Multidisciplinary Education on Big Data + HPC +
Atmospheric Sciences
Author/Presenters
Event Type
Workshop
Education
TimeMonday, November 13th9:45am -
10:05am
Location505
DescriptionWe present a new initiative to create a training
program or graduate-level course
(cybertraining.umbc.edu) in big data applied to
atmospheric sciences as application area and using
high-performance computing as an indispensable tool. The
training consists of instruction in all three areas of
"Big Data + HPC + Atmospheric Sciences" supported by
teaching assistants and followed by faculty-guided
project research in a multidisciplinary team of
participants from each area. Participating graduate
students, post-docs, and junior faculty from around the
nation will be exposed to multidisciplinary research and
have the opportunity for significant career impact. The
paper discusses the challenges, proposed solutions,
practical issues of the initiative, and how to integrate
high-quality developmental program evaluation into the
improvement of the initiative from the start to aid in
ongoing development of the program.
