REU-RET Site: Willamette Valley Mathematics Research Consortium for Undergraduates and Teachers

威拉米特谷数学研究联盟的本科生和教师是一个夏季REU-RET计划在威拉米特大学，林菲尔德学院，刘易斯克拉克学院，和波特兰大学。 我们的计划由四个研究团队组成，每个合作机构一个，每个团队有四名学生，一名教师和两名教师导师，为期八周的REU和七周的RET。每个团队将专注于四个具有挑战性的研究项目之一，从教师导师？在专业领域，如拟阵理论，图论，组合博弈论，随机建模，人工智能，平铺理论，复杂代数几何，计算生物学，纽结理论或数字传感器网络。联盟会议将定期召集四个研究小组讨论他们的项目，了解同行的进展，听取来自学术界和工业界的特邀演讲者的演讲，并与其他学生和教师建立联系。 学生申请人的招聘是在全国范围内进行的，包括与太平洋西北部路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟协商，从代表性不足的群体中有针对性地招聘。教师申请人在俄勒冈州和华盛顿西南部地区招募。威拉米特谷数学研究联盟的主要目标是让本科生和教师沉浸在一个具有挑战性的，变革性的研究经验中，这将揭示数学研究的本质。 整个夏天，本科生和教师将开发新的内容知识，研究技能，并增加对数学发现和研究过程的理解。 在他们的研究团队和联盟会议上，参与者将提高他们以有效和参与的方式交流当前数学研究的能力。 所有参与者都将提高对STEM领域职业机会的认识。 与往年一样，REU的研究成果将通过学生合著的出版物，通过公开演讲和在线传播。教师将创建在课堂上使用并在专业会议上传播的材料; REU-RET为学生和教师在会议上演讲提供部分资金。通过这些计划活动，我们更广泛的目标是增加在STEM领域追求高级学习和职业的学生数量，增加对数学发现和研究有了解的教师数量，并增加数学研究的有效沟通。

The Willamette Valley Mathematics Research Consortium for Undergraduates and Teachers is a summer REU-RET program at Willamette University, Linfield College, Lewis & Clark College, and the University of Portland. Our program consists of four research teams, one per partner institution, each with four students, one teacher, and two faculty mentors for an eight-week REU and seven-week RET. Each team will focus on one of four challenging research projects from a faculty mentors? area of expertise, such as matroid theory, graph theory, combinatorial game theory, stochastic modeling, artificial intelligence, tiling theory, complex algebraic geometry, computational biology, knot theory or digital sensor networks. Consortium meetings will bring together the four research groups regularly to speak about their projects, learn about the progress of their peers, listen to presentations by invited speakers from academia and industry, and network with other students and faculty. Recruitment for student applicants is nationwide and includes targeted recruitment from underrepresented groups in consultation with the Pacific Northwest Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. Teacher applicants are recruited regionally in Oregon and southwest Washington.The primary goal of the Willamette Valley Mathematics Research Consortium for Undergraduates and Teachers is to immerse undergraduates and teachers in a challenging, transformative research experience that will reveal the nature of mathematics research. Throughout the summer undergraduates and teachers will develop new content knowledge, research skills, and an increased understanding of the process of mathematical discovery and research. Within their research teams and at Consortium meetings, participants will improve their ability to communicate current mathematical research in an effective and engaging manner. All participants will develop a greater awareness of career opportunities in STEM fields. As in previous years, REU research results will be disseminated through student co-authored publications, through public presentations, and online. Teachers will create materials to be used in the classroom and disseminated at professional meetings; the REU-RET provides partial funding for students and teachers to present at conferences. Through these program activities our broader goals are to increase the number of students who pursue advanced study and careers in STEM fields, increase the number of teachers with an understanding of mathematical discovery and research, and increase the effective communication of mathematical research.