Summer Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

夏季本科生数学科学研究所（SUMSRI）是在迈阿密大学数学与统计学系的指导下进行的一个项目。SUMSRI的目标之一是让参与者为研究生院的严格和节奏做好准备。该研究所的主要目标是通过正式和非正式的信息会议，为大约15名全国选拔的学生提供深入的研究经验。为了实现这些目标，SUMSRI将在俄亥俄州牛津市的迈阿密大学校园进行为期七周的研究。在这七周的时间里，学生们将参加数学、统计学或计算机科学方面的研究研讨会。该学院还将包括一个技术写作研讨会，一个GRE准备研讨会，两个关于代数和实分析的短期课程，以及由知名数学科学家举办的学术讨论会。1998年，美国国家科学基金会赞助了一项研究，旨在发现哪些领域可以解释拥有数学科学高等学位的少数族裔人数较少。这项研究的结果发表在《少数族裔在攻读科学、数学和工程博士学位时的人力资本负债》一文中。该研究指出，非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔美国人在人力资本的三个方面远远落后于白人男性，包括背景特征、本科表现和经验，以及准备和过渡到研究生院。约翰·亚历山大博士和威廉·霍金斯博士进行了一项名为“美国数学科学系少数民族研究生调查”的调查，建议创建像SUMSRI这样的项目，鼓励少数民族本科生攻读数学科学的高级学位。由于少数族裔和女性数学科学家的短缺，该研究所对非裔美国人和其他代表性不足的少数族裔和女性特别感兴趣，但不限于此。信息、教育经验和持续支持的结合旨在鼓励这些有才华的数学和统计学学生在数学研究环境中继续发展，从而最终增加非裔美国人和其他代表性不足的少数民族在数学科学领域获得博士学位的人数。有关该研究所的信息可在其网站http://www.units.muohio.edu/sumsri/上找到。该网站包括参与者结果的在线日志。

The Summer Undergraduate Mathematical Science Research Institute (SUMSRI) is a program conducted under the guidance of Miami University's Department of Mathematics and Statistics. One of the goals of SUMSRI is to prepare participants for the rigor and pace of graduate school. The primary goal of the Institute is to provide approximately 15 nationally selected students with an intensive research experience augmented by formal and informal information sessions. To accomplish these goals, SUMSRI will run seven weeks on Miami University's campus in Oxford, Ohio. During these seven weeks, students will participate in research seminars in mathematics, statistics, or computer science. The Institute will also include a technical writing seminar, a GRE preparation workshop, two short courses on algebra and real analysis, and colloquium talks given by well known mathematical scientists.In 1998, the NSF sponsored a study to discover what areas could be identified that could explain the low number of minorities with advanced degrees in the mathematical sciences. The results of this study were published in the article, "The Human Capital Liabilities of Underrepresented Minorities in Pursuit of Science, Mathematics and Engineering Doctoral Degrees." This study points out that African Americans and Hispanics lag far behind their white male peers in three areas of Human Capital including background characteristics, undergraduate performance and experience, and the preparation and transition into graduate school. A survey conducted by Dr. John Alexander and Dr. William A. Hawkins titled "Survey of Minority Graduate Students in U.S. Mathematical Sciences Departments," recommends creating programs like SUMSRI to encourage minority undergraduate students to pursue advanced degrees in the mathematical sciences.Because of the shortage of minorities and women mathematical scientists, the Institute is especially interested in, but not limited to, African Americans and other underrepresented minorities and women. The combination of information, educational experiences and ongoing support is designed to encourage these talented mathematics and statistics students to continue and thrive in the mathematical research environment and thereby eventually increase the number of African Americans and other underrepresented minorities with doctoral degrees in the mathematical sciences. Information about the Institute can be found on its website, http://www.units.muohio.edu/sumsri/. The website includes an online journal of participants' results.