REU Site: Probability and Discrete Mathematics

REU 网站：概率与离散数学

• 批准号: 0552730
• 负责人: Anant Godbole
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: East Tennessee State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-06-01 至 2009-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0552730&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Probability; Discrete; Mathematics

This is a renewal of an REU site that has run at MTU and ETSU during the years 1991-2004, and which has had an RET supplement for three of those years. The project title is "Probability and Discrete Mathematics," and project site is East Tennessee State University. There will be 8 students each year and the project will last for 9 weeks. The areas of inquiry will include probability, graph theory, combinatorics, number theory, and algorithms. The project also includes an Ethics component. The intellectual merit of this project is that we will immerse 8 carefully selected students each year in a variety of open-ended research problems in probability and discrete mathematics -- and those at the interface of these two fields. They will travel to a high-visibility professional meeting and present their research. Research standards will correspond to those that students will expect to encounter in a post-PhD world. The broader impacts of this project are as follows: (i) Students will be selected from a variety of institutions and at least 50% will be female; they will thus appreciate the substantial differences that exist in their backgrounds and mathematical training. (ii) Students will derive full benefit from an embedded "ethics in mathematics and science" component. (iii) A determined effort will be made to recruit under-represented students, and students will be teamed with students in Debra Knisley's NSF-MAA-SUMMA REU program which we hope will continue. (iv) Students will notice an increase in their level of confidence and mathematical communication skills. (v) Students will interact by e-mail with some of the best researchers in the world. (vi) Students will meet with an external peer REU group. (vii) Students will act as peer mentors to a group of high school students making the transition both to college and a novel career path -- Quantitative Biomedical Science. These students will be present at an NSF-STEP funded bridge Program at ETSU; will continue as Mathematical Biology majors in the fall; and enjoy four undergraduate research experiences during their baccalaureate years.The site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.

这是对1991-2004年期间在MTU和ETSU运行的REU站点的更新，其中三年有RET补充。项目名称是“概率与离散数学”，项目地点是东田纳西州立大学。每年将有8名学生，项目将持续9周。 调查的领域将包括概率，图论，组合学，数论和算法。该项目还包括道德操守部分。这个项目的智力价值是，我们将沉浸在概率和离散数学的各种开放式的研究问题，每年8精心挑选的学生-和那些在这两个领域的接口。他们将前往一个高知名度的专业会议，并提出他们的研究。 研究标准将对应于那些学生将期望在博士后的世界中遇到。 该项目的广泛影响如下：（i）学生将从各种机构中挑选，至少50%为女性;因此，他们将认识到其背景和数学训练方面存在的巨大差异。(ii)学生将从嵌入式“数学和科学道德”组件中充分受益。(iii)一个坚定的努力将作出招募代表性不足的学生，学生将与学生在黛布拉Knisley的NSF-MAA-SUMMA REU计划，我们希望将继续。(iv)学生将注意到他们的信心和数学沟通能力的水平增加。(v)学生将通过电子邮件与世界上一些最好的研究人员进行互动。 (vi)学生将与外部同行REU组见面。(vii)学生们将作为一组高中生的同伴导师，向大学和新的职业道路-定量生物医学科学过渡。这些学生将参加ETSU的NSF-STEP资助的桥梁项目;将在秋季继续攻读数学生物学专业;并在学士学位期间享受四次本科研究经历。该网站由国防部与NSF合作提供支持REU计划。