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Funding
DUE #631168
Project Description
The SHiPPER project (Spreading High-Performance computing Participation in undergraduate Education and Research) at The University of Texas at El Paso supports undergraduate and first-year graduate students pursuing computer science degrees who demonstrate both academic potential and financial need. Awarded scholars participate in research that introduces them to the role of high-performance computing in disciplines like computational engineering, computational science, and biomedical science.
SHiPPER Objectives
- Create and consolidate a community of undergraduate(UG) and graduate students who pursue advanced degrees in fields that combine expertise in high-performance computing and other scientific and engineering disciplines
- Increase the number of graduates with high-performance computing skills who attain degrees in science and engineering by retaining UG students to graduation and advancing their education to graduate school
SHiPPER Activities
SHiPPER accomplishes these objectives by:- providing each student with a research home, i.e., a desk and computer in a research lab, and involving students in research group activities, e.g., group meetings and seminars;
- providing each student with access to the UTEP high-performance computing infrastructure;
- providing students with access to and instruction in the use of the PIs' collaborative research infrastructure (i.e., calendar, e-notebook, research library, and software repository);
- supervising students through a peer-leader research program in which each student is mentored by a senior graduate student under the supervision of the PIs;
- providing students with academic advisement;
- encouraging and helping students to apply for summer internships at national laboratories, research centers (e.g., San Diego Supercomputer Center or Artic Region Supercomputing Center), and industrial partners of the PIs, as well as scholarships and fellowships;
- financially supporting students attendance at the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Storage, Networking, and Analysis (SC), mentoring them during the conference, and involving them in research activities at UTEP.