; physics & astronomy)
Michael Taft (North Carolina A&T University; chemical engineering)
Olivia Irving (UCLA; physical chemistry)
Wanda Moses (Clemson University; computer science)
Jason Regina (University of Wyoming; civil engineering)
Efrain Vargas Ramos (University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras; applied mathematics)
Three additional scholars
Janette Garcia (University of Texas-Rio Grande; computer science), Juan Castro-Garcia (Michigan State University; computer science & engineering), Sidafa Conde (University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth; engineering & applied sciences)
For more information on the XSEDE Scholars program, please visit XSEDE.org or email Juliet Stipeche at [email protected].
About XSEDE
The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) is the most advanced, powerful, and robust collection of integrated advanced digital resources and services in the world. It is a single virtual system that scientists can use to interactively share computing resources, data, and expertise. XSEDE accelerates scientific discovery by enhancing the productivity of researchers, engineers, and scholars by deepening and extending the use of XSEDE’s ecosystem of advanced digital services and by advancing and sustaining the XSEDE advanced digital infrastructure. XSEDE is a five-year, $121-million project and is supported by the National Science Foundation.
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Source: XSEDE