In the 2017-2018 academic year, two IDEAS Trainees–Vicky Chuqiao Yang and Alex Gurvich–were awarded prestigious fellowship grants for their continuing research. Vicky, who is a graduate student in the department of Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics, was awarded the Sante Fe Institute Omidyar Postdoctoral Fellowship. This fellowship “sets the standard for multidisciplinary postdoctoral programs, encouraging […]
This week, winners were announced for Northwestern University’s 2018 Computational Research Day Visualization Competition. Two IDEAS Trainees were among the three entrants awarded. The title of “Best Animation” went to Alex Gurvich, for his Stellar Feedback vs. Galaxy Formation visualization. Alex’s project “presents a high resolution animation of a simulation of stellar feedback and resulting galaxy formation with three varied results side by side”. […]
On March 1st, IDEAS Trainee Jimmy Kim (Physics and Astronomy) was chosen to speak at the Winter quarter “Bridging the Gap” seminar, hosted by Northwestern’s Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The seminar’s focus was to highlight the broad applications of mathematics across diverse disciplines. Kim, and one other student, were selected from those that applied to […]
The IDEAS program will be hosting an Information Session for students interested in applying for positions amongst the 2018 Trainee cohort. Program director Michelle Paulsen will give a brief presentation going over the set up of the TGS Certificate and Traineeship, and then will answer any questions. Current Trainees will also be present to answer […]
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October 2017 was a busy month for our trainees and co-Investigators, as demonstrated by ground-breaking announcements made in two different science fields. These discoveries relied heavily on a particular, and sophisticated method of data analysis that is similar in both areas of study. On Oct. 5, new findings on the subtle changes in tremor that occur before […]
October 4-6, IDEAS representatives accompanied The Graduate School (TGS) of Northwestern to the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. The Grace Hopper Celebration is the world’s largest gathering of women technologists, and it was an honor and a thrill to be able to participate. The conference is produced by AnitaB.Org and presented in […]
March 2017, IDEAS Program Director, Michelle Paulsen, and TGS Diversity and Inclusion Representative, Noelle Wakefield, PhD, attended the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in Washington DC. The ERN conference is geared towards undergraduate and graduate students who participate in programs funded by the NSF HRD Unit, including underrepresented […]
