BNL SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SEMINAR

During these seminars, students will be introduced to the Linux operating system running on computers fully managed by BNL that are hosted in Amazon’s cloud. Students will learn how to program computers using the C++ computer language with Code::Blocks, an open-source development environment. Linux and C++ are the tools used by the vast majority of scientists working for the US Department of Energy.

Each student will get their own private remote virtual machine (VM) with all the development software and courseware preinstalled.  They will access these secure PCs using a unique username/password.  Each VM will have its own public IP address that allows the students to access their remote desktops while onsite in the Sayville computer lab as well as when they are at home.  Note: if their home computer is a Macintosh there is a free remote desktop client published by Microsoft that is available online from the Apple App Store which will allow the student to connect to their assigned Amazon VM.  If their home computer is a Microsoft-based PC, the remote desktop connection application is already built into Windows.

Students who participate in this program with at least an 80% attendance record will receive a formal certificate in the closing session from BNL indicating their successful completion the BNL “Foundations of Scientific Computing” workshop.  Obtaining this certificate is very helpful for students interested in competing for follow-on summer internship assignments at BNL and is a unique differentiator in most college applications.

Additionally, Dr. David Biersach has graciously offered to mentor 2-3 Sayville students looking to integrate scientific computing in their high school research class projects. Nearly all competition-level research projects will greatly benefit from the integration of advanced statistics, graphics, and simulation/modelling. Computational mathematics is the cornerstone of modern science research at national laboratories. More information can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_Mathematics

As part of the Scientific Computing Seminar Program, Brookhaven National Laboratory will host two Colloquia, one in the fall for students to meet scientists and one in the spring, where students will present the work they completed throughout the year.  At the spring Colloquia, BNL scientists will interview students on their projects and determine whether students are interested in taking more advanced classes at BNL in the summer (no charge) and/or participate in a six-week Internship Program.

This opportunity is for the serious student who would like to learn more about this potential career pathway and should not be viewed as a “Club”. The Workforce Development Task Force at BNL has identified scientific computing as one of the most critical subject areas that students who have a passion for math, science, and computing, need to be introduced to prior to college in order to prepare them for jobs that are presently difficult to fill with newly graduated American college students.

In order to accept this invitation, please complete and submit the Google form (Link Below) to Mr. Caskey.  No Later than Wednesday September 27^th, 2017.  Please do not delay

Scientific Computing Seminar Application (