<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2024-08-summer-reu-students-use-computation-to-solve-multidisciplinary-challenges .aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero/><categories>Discovery Science,Grant,STEM Education</categories><broadcast>cmse</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>08/30/2024</pubDate><title>Summer REU students use computation to solve multidisciplinary challenges </title><description><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW267634097 BCX0">NSF renews funding for unique computational summer </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW267634097 BCX0">REU</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW267634097 BCX0"> at Michigan State</span></description><highlights><ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Advanced Computational Research Experience, or ACRES, is a 10-week summer research experience for undergraduates (REU) in computational and data science.</strong></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong>Research projects provided through ACRES focus on the development and enhancement of algorithms, models, and software for applications in multiple research areas that require high-performance computing resources.</strong></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><strong>The most unique feature of ACRES is its multidisciplinary approach. The REU brings researchers from all over MSU and undergrads throughout the country together under the umbrella of using computers to solve problems. </strong></li>
</ul></highlights><author>Lynn Waldsmith</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2024/2024-08-acres-380x380.jpg" alt="Back of ACRES t-shirt text Where Research Grows"/></image></item>