[grad-students] Fwd: 2006 NKS Summer School

[Marcus Emmanuel Barnes]

>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: NKS Summer School <nks-summerschool at wolfram.com>
>> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:28:23 -0600
>> Subject: 2006 NKS Summer School
>>
>> This year we are holding our fourth annual NKS Summer School. The  
>> school lasts three weeks, from June 19 to July 7, and this year it  
>> will again be hosted by Brown University in Providence, RI.
>>
>> The NKS Summer School is a unique educational experience--and an  
>> opportunity to get jump-started in important cutting-edge  
>> research. Our students over the past three years have spanned a  
>> wide range. Many are graduate students in the sciences. Some are  
>> undergraduates, and a few are professors, seasoned professionals,  
>> artists, and more. (We've also had a few exceptional high-school  
>> students.)
>>
>> We're pleased to say that the Summer School has been a
>> life-changing experience for many of our students. Many careers
>> have been launched or redefined. Many exciting and unexpected
>> projects have been started. A remarkable alumni network has
>> formed. And a number of our students have earned positions at
>> Wolfram Research.
>>
>> The core of the Summer School is an individual project done by
>> each student. The project is chosen on the basis of each
>> student's interests, in discussion with Stephen Wolfram and the
>> Summer School instructors. (There's a tremendous supply of
>> important problems and fresh perspectives right now from NKS...)
>>
>> There've been many remarkable things done at the Summer School. In  
>> three weeks most students go from the definition of a project to  
>> having concrete and often important results--commonly leading  
>> directly to published papers.
>>
>> Supporting the project work are a series of lectures, together  
>> with many intense hands-on sessions. A popular feature of the  
>> Summer School is several unscripted "live computer experiments" by  
>> Stephen Wolfram--in which it's common for discoveries to be made  
>> in real time.
>>
>> The Summer School is sponsored by Wolfram Research and Brown  
>> University, and has no tuition fees. Travel and lodging are the  
>> responsibility of individual students; dormitory-based  
>> accomodations and a meal plan are available through Brown at a low  
>> cost.
>>
>> There's more information on the 2006 Summer School--as well as
>> on previous years--at
>> http://www.wolframscience.com/summerschool
>>
>> For the next few weeks we are still accepting applications for the  
>> 2006 Summer School. So if you've got the ability, and you're  
>> serious about getting involved with NKS, apply to the Summer  
>> School now, and do something exciting this summer!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Todd Rowland, Ph.D.
>> NKS Summer School Academic Director
>>
>> Catherine Boucher, Ph.D.
>> NKS Summer School Program Director
>>
>> P.S. This year's Summer School immediately follows the NKS 2006  
>> Wolfram Science Conference to be held in Washington DC June 16-18.  
>> Summer School attendees will be given complimentary passes to the  
>> conference, and transportation will be available from Washington  
>> DC to Brown University.


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Marcus Emmanuel Barnes
Graduate Student
Department of Mathematics
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive,
Burnaby, British Columbia,
Canada  V5A 1S6
E-mail:  mbarnes [at] sfu.ca
Telephone:  604.630.6000 Ext. 11079
http://www.sfu.ca/~mbarnes