INITITIATIVE FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF MATHEMATICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AT CORNELL

摘要康奈尔大学VIGRE项目的目的是促进本科生、研究生、博士后教师和长期教师之间的工作关系;促进数学系内数学家与数学系外科学家、工程师和数学家之间的技能和知识转移;加强和扩大各级数学教师之间的交流和联系。该项目包括四个主要部分：1。每学期一门课程的博士后职位将为康奈尔大学带来顶尖的年轻数学家，参与我们的数学研究和教学社区。 每个博士后研究员将被分配一个教师导师，并将接触到各种各样的数学可能的应用在康奈尔大学，但他们将完全自由地选择他们的研究课题。2.从2000年秋季开始，每年都有几名新的VIGRE受训人员将在其研究生生涯的头三年获得两年的研究金支助。该计划将使学生尽早参与数学研究，并让他们了解数学在生物学，物理科学或工程中的应用。一些一学期的实习生奖励将提供给其他学生在他们的学术生涯的中后期。 这些奖项将使他们能够从事应用研究，或者只是有一个免费的学期来完成他们的论文研究。3.本科生将得到各种机制的支持。VIGRE基金将使康奈尔大学本科数学专业的学生在大四前的夏天获得支持成为可能，以促进他们追求荣誉课程和撰写数学高级论文。 本科数学专业的第二个新机会是与校园内各种实验室的科学家合作。 VIGRE基金的第三个好处是，它将允许更多的康奈尔学生参加成功的REU计划，相反，它将在学年期间为康奈尔数学专业带来夏季REU计划的好处。 4. 我们将支持当地学校的外展活动，以便让有才华的学生接触到数学的兴奋和进一步学习将为他们打开的职业机会。 该计划由数学科学部和物理和数学科学局多学科计划办公室共同资助。

Abstract The purpose of the VIGRE project at Cornell University is to foster working relationships among undergraduates, graduates, postdoctoral faculty and permanent faculty; to promote the transfer of skills and knowledge between mathematicians inside the Mathematics Department and scientists, engineers and mathematicians outside the Mathematics Department; and to enhance and expand communications and contacts among teachers of mathematics at all levels. This project consists of four main components: 1. Postdoctoral positions with a one course per semester teaching load will bring top young mathematicians to Cornell to participate in our mathematical research and teaching community. Each postdoctoral fellow will be assigned a faculty mentor and will be exposed to a wide variety of the possible applications of mathematics at Cornell, but they will be completely free to choose the topics of their research. 2. Beginning in the fall of 2000, several new VIGRE trainees each year will receive two years of fellowship support over the first three years of their graduate career. The program will engage the students in mathematical research as early as possible and will allow them to learn about the applications of mathematics in biology, physical sciences, or engineering. Some one-semester trainee awards will be available to other students in the middle to late stages of their academic career. These awards will allow them to pursue applied research or simply to have a free semester to get their thesis research in order. 3. Undergraduates will be supported by a variety of mechanisms. VIGRE funds will make it possible to support Cornell undergraduate math majors during the summer before their senior years in order to facilitate their pursuit of honors programs and writing senior theses in mathematics. A second new opportunity for the undergraduate math major is to do work in collaboration with scientists at a variety of labs on campus. A third benefit of VIGRE funds is that it will allow more Cornell students to participate in the successful REU Program and conversely, it will bring the benefits of the summer REU Program to Cornell math majors during the school year. 4. We will support outreach activities in the local schools in order to expose talented students to the excitement of mathematics and the career opportunities that further study would open for them. This program is being jointly funded by the Division of Mathematical Sciences and the Office of Multidisciplinary Programs from the Directorate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.