MSRI-UP: MSRI's Undergraduate Program

MSRI-UP的主要目标是发现有数学天赋的学生，特别是那些来自代表不足的群体的学生，并向他们提供有意义的研究机会、参与成功合作所需的技能和知识，以及一个由学术同行和导师组成的社区，他们可以通过成功的研究生项目为他们提供建议、鼓励和支持。暑假期间，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，他们将以小组形式完成本科生的研究项目。这些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。学生们将写一篇研究论文，并在MSRI就他们的研究做一个陈述。学生还将参加MSRI-UP座谈会以及MSRI的其他活动；这些活动包括其他座谈会和与MSRI驻校研究生的聚会。暑假过后，学生们将在联合数学会议和促进奇卡诺人和美洲原住民科学协会(SACNAS)年会等会议上以海报形式展示他们的研究成果。一个性别平衡的小组将从整个美国及其领土招募。将做出重大努力招收黑人、西班牙裔/拉丁裔和美国原住民学生。2007年，MSRI-UP的第一年，几乎所有的项目？S 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，这次REU将在全国领先的数学研究中心之一举行，这一事实可能会激励/激励其他NSF资助的研究中心使用MSRI-UP模式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.