Research in the Department of Mathematical and Computer Science at the Colorado School of Mines

数学和计算机科学系在矿业（CSM）的科罗拉多学校将提供一个为期六周的本科生（REU）的研究经验在2000年，2001年和2002年的夏天。 REU课程将仿照该系非常成功的Field Session，在为期六周的时间里，学生们将应用他们在课程中学到的知识，并在解决数学和计算机科学中具有挑战性的应用问题的同时探索新的概念。每个REU夏季课程将涉及八名学生，两名CSM学生和六名来自其他大学的学生。 学生将在部门和大学感兴趣的项目上工作，这些项目将作为CSM在数学和计算机科学领域进行的一些研究的介绍。 这些项目涉及微分方程数值分析、小波、计算金融、计算力学、符号计算、网络及动力系统等范畴。部分本地公司已表示有兴趣参与建议的项目，我们会征询他们的意见，以便更准确地界定这些项目。越来越多的国家关注的是追求科学和数学研究生教育的学生人数减少。 REU计划的主要目标将是向有天赋的本科生介绍参与充满活力的研究计划所带来的发现的喜悦和兴奋，希望有些人会有足够的兴趣考虑在我们部门攻读研究生课程。

The Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) will provide a six-week program of Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) during each of the summers of 2000, 2001, and 2002. The REU program will be modeled after the department's highly successful Field Session,in which, over a six-week period, students are expected to apply their knowledge from course work and to venture into new concepts while solving challenging applied problems in the mathematical and computer sciences.Each REU summer session will involve eight students, two CSM students and six from other universities. The students will work on projects of interest in the department and the university that will serve as an introduction to some of the research that is being conducted at CSM in the mathematical and computer sciences. The projects are in the areas of numerical analysis of differential equations, wavelets, computational finance, computational mechanics, symbolic computation, networking and dynamical systems.Some local companies have expressed interest in the proposed projects and their opinions will be solicited in defining the projects more precisely. A growing national concern is the diminishing number of students who pursue graduate education in science and mathematics. The primary goal of the REU program will be to introduce gifted undergraduate students to the joy and excitement of discovery that comes from participating in a vibrant research program, with the hope that some will be sufficiently intrigued to consider pursuing graduate studies in our department.