Science Training & Research to Inform Decisions (CSTRIDE)

Certificate Awarded: Advanced Graduate Certificate, C-STRIDE (Certificate-Science Training & Research to Inform Decisions)

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STRIDE is an innovative training program that provides STEM graduate students with unique interdisciplinary skills to assist, create, and eventually lead in the translation of complex data-enabled research into informed decisions and sound policies.

In addition to training in cutting-edge data analytics and visualization, STRIDE includes the trans-disciplinary skills of decision support including science communication, understanding the perspectives of various stakeholders, and translating scientific uncertainty, that are too often not explicitly taught.

This end-to-end training program aims to transcend traditional graduate education by integrating multiple disciplines and novel training elements that span spatial data, advanced visual data analytics, high-performance and data-centric computing, a science discipline, communication including interpersonal skills and modern media, decision making, and relevant internships.

The departments involved are: Applied Math, Biomedical Informatics, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), Ecology &Evolution, Journalism, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Public Health, and Technology & Society.

The centers/institutes involved are: IACS, Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center (AERTC), Alda Center for Communicating Science , Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT), C enter for Smart Energy Technologies (SET), Center for Visual Computing (CVC), and Center for Inclusive Education (CIE).

Admission Requirements

PhD and MS/MA matriculated students in the following departments are eligible to participate in the certificate program: Applied Math and Statistics, Biomedical Informatics, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Ecology & Evolution, Journalism, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Materials Science, Public Health, Technology & Society. Students must have the permission of their advisors and their Graduate Program Directors before enrolling in the certificate program. Students must complete, with the requisite signatures, and submit to the Graduate School the form entitled Permission to Enroll in a Secondary Certificate Program.