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Page 1: PRIME Pacific Rim Experiences for Undergraduate 24 November 2008 Information Session Gabriele Wienhausen Peter Arzberger

PRIMEPacific Rim Experiences for

Undergraduate

24 November 2008

Information Session

Gabriele Wienhausen

Peter Arzberger

Page 2: PRIME Pacific Rim Experiences for Undergraduate 24 November 2008 Information Session Gabriele Wienhausen Peter Arzberger

Overview

• PRIME and Rationale

• What PRIME’s goals are!

• What’s new this year!

• Some previous students insights

• Logistics / eligibility issues

• Your questions

• PRAGMA Overview

Page 3: PRIME Pacific Rim Experiences for Undergraduate 24 November 2008 Information Session Gabriele Wienhausen Peter Arzberger

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]

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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

Page 5: PRIME Pacific Rim Experiences for Undergraduate 24 November 2008 Information Session Gabriele Wienhausen Peter Arzberger

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

Page 6: PRIME Pacific Rim Experiences for Undergraduate 24 November 2008 Information Session Gabriele Wienhausen Peter Arzberger

PRIME: A Project for Global Engagement

• Built on top of PRAGMA people network and activities for Undergraduate Research:– Summer Research Internship in a host country laboratory– Mentors in US and Abroad– Pre-/Post experience research opportunities – Cultural pre-/during-/post-activity awareness component

(use www.pacific.edu/culture)– Professional development seminars

PR

IME

Class

2008

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Currently there are 4 host sites: Osaka, NCHC, Monash, CNIC;New in 2008: USM, NTU, U Auckland, U Waikato, New 2009 U Hyderabad;

And new US mentoring sites: U WI

U ZurichSwitzerland

UoHydIndia

USMMalaysia

NCHCTaiwan

Monash UAustralia

U AucklandU Waikato

New Zealand

CNICChina

Source Cindy Zheng

U WIUSA

Osaka UJapan

PRIME Host and Mentor SitesResearch Apprenticeship; Cultural Experience

UCSDUSA

Page 8: PRIME Pacific Rim Experiences for Undergraduate 24 November 2008 Information Session Gabriele Wienhausen Peter Arzberger

Five Years of PRIME 70 Students, 8 sites, Engineering and Science

2004 2005

2006

2007 2008

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What can you get out of this?

• Research experience and apprenticeship

• Cultural training and experience

• Travel

• More: such as opportunity to present results at national professional meetings

Page 10: PRIME Pacific Rim Experiences for Undergraduate 24 November 2008 Information Session Gabriele Wienhausen Peter Arzberger

PRIME Projects• Projects (some from 2006,2007,2008)

– Avian Flu (CNIC, Malaysia)– Virtual Screening (Osaka, Malaysia, Monash)– Quantum Chemistry (Monash)– Tile display walls (CNIC, NCHC, Osaka, Monash)– 3d video teleconferencing (Osaka, NCHC)– Cardiac Modeling (Monash)– Imaging Pipeline (Osaka)– Computational materials modeling (NCHC, Monash)– Environmental Modeling and Sensors (NCHC, Waikato)– Computer science (All)

• Mixture of new projects and continuing ones

Source:L. Cheng et al

Source: A. Altshuler, I Wu Source: P. Pham et al.

Source: E. Liu

Source: D. JacksonA.Pierce

Source: R ChuD. Tenedorio

Page 11: PRIME Pacific Rim Experiences for Undergraduate 24 November 2008 Information Session Gabriele Wienhausen Peter Arzberger

PRIME at SC08 and IEEE escience• Identification of a Specific Inhibitor for

the Dual-Specificity Enzyme SSH-2 via Docking Experiments on the Grid. Pham, Phil; Marshall Levesque (UCSD); Kohei Ichikawa, Susumu Date (Osaka), Jason Haga (UCSD).

• Virtual Screening for SHP-2 Specific Inhibitors Using Grid Computing. Han, Simon X; Marshall Levesque (UCSD); Kohei Ichikawa, Susumu Date (Osaka), Jason Haga (UCSD).

• Optimized Rendering for a Three-Dimensional Videoconferencing System. Chu, Rachel, Daniel Tenedorio, Jurgen Schulze (UCSD); Susumu Date, Seiki Kuwabara, Atsushi Nakazawa, Haruo Takemura (Osaka); Fang-Pang Lin (NCHC).

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Publications and Software• Levesque JL, Ichikawa K, Date S, Haga JH. Design of a Grid Service-based Platform for In

Silico Protein-Ligand Screening. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (accepted Aug08).

• Cheng LS, Amaro RE, Xu D, Li WW, Arzberger PW, McCammon JA. Ensemble-based Virtual Screening Reveals Novel Antiviral Compounds for Avian Influenza Neuraminidase. JMC. (Accepted April 2008)

• 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, JACS ASAP Web Release Date: 01-Jun-2007

• Abramson D, Amoreira C, Baldridge K, Berstis L, Kondrick C, Peachey TC. A Flexible Framework for Protein-Ligand Docking, 2nd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing. Dec. 4- 6, 2006, Amsterdam, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos USA, pp. 1-8.

• 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.

• Poster at Biophysics Soc. Feb 08(S. Amirriazi, S. Chang)• Cytoscape Plug In: Hyperbolic Layout Plugin

(Robert Ikeda)• Improved Software

(Covise – D. Jackson, A. Pierce)

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Four and Five Years Later

“visiting Taiwan made me realize that there is a whole world outside of the United States”

Robert Ikeda, CS PhD Program, Stanford

http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/release.php?id=1413

“Without question, PRIME was the most influential experience I had during my time as an undergraduate at UCSD”John Colby, MD PhD Program, UCLA

“I came to understand my family better, which really is to understand myself better." Shirley Lee, quality engineer, Abbott Vascular

“the PRIME program truly changed my life!" Laura Berstis, CompChem PhD Program U Zurich

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YouTube

PRIME 2008 Video

PRIME 2007 VideoPRIME 2006 Video

http://www.youtube.com/Calit2ube

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PRIME Research

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Eligibility

• US Citizen or permanent resident– With a valid passport or the ability to acquire a valid

passport prior to April 2009– Visa requirements are the responsibility of the

student • Full time student• Typically completed sophomore year before

going• GPA of at least 3.0 (out of 4.0)• Return to UCSD as enrolled student for at least

one quarter• Expected to devote at least 4 hours / week

preparing in Spring Quarter!

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Application Materials

• Application Form (web site)

• Personal statement

• Proposed Activity

• Letter of recommend from UCSD and Host mentor

• CV, Transcript, personal references

• Agreement to – Spend 4 hours a week prior to departure

working in UCSD mentors lab– Participate in future information sessions

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Timelines

• January – Info Session 2 (food)– 14 January 2009 (tentative)

• Preliminary Application (application form)– 23 January 2009 Friday

• Application Deadline– 20 February 2009 Friday

• Decisions before Spring Quarter– Interviews weeks of 2 and 9 March 2009– Decisions week of 23 March 2009

• Depart a week to 10 days after Spring Quarter ends

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Program Pays for What?

• Program Expenses– Airfare (round trip)– Lodging – 9 weeks– Food (student fare) – 9 weeks– Transportation (depending on location)– Enrollment in summer session at UCSD for

one unit of credit, via AIP• Students will enroll in AIP, receive a unit of credit

and a transcript notation.

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New Opportunities Summer 2009

• Geosciences and computer and computational sciences– University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad India

• Participate in Study in India Program (SIP)

SIP Students at Golconda Fort SIP Students in front of the University Main Gate

SIP Students performing at a cultural evening

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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”

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prime.ucsd.edu

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Comments from Prior PRIME Students

Comments from PRIME Mentors

Questions from Prospective PRIME Student

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Questions

• How do I find a mentor?

• Am I really able to do this, since I don’t know much about grid computing?

• Why should I apply?

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PRIME 2009 OverviewELIGIBILITY• US Citizen or permanent resident

– with a valid passport or the ability to acquire a valid passport prior to April 2009

– Visa requirements are the responsibility of the student

• Full time student• Typically completed sophomore year, junior

status before going• GPA of at least 3.0 (out of 4.0)• Return to UCSD as enrolled student for at

least one quarter• Expected to devote at least 4 hours / week

preparing in Spring Quarter!

APPLICATION MATERIALS• Application Form (web site)• Personal statement• Proposed Activity• Letter from UCSD and Host mentor• CV, Transcript, personal references• Agreement to

– Spend 4 hours a week prior to departure working in UCSD mentors lab

– Participate in future information sessions

TIMELINES• Nov 24 2008 - Info Session,

• CSE 1202, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm• January – Info Session 2

– Week of 12 January 2009 – TDB• Preliminary Application

– 23 January 2008 Friday• Application Deadline

– 20 February 2008 Friday• Decisions before Spring Quarter

– Interviews week of 2 March 2009– Decisions week of 23 March 2009

• Depart 7- 10 days after Spring Quarter ends

PROGRAM LOCATIONS: Osaka, JP; Hsinchu, TW; Melbourne, AU; Beijing, CN; Penang, MY; Hyderabad, IN; Hamilton, NZ

prime.ucsd.edu• UCSD Mentors• Projects from Previous years• Host Sites and Mentors• Application Forms• YouTube Video; Student Experienceswww.pragma-grid.net• PRAGMA Collaborative Overview

(projects)

PROGRAM SUPPORT• Expenses Covered by PRIME

– Airfare (round trip); Lodging – 9 weeks; Food (student fare) – 9 weeks

– Enrollment in summer session at UCSD for one unit of credit, via AIP

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PRAGMA• Practical Framework

for Collaboration• 35 Institutions

around the Pacific Rim

• Catalyze collabora-tions to advance science using grid technology

• Foundation for PRIME

www.pragma-grid.net

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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

http://www.pragma-grid.net

A Practical Collaborative Framework

IOIT-VN

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PRAGMA GridPRAGMA Grid

27 institutions in 17 countries/regions, 24 compute sites (+ 14 in preparation)Active Participation

UZHSwitzerland

NECTECThaiGridThailand

UoHydIndia

MIMOSUSMMalaysia

CUHKHongKong

ASGCNCHCTaiwa

n

HCMUTHUTIOIT-HCMVietnam

AISTOsakaUUTsukubaTITechJapan

BIIIHPCNGONTUSingapore

MUAustralia

APACQUTAustralia

KISTIKorea

JLUChina

SDSCUSA

CICESEMexico

UNAMMexico

UChileChile

UUtahUSA

NCSAUSA BU

USA

CeNAT-ITCRCosta Rica

BESTGridNew Zealand

CNICGUCA

SChina

LZUChina

UPRMPuerto Rico

UZHSwitzerland

LZUChina

ASTIPhilippines

SKUUIIndonesia

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Working Groups: Organize ActivitiesResources Biosciences

GEOTelescience

Gfarm File System

applications

databases

/gfs/$USER

NAMDAutoDock

Zinc NCIDS

Virtual Directory Tree

H5N1 related glycan conformation analysis

using M*Grid and Glyco-M*Grid

Relaxed Complex Method Molecular

Dynamics Simulation Data Sets & Database

Virtual Screening Data Sets & Database

PRAGMA PortalMy WorkSphere

CSF4 Server

HPC Clusters, NBCR,

TeraGrid, MHPCC

Mr. Bayes

Oct 2008