Archive for April, 2019

All current limited submission opportunities can be viewed at research.psu.edu/limitedsubs.

The Office of the Vice President for Research announces the launch of the NIH PAR-17-096 Jointly Sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences competition. The internal submission deadline is April 19, 2019.

The purpose of the Jointly Sponsored Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (JSPTPN) is to provide strong, broad neuroscience training that will enable students to become successful research scientists at a time when the field is advancing at an astonishing pace. Neuroscience research increasingly requires investigators who can cross boundaries, draw on knowledge and approaches from various disciplines and levels of analysis, and apply this breadth of knowledge in novel ways to yield new discoveries about the nervous system. Moreover, the ability to conduct impactful neuroscience research requires strong foundational skills in experimental design, statistical methodology and quantitative reasoning related to study design, analysis and interpretation.

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The College of Engineering is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the fall 2019 Equity Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. This REU program supports Penn State undergraduate engineering students as they conduct research with Penn State faculty at University Park. Selected students receive a scholarship of $1,500 to complete their proposed engineering research project in conjunction with a Penn State faculty member(s) and his/her research team. The student requirements of the program include 10 hours of research per week, a scholarly paper, poster presentation, and attendance at monthly professional development workshops. While open to all students in the college, the program actively recruits students who fit the following criteria: students in first two years of study, female students, underrepresented racial minorities, change of campus students, LGBTQA+ students, veterans, and equity allies.

Faculty looking to connect with students can post a project on the program application site.

Please contact Erin Hostetler (ErinH@psu.edu) or Cindy Reed (chr10@psu.edu) with any questions about the program.

The Leonhard Center will hold a workshop titled “Active Learning for Busy Skeptics and True Believers” on Tuesday, April 30, from 9:30 AM–4:00 PM in 202 Hammond Building.

Active learning has consistently been shown to be more effective than traditional lectures for promoting students’ learning, motivation and academic performance. Despite this overwhelming research support, instructors often face significant barriers to adopting active learning in their own classes, including concerns about how to adopt active learning in highly technical courses, about excessive preparation time and content coverage, and about student resistance to new teaching methods. This hands-on workshop is designed to address each of these concerns.

The workshop will introduce participants to quick and simple active learning techniques that have been shown to be effective in STEM courses and that require little preparation or class time. In addition, it will provide instructors with guidance and practice using research-based strategies that have been shown to reduce student resistance to active learning. By the end of the workshop, participants will have developed an action plan to for successfully adopting active learning in their own teaching.

The workshop will be capped at the first 25 to register. A wait list will be kept in case of cancellations.

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All current limited submission opportunities can be viewed at research.psu.edu/limitedsubs.

The Office of the Vice President for Research announces the launch of the W.M. Keck Foundation: Science & Engineering/Medical Research Program competition. The internal submission deadline is Monday, June 17, 2019.

Workshop Information: The Limited Submissions Office will conduct a workshop on April 24 from 1:30-2:30 PM in 404 Old Main to explain the funding opportunity and process.

The Keck Foundation supports basic research projects that are high-risk and have the potential for transformative impact in two program areas: Science & Engineering Research and Medical Research. Recent awards have supported pioneering research, with a particular focus on the development of promising new technologies, instrumentation, or methodologies. The target budget is $1 million from Keck over 3 years.

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Penn State Great Valley School of Professional Studies is organizing the Complex Adaptive Systems Conference 2019 which will be held November 13-15, 2019, in Malvern, PA, with an over-arching theme “Leveraging AI and Machine Learning for Societal Challenges.”

You are invited to join us in collaboration with other researchers from around the globe in discussion about how artificial intelligence and machine learning models contribute in the designing of complex adaptive systems.

Please visit the conference website to view a complete list of conference topics, author instructions, and detailed submission information. Proceedings of the Complex Adaptive Systems Conference 2019 will be published in Procedia Computer Science (ISSN:1877-0509) Elsevier.

Conference Topics include:

• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Explainable AI
• Trusted AI: Robustness, Security, and Testability of AI systems
• Ethics in AI
• Collective Social Intelligence
• Mobile Cloud Computing
• Data Analytics
• Cyber Security
• Safety, Reliability and Building Resilient Systems
• Modeling and Analysis of Socio-Technical Systems
• Cyber Physical Systems: IoT, Smart Cities, Smart Grids
• Blockchain

Important Dates:

• Abstract submission: April 30, 2019
• Full manuscript submission: June 7, 2019
• Camera-ready manuscript submission: August 9, 2019