REU Site in Discrete Mathematics and Algebra

REU 离散数学和代数站点

• 批准号: 1005206
• 负责人: Jian Shen
• 金额: $ 21万
• 依托单位: Texas State University - San Marcos
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1005206&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Discrete; Mathematics; Algebra

The Department of Mathematics at Texas State University will host an 8 week summer REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program for carefully selected undergraduate students in the summers of 2011 and 2012. The research areas include graph theory, algebra, additive number theory, game theory, and algorithm design. The objectives of the program are to directly involve students in research, allow the students to interact with each other as a team of researchers, and to form close mentoring relationships with faculty members. The program will guide the students to develop independence as mathematical researchers, introduce the students to the mathematical community, encourage the students to consider graduate school and a career in mathematics, help the students develop their skills in orally presenting mathematics, and help them write a mathematical research paper.The program will support nine undergraduate students per year by providing lodging, meals, transportation, and a stipend. The faculty mentors of the program compose a diverse group of mathematicians including a female, an American American, Caucasians, and Asians. Significant efforts will be made to recruit and select students of mathematically underrepresented groups including minority students and women, as well as from institutions with limited resources available to support faculty-sponsored scholarly activity for undergraduates. The students will work in teams of three under the supervision of a faculty mentor. The students will present their research work at local, regional, and national STEM meetings during the following academic year. By focusing on important open problems we anticipate that our research will lead to faculty and student co-authored peer-reviewed manuscripts, make significant contributions to mathematics, and create a long-term and lasting impact on the careers of a diverse group of students.

德克萨斯州立大学数学系将在2011年和2012年夏季为精心挑选的本科生举办为期8周的REU(本科生研究体验)项目。研究领域包括图论、代数、加法数论、博弈论和算法设计。该项目的目标是让学生直接参与研究，让学生作为一个研究团队相互交流，并与教职员工建立密切的指导关系。该计划将引导学生发展作为数学研究人员的独立性，向学生介绍数学界，鼓励学生考虑进入研究生院和数学职业，帮助学生发展口头陈述数学的技能，并帮助他们撰写数学研究论文。该计划将通过提供住宿、餐饮、交通和津贴来支持每年9名本科生。该项目的教师导师组成了一个不同的数学家群体，其中包括一名女性、一名美国人、一名高加索人和亚洲人。将作出重大努力，招收和挑选数学代表性不足的群体的学生，包括少数族裔学生和女性，以及从资源有限的机构招收和挑选学生，这些机构可用于支持教职员工赞助的本科生学术活动。学生们将在一名教师导师的监督下，以三人一组的方式进行工作。学生将在下一学年的地方、地区和国家STEM会议上展示他们的研究成果。通过专注于重要的开放问题，我们预计我们的研究将导致教职员工和学生共同撰写同行评议的手稿，对数学做出重大贡献，并对不同学生群体的职业生涯产生长期和持久的影响。