COVID-19 UPDATE
Thank you for your inquiry related to our residential summer program for high-school students interested in computational sciences. The ProCSI program is scheduled for July 17th-22nd, 2022 and will be held following COVID-19 guidelines. The application process is now open. To apply, please fill out the Google form linked here by March 6th, 2022 (deadline extended, originally February 15th, 2022). Decisions will be made by March 25th, 2022.
If you have questions about this announcement or the future of the program, please email us at uwprocsi@gmail.com.
"I just wanted to thank you for all of the hard work that you all put into ProCSI. I had a wonderful time exploring Madison and learning new things. It is so wonderful that such an opportunity is offered to students at no cost. I truly enjoyed my time at every event whether it was exploring the super computer or attempting to play sports! It was such a wonderful time! I hope that ProCSI in the future is just as successful and influential, and I will definitely recommend it to others! Thanks again!"
ProCSI 2019 Participant
The application process for ProCSI 2022 is OPEN
ProCSI (pronounced “proxy”, from Promoting the Computational Science Initiative) is a free, summer residential program on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison that seeks to introduce the participants to various research topics and areas that are enabled by computer modeling and simulation. The six-day program is organized and run on a volunteer-basis by the members of the Simulation-Based Engineering Lab, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Applied Computing Center. The high-school students will be shown how the fundamental concepts that they are just learning in high-school math, physics, and science classes are connected to advanced concepts in computer science and engineering. We accomplish this through a hands-on active learning process, where activities include Computer Aided Design of physical objects, problem solving activities using computer simulation software, and tours of engineering laboratories where cutting-edge research takes place. ProCSI aims to motivate students by giving them a basic understanding of how computers are used today to enable tomorrow’s discoveries and innovations in science and engineering. We strongly encourage individuals belonging to STEM-underrepresented groups to apply for this opportunity.
To apply, please fill out the Google form linked here by March 6th, 2022 (deadline extended, originally February 15th, 2022). Decisions will be made by March 25th, 2022. If you have questions, please email us at uwprocsi@gmail.com.