MSRI-UP: MSRI's Undergraduate Program

MSRI-UP的主要目标是识别数学人才的学生，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体，并为他们提供有意义的研究机会，必要的技能和知识，以参与成功的合作，以及学术同行和导师的社区谁可以通过一个成功的研究生课程建议，鼓励和支持他们。在夏季，学生将参加为期两周的研讨会，然后是为期四周的研究阶段，在此期间，他们将在团队中完成本科研究项目。学生将由一名研究主任，一名博士后和两名研究生助理领导。学生将撰写一篇研究论文，并在MSRI就他们的研究进行演讲。学生还将参加MSRI-UP座谈会以及MSRI的其他活动;其中包括与MSRI居住的研究生的其他座谈会和聚会。暑期结束后，学生们将在联合数学会议和科学促进奇卡诺人和美洲原住民协会（SACNAS）年会等会议上展示他们的工作成果。将从整个美国及其领土招募一个性别平衡的小组。将作出重大努力，招收黑人，西班牙裔/拉丁美洲裔和美洲原住民学生。2007年，MSRI-UP的第一年，几乎所有的计划？12名学生来自这些民族，性别分布均匀。MSRI-UP将在实验数学，编码理论和其他数学领域产生新的数学研究。此外，这个REU将在该国领先的数学研究中心之一举行的事实可能会激励/激励其他NSF资助的研究中心使用MSRI-UP模型开发类似的本科课程。

The main objective of the MSRI-UP is to identify mathematically talented students, especially those from underrepresented groups, and to make available to them meaningful research opportunities, necessary skills and knowledge to participate in successful collaborations, and a community of academic peers and mentors who can advise, encourage and support them through a successful graduate program. During the summer, students will participate in a two-week workshop followed by a four-week research phase during which they will work in teams to complete an undergraduate research project. The students will be led by a research director, a post-doc and two graduate student assistants. Students will write a research paper and make a presentation at MSRI on their research. Students also will attend MSRI-UP colloquia as well as other events at MSRI; these include other colloquia and gatherings with graduate students in residence at MSRI. After the summer, students will present their work in poster sessions at conferences such as the Joint Mathematics Meetings and the annual meeting of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).A gender-balanced group will be recruited from the entire U.S. and its territories. Significant efforts will be made to recruit Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American students. In 2007, the first year of MSRI-UP, almost all of the program?s twelve students were from these ethnic groups and the gender distribution was even. MSRI-UP will produce new mathematical research in the areas of experimental mathematics, coding theory and other mathematical fields. In addition, the fact that this REU will be held at one of the leading mathematics research centers in the country may motivate/inspire other NSF-funded research centers to develop similar undergraduate programs using the MSRI-UP model.