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和统计系的指导下开展的一个项目。SUMSRI的目标之一是让学员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向大约15名国家选定的学生提供密集的研究经验，并辅之以正式和非正式的信息会议。为了实现这些目标，SUMSRI将在俄亥俄州牛津的迈阿密大学校园里运行七周。在这七周里，学生们将参加数学、统计学或计算机科学的研究研讨会。该研究所还将包括一个技术写作研讨会、一个GRE准备工作坊、两个关于代数和实分析的短期课程，以及知名数学科学家的专题演讲。1998年，国家科学基金会赞助了一项研究，以发现可以确定哪些领域可以解释拥有高级数学科学学位的少数族裔人数如此之少的原因。这项研究的结果发表在一篇名为《攻读科学、数学和工程学博士学位的少数族裔的人力资本负债》的文章中。这项研究指出，非裔美国人和拉美裔美国人在人力资本的三个方面远远落后于他们的白人男性同龄人，包括背景特征、本科表现和经历以及准备和过渡到研究生院。约翰·亚历山大博士和威廉·A·霍金斯博士进行了一项名为“美国数学系少数族裔研究生调查”的调查，建议创建像SUMSRI这样的项目，鼓励少数族裔本科生攻读数学科学方面的高级学位。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。信息、教育经验和持续不断的支持相结合，旨在鼓励这些有才华的数学和统计专业学生在数学研究环境中继续并茁壮成长，从而最终增加拥有数学科学博士学位的非裔美国人和其他代表性不足的少数族裔的数量。有关该研究所的信息可在其网站上找到，网址为：http://www.units.muohio.edu/sumsri/.该网站包括参与者成绩的在线期刊。

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.