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Science & Society
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Integrative
Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT):
UCLA has received three IGERT grants to promote development of innovative
models for graduate education and training and collaborative research
that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. The three IGERT-funded
programs include the Materials Creation Training
Program, which builds on major initiatives at UCLA to train
scientists as leaders in the design and production of new materials
for electronic, communication and nanoscale devices; the NeuroEngineering
Training Program, a multidisciplinary graduate-training program
of education and research involving the UCLA Brain Research Institute
and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science;
and the Integrated Bioinformatics Training
Program, which provides rigorous training for Ph.D. candidates
in 13 participating departments, supporting them with tools for
creating robust new bioinformatics applications. The program also
supports summer research internships for undergraduates in bioinformatics.
Center
for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS): Embedded network
sensors are large-scale distributed systems composed of smart sensors
and actuators embedded in the physical world. These systems will
collect and monitor information on such diverse subjects as medical
patients, plankton colonies, endangered species, soil and air contaminants
and buildings, bridges and other man-made structures. Over the next
10 years, CENS will receive up to $40 million from NSF, which has
designated the center as one of six new Science and Technology Centers
(STCs). The STC program began in 1987 to fund important fundamental-research
activities, encourage technology transfer and provide innovative
approaches to interdisciplinary research challenges.
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