Post on 25-Dec-2015
PRIME: A Novel Educational Model for Preparing the 21st
Century Workforce
Pilot Project InvolvingUniversity of California San Diego
Computer Network Information Center, ChinaMonash University, Australia
National Center for High-performance Computing, TaiwanOsaka University, Japan
Gabriele Wienhausen, UCSDPeter Arzberger, UCSD
David Abramson, Monash University
The Stakes are High
• “What nations don’t know can hurt them. The stakes involved in study abroad are that simple, that straightforward, and that important. … college graduates today must be internationally competent.” [Lincoln Report 2005]
Why Should We Care?• “Most of the major problems
facing our country in the 21st Century require every young person to learn more about the world’s regions, cultures, and languages.” [Colin Powell]
• Our society is heterogeneous, multicultural
• Less than 1% of US undergraduates in US study abroad [IIE AnnRep05]
• “Diverse teams are more creative and find better solutions than homogeneous teams.” Nokia CEO Jorma Ollila.
• Students must be prepared to compete globally for jobs and opportunities
Vision for Undergraduate Education
“encourage every student to complete an ‘international experience’ that would include either study, research, or work abroad.” [Bartlett04 – Harvard University Review Committee]
Pacific Rim Experiences for Undergraduate (PRIME)
Providing students international interdisciplinary Research Apprenticeships and
Cultural Competency Learning Experiences
Begun in 2004 as
a proof of concept for honing undergraduate research and cultural competency skills
an intensive international experiential learning experience
About UCSD: The Institution
• Innovation and interdisciplinarity the tradition• Budget: $2.2 billion (24% federal, 12% State)• Students:
– Fall 2007: 45,000 applications (second highest in UC
system); Admitted freshman GPA 4.06; SAT-I 634
Critical Reading, 670 Math, 640 Writing
– FALL 2006: 26,876 Enrolled– 1st nationally: students abroad in full-year programs– 4th nationally research institutions- international scholars hosted
• Specialize Resources: – SDSC, IRPS, SOE, SIO– Calit2: “Living in the future”, Multidisciplinary Approach to
Societal Issues
• Rankings:– “Hottest” institution in the nation for students to study science
(Newsweek and the 2006 Kaplan/Newsweek College Guide)
UCSD: Hub of Community Cyberinfrastructure Development
• Biomedical Informatics Research Network (NIH).
PI: Mark Ellisman• OptIPuter (NSF). PI: Larry Smarr• GEOsciences Network (NSF). PI: Chaitan Baru• CAMERA – Metagenomics (Moore Foundation). PI: Larry
Smarr• National Biomedical Computation Resource (NIH). PI: Peter
Arzberger• PRAGMA (NSF). Grassroots international CI collaboration. PI:
Peter Arzberger • NOTE: All above have Phil Papadopoulos as co-PI; leading
Rocks development• Others: Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NSF). PI: Ahmed
Elgamal; Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI, NSF). PI: John Orcutt; More
PRIME: Merging Campus Units and Programs to Create a Novel Model
• Sixth College– “historical and philosophical connections among
culture, art and technology“; experiential learning
• Academic Internship Program– Course credit and career counseling
• International Center – Cultural awareness, international experience
• Pacific Rim Application and Grid Middleware Assembly (PRAGMA)– Network of people and projects focused on use or
development of cyberinfrastructure
http://www.pragma-grid.net
Overarching GoalsPRAGMA
“A Practical Collaborative Framework”.
Strengthen Existing and Establish New Collaborations
Work with Science Teams to Advance Grid Technologies and Improve the
Underlying Infrastructure
In the Pacific Rim and Globally
PRAGMA Member InstitutionsPRAGMA Member Institutions
KUNECTECTNGCThailand
UoHydIndia
MIMOSUSMMalaysia
ASGCCNCHCTaiwan
AISTCCSCMCNARCOsakaUTITechJapan
BIIIHPCNGOSingapore
MUAustralia
APACAustralia
JLUChina CalIT2
CRBSSDSCUCSDUSA
CICESEMexico
NCSAStarLightTransPAC2USA
CNICChina
CRAYPNWGUSA
KBSIKISTIKonkukKorea
APANJapan
PRAGMA Highlights of 2006 - 2007
• Simulating the Australian Monsoon and the Effect of Wildfires
• PRAGMA Biosciences Portal• PRAGMA Leads Application Experiment of
Grid Interoperation in GIN Testbed• PRAGMA Establishes Certificate Authority
(CA) Using Naregi-CA Software• Expanding the Collaboration Grid• Building Communities, Catalyzing
Collaborations• PRIME and PRIUS• More accomplishments in the Working Group
sections
PRIME: Leveraging Campus Strengths
• Student Quality, Units Strengths, Projects Leadership
• A Microcosm of Diversity• 23% of the undergraduate students
immigrants • 43% of the students speaking a language in
addition to English (of those more than 50% a language from the Asia Pacific rim)
• Faculty and Researchers – More than 15 researchers and faculty– http://prime.ucsd.edu/researchers.htm
• Location
Actively Involved 2007
• Kim Baldridge, Comp. Chemistry, Grid
• Mark Ellisman, CI, BIRN, NCMIR
• Jason Haga, Bioengineering
• Masa Hoshijima, CRBS, Heart
• Roy Kerckhoffs, Bioengineering
• Wilfred Li, NBCR, CI, Avian Flu
• Andrew McCulloch, Cardiac Modeling
• Anushka Michailova, Cell Modeling
• Tomas Molina, NCMIR
• Jurgen Schulze, Visualization
PRIME Model
ResearchUCSD then HOST Researchers
Prior Year Students
CulturePrior Year Students and Staff
UndergraduateStudents
ProjectDefinition &
Dual Mentors ProjectPreparation
ProjectConduct
ProjectReview &
Presentatione.g., SCXY
Pre-Departure
WeeklyQuestions
Post-Return
ResearchExperience
Cultural Awareness
Confidence
Transform
ation
Globally
Aw
areW
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PROGRAMOUTPUTS
CollaborationsPublications
SoftwareHost Site-
ResearchersPRIUS
Publication
CareerAdvice
Human and Professional Network of PRAGMA
Currently there are 4 host sites: Osaka, NCHC, Monash, CNIC;Plan to add 5 more sites: USM, NTU, U Auckland, U Waikato, U
Hyderabad; And 2 new US mentoring sites: NCSA, U WI
Monash UAustralia
Source Cindy Zheng
PRIME Host SitesPRIME Host Sites
Osaka UJapan UCSD
USA
UZurichSwitzerland
CNICChina
NCHCTaiwan
AU Photo: Iwen Wu
PRAGMA Host Institutions and Mentors• Osaka University
– Shinji Shimojo, Susumu Date
– Biogrid, Telescience, Tile Display Walls
– PRIUS*
• Monash University– David Abramson– Computer Science
(Nimrod), Compt’l Chem, Cardiac Modeling, …
– Joint Paper*
• National Center for High-performance Computing– Whey-Fone Tsai, Fang-
Pang Lin– Ecogrid, Tile Display
Walls, GEOGrid– GLEON, CREON*– Major Individual Award
• Computer Network Information Center– Baoping Yan, Kai
Nan, Zhonghua Lu– Bioinformatics,
Networking, Tile Display Walls, Geosciences
– Avian Flu Grid*
• NCREE: Earthquake Engineering
PRIME 2005 – Presentations at iGRID 2005• Phylogeny Determined by Incomplete Protein Domain Content,
I.Lee, CNIC• A visualization of network measurements, J.Lee, CNIC• Deployment and Extension of JuxtaView for the Scalable
Adaptive Graphics Environment, C.Cheung, NCHC• Developing the Interface between PDA and Sensors, O Langman,
NCHC* (from U Wisconsin)• Visualizing internet connectivity using Cytoscape, S.Lee, NCHC• Extending EcoGrid Capability, D.Leu, NCHC*• BOINC as a Nimrod Resource for Quantum Chemistry, J.Hwang,
Monash• Computational Grid Tools for Protein-Ligand Docking Studies, L
Berstis, Monash• Modeling Cardiac Rhythm Alternation, J.Nevo, Monash• SNPs, Protein Structure and Disease, D.Bitton, Monash• Computational Cardiac Modeling, D.Dederko, Monash• The Development of A Querying System for Structured Metadata
in a Datagrid Environment, J.Chen, Osaka• Visualization Tools for Bio-molecular Simulation, C.Liang, Osaka• A Bio-molecular Simulation Portal, E.Wang, Osaka
prime.ucsd.edu/presentations
PRIME 2007• Projects (some)
– Avian Flu (CNIC)– Molecular Screening (Osaka)– Quantum Chemistry (Monash)– Tile display walls (CNIC, NCHC,
Osaka)– Cardiac Modeling (Monash)– Imaging Pipeline (Osaka)– Computational materials modeling
(NCHC)
• Mixture of new projects and continuing ones
• Total number of students 15
Source:L. ChengSource:
A. Altshuler, I WuSource: C.Chang, D Goodman, M Levesque
Critical Incidents Lead to Awareness• An occurrence that in some way raises questions and leads the participants
to wonder ‘What just happened?’ and ‘Why?’ EXAMPLES (2006):– American TV Programming: Isn’t everyone rich, and all females act like Carrie
Bradshaw (star of Sex in the City) (China, Taiwan)
– National Image over Individual Rights: Flight attendants on Air China
– Individual or the Group: Value of groups to support others versus the “lone cowboy” (China and Taiwan)
– Work Ethic: Very strong compared to US, emphasizes productivity and team work as the path to professional success
– Willingness to Help: Surprise in Taiwan in helping when car was stuck; In Australia when individuals seemed lost
– Food: Japanese love food (quality, not quantity)
– Hierarchy: In Japan, there is a hierarchy based on social status
– Dress: In Japan and Australia, more formal – and if not observed, people will respond differently.
– World View: Australians look more at the global picture of important issues better than Americans
– Conservation: Toilets in Australia
What’s Up With Culture: On-Line Cultural Training Resource for Study Abroad (www.pacific.edu/culture) (LaBrack)
Value to Host Institution
• Expose and train their staff to work in an international context
• Build local workforce
• Build collaborations via student and projects
• Conduct research
• Internationalize host institution
Question was motivated by discussion from NSF program officer
Evolving Face of PRIME• Launched 2004• # students
– 9,13,14,15
• # women– 0,5,8, 8
• Added CNIC
in 2005• Engineers
and now science, art• Geographic Spread
– Monash: 17– Osaka: 14– NCHC,NCREE: 11– CNIC: 9
PRIME, PRIUS and PRAGMASC05 and SC06
Publications and Software• Amaro R, Minh DDL, Cheng L, Olson A, Lin JH, Li W, McCammon
J, Remarkable Loop Flexibility in Avian Influenza N1 and its Implications for Antiviral Drug Design, Journal of the American Chemical Society, ASAP Web Release Date: 01-Jun-2007; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja0723535
• Abramson D, Amoreira C, Baldridge K, Berstis L, Kondrick C, Peachey T. "A Flexible Framework for Protein-Ligand Docking", submitted for publication2nd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing. Dec. 4- 6, 2006, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Sudholt W, Baldridge K, Abramson D, Enticott C, Garic S, Kondrick C, Nguyen D. Application of Grid Computing to Parameter Sweeps and Optimizations in Molecular Modeling. Future Generation Computer Systems (Invited), 2005. 21, 27-35.
• Two more in progress• Cytoscape Plug In: Hyperbolic Layout
Plugin– Robert Ikeda– http://www.cytoscape.org/plugins2.php
In Their Own Words• “I can say without question that my involvement with
PRIME, more so than any course I took, helped give me the level of professional understanding and maturity that I believe will be necessary for success in graduate school, a professional career, and beyond. The leadership skills and firsthand technical experience gained through working in international collaborative environments are invaluable assets to our generation of engineers and scientists, who must learn to function on the ever-growing stage of global research.” – John Colby, PRIME 2004 (UCLA Med School)
• I hope this year's PRIME group is shaping up well for the summer- I don't think any of the candidates can really know until they graduate just how valuable the program is. It definitely had a huge impact on me (it's fun to talk to your coworkers about spending 10 weeks working in another country during college!). – Chris Kondrick, PRIME 2004 (Heavy Iron Industry)
In Their Own Words
• I recently received and accepted a summer internship at Abbott Vascular as an R&D engineer. I was told that historically, 80% of the interns are offered full-time positions at the conclusion of the internship. …. My participation in PRIME began a cascade of events and taught me lessons that guided me through various research and internship experiences… [The program] taught me the importance of networking and creating something out of that network. Ian Lee – PRIME 2005
In Their Own Words• Language:
– “I would like to be a part of that (i.e., China’s growing economy) in the future. However, it will be impossible if I can’t read or write the language.” Lisa Zhao 2006
• Experiential Learning: – “Knowing about a culture and experiencing a culture are
completely different things.” Robert Sy 2006– “I heard a lot about living in Japan from Japanese friends at
UCSD. It was not until I lived there that I began to understand what they were talking about.” Marshall Levesque 2006
• Transformational:– “I understand now that I need to be able to accept failure, and
build myself up again and begin the work with the same passion and energy that I originally had. I should not associate failure with disappointment, but think of it as a learning experience that causes me to seek other ways of approaching certain difficulties.” Mahboubeh Hashemi 2006 (Abbott Labs)
YouTube
Google “Pacific Rim Experiences youtube”www.youtube.com/?v=4lY6x0S3IoA
PRIME Model Extended
Osaka University
From Pilot to Sustainable ProgramThe overarching goal of our next steps
• Apply what we have learned from the pilot program in order to
• Develop an integrated and sustainable undergraduate international research program that – Serves as a model for undergraduate education
in the 21st Century at a world-class research university,
– Prepares students to become effective global professionals and citizens, and
– Gives students a head-start on careers in science and technology research
Key Future Activities
• Build a Sustainable Program - that can scale
• Enhance the Program (research, location, culture)
• Transfer, Assess, and Disseminate our model, lessons learned and experience
Building a Sustainable Program
• Develop example in specific program: Bioengineering– 40% of the students in first 3 years were BioEng
• Engage activities in Calit2– Interaction with industry, innovative
dissemination
• Provide model for UCOP
• Create Steering Committee to work program into mainstream UCSD activities
Currently there are 4 host sites: Osaka, NCHC, Monash, CNIC;Plan to add 5 more sites: USM, NTU, U Auckland, U Waikato, U
Hyderabad; And 2 new US mentoring sites: NCSA, U WI
UZurichSwitzerland
UoHydIndia
USMMalaysia
NCHCTaiwan
NTUSingapore
Monash UAustralia
NCSAUSA
U AucklandU Waikato
New Zealand
CNICChina
Source Cindy Zheng
U WIUSA
Osaka UJapan
PRIME Host SitesPRIME Host Sites
UCSDUSA
Transfer, Assess, and Disseminate• Transfer program to other sites
– U Wisconsin and NCSA
• Assess Students and Program– Work with Bruce LaBrack
• Disseminate the research, lessons learned, and cultural awareness curriculum– Multimedia
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Interaction with Industry:Strategic Advice and Feedback
• Advisory Committee: – Understanding industries need directly can improve the program’s goal
to educate students so that they become culturally aware and develop the skills to work in multi-cultural, multidisciplinary teams.
• Charge for an Advisory Board:– Assess efficacy and quality of program, in terms of knowledge and
experience gained by student
– Provide advice to improve students preparation for a career (in industry, government, academics)
– Help to connect the PRIME program to other interested industry partners
Why we must succeed? and How?
• Lincoln Report makes clear the essential need for our students
• We need partners to succeed.
Is Industry Willing to be a Partner?
• Dialog: Are we creating a workforce for industry? For your industry?
• Advice: What would be a value to industry? To your industry?
• Interaction: How can we get advice?
• Support: What would this entail?
Acknowledgments• Linda Feldman, AIP• Bill Clabby, Program Abroad UCSD, soon
ISA: International Studies Abroad as Regional Director of University Relations
• Teri Simas, Program Coordinator• Mentors atUCSD and Host Sites• NSF OISE 0407508• Calit2: Ramesh Rao, Larry Smarr• PRAGMA: Phil Papadopoulos, Mason
Katz, Cindy Zheng, Wilfred Li• PRIME Students
A Final Thought
• “Peace and prosperity around the world depend on increasing the capacity of people to think and work on a global and intercultural basis. As technology opens borders, educational and professional exchange opens minds.”[i] [i] Annual Report IIE 2005, and http://www.iie.org/ “About”
PRIME 2007 and Beyond
Questions?
With President Miyahara Osaka UWith President Miyahara Osaka U
NCHC’s New Facility TaichungNCHC’s New Facility Taichung
Monash U in MelbourneMonash U in Melbourne
Melissa DiCiero-Monash
Lao She Tea HouseLao She Tea House
ThankYou