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Shodor Scholars Program

The Shodor Scholars Program in Computational Science (SSP) is a science, mathematics, and computing scholarship program for rising high school sophomores and juniors. The program provides a two-week, academically-intensive education and research program to a competitively-selected group of up to 15 students. Students use advanced computational science technologies, techniques, and tools to study a wide variety of scientific events. Students are provided structured and open-ended learning opportunities in computational science. The program culminates in a research opportunity in which small teams of students choose an area of scientific interest, identify an interesting problem, and then develop and communicate a computational solution to that problem.

During the two week workshop, the following topics will be presented:

  • General overview of computational science
    1. Using other people's models
    2. Modifying other people's models
    3. Building models from scratch
  • Basic numerical methods
  • Scientific programming
  • Model validation and verification
  • Commmunicating science using computational science
  • Research methods incorporating computational science

Students will be expected to work in teams to solve a variety of small-scale modeling problems, using a variety of computing tools. Opportunities for informal and formal presentations are provided throughout the course of the program. The final week is devoted to the identification of a larger problem, the design and implementation of a computational solution, and presentation of results.

Learn more about the Scholars Program here.


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