Summer Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

暑期本科生 数学科学研究所

• 批准号: 0553085
• 负责人: Dennis Davenport
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Miami University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-02-01 至 2009-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0553085&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Summer; Undergraduate; Mathematical; Sciences; Research

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.

夏季本科数学科学研究所（SUMSRI）是在迈阿密大学数学与统计系的指导下进行的一项计划。SUMSRI的目标之一是让参与者为研究生院的严谨和节奏做好准备。该研究所的主要目标是为大约15名国家选定的学生提供密集的研究经验，并通过正式和非正式的信息会议予以加强。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内进行为期七周的培训。在这七周内，学生将参加数学，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准备讲习班、两个关于代数和真实的分析的短期课程，以及由著名数学科学家进行的学术讨论会。这项研究的结果发表在文章《代表性不足的少数族裔在追求科学、数学和工程博士学位方面的人力资本负债》中。“这项研究指出，非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔美国人在人力资本的三个领域远远落后于他们的白色男性同行，包括背景特征，本科成绩和经验，以及准备和过渡到研究生院。约翰亚历山大博士和威廉A.霍金斯题为“美国数学科学系少数民族研究生调查”，建议创建像SUMSRI这样的项目，以鼓励少数民族本科生攻读数学科学的高级学位。由于少数民族和女性数学科学家的短缺，该研究所对非洲裔美国人和其他代表性不足的少数民族和女性特别感兴趣，但不限于此。信息，教育经验和持续的支持相结合的目的是鼓励这些有才华的数学和统计学生继续在数学研究环境中茁壮成长，从而最终增加非洲裔美国人和其他代表性不足的少数民族的数量在数学科学博士学位。关于该研究所的信息可在其网站http://www.units.muohio.edu/sumsri/上查阅。该网站包括一份参与者成果的在线日志。