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

科罗拉多矿业学院（CSM）的数学和计算机科学系将在2000年、2001年和2002年的每个夏季为本科生提供为期六周的研究经验项目（REU）。REU计划将模仿该部门非常成功的实地会议，在六周的时间里，学生将应用他们从课程中获得的知识，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暑期班将有8名学生，2名CSM学生和6名来自其他大学的学生。学生们将从事本系和学校感兴趣的项目，这些项目将作为CSM在数学和计算机科学方面正在进行的一些研究的介绍。这些项目涉及微分方程的数值分析、小波、计算金融、计算力学、符号计算、网络和动力系统。一些本地公司已对拟议的项目表示兴趣，我们将征求他们的意见，以更准确地界定这些项目。一个日益引起全国关注的问题是，攻读科学和数学研究生教育的学生数量正在减少。REU项目的主要目标是向有天赋的本科生介绍参与一个充满活力的研究项目所带来的发现的喜悦和兴奋，希望一些人会有足够的兴趣考虑在我们系攻读研究生。

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.