Research Experiences for Undergraduate Faculty (REUF)

本科生研究经历（REUF）

• 批准号: 1239280
• 负责人: Leslie Hogben
• 金额: $ 22.44万
• 依托单位: American Institute of Mathematics
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-15 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1239280&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Experiences; Undergraduate; Faculty; REUF

The American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) will conduct a series of three annual Research Experiences for Undergraduate Faculty (REUF) workshops during the summers of 2013, 2014, and 2015, and additional activities for participants afterwards to support continuation of research engagement sparked by the workshop. At each REUF workshop four senior mathematicians (leaders) who have experience doing research with undergraduate students will present problems in a variety of areas, after which the participants and leaders will divide into groups and work on the problems; the workshop will conclude with group presentations of each project. Most of the time will be spent doing mathematics, but there will also be whole group discussions about topics such as best practices in undergraduate research led by the organizers. Since numerical experiments and computational investigations are crucial to much of the research done with undergraduates, the workshop will also include instruction in using the free open-source mathematics software Sage. AIM directors will facilitate the management of the workshop, and participants will receive full funding. The REUF workshop and ongoing activities will provide faculty participants whose undergraduate institutions have limited research activity with a research experience investigating open questions in the mathematical sciences and equip them to engage in research with undergraduate students at their home institutions. In addition, some participants will become involved in long-term research collaborations with other faculty at the workshop. The recruitment efforts for REUF will particularly focus on faculty at minority-serving institutions as well as underrepresented minority faculty at undergraduate colleges. The REUF project will lead to more and better undergraduate research experiences for students of the faculty participants, and greater engagement in mathematical research by the faculty participants, thus expanding and diversifying the mathematical workforce.

美国数学研究所（AIM）将在2013年，2014年和2015年夏季举办一系列三个年度本科教师研究经验（REUF）研讨会，并为参与者提供额外的活动，以支持研讨会引发的研究参与的延续。 在每个REUF研讨会上，四位有本科生研究经验的高级数学家（领导者）将提出各个领域的问题，之后参与者和领导者将分成小组并解决问题;研讨会将以每个项目的小组演讲结束。大部分时间将花在做数学，但也将有整个小组讨论的主题，如最佳实践，在本科研究由组织者领导。由于数值实验和计算调查对本科生的大部分研究至关重要，研讨会还将包括使用免费开源数学软件Sage的指导。 AIM主任将促进讲习班的管理，参加者将获得全额资助。 REUF研讨会和正在进行的活动将为参与研究活动有限的本科院校的教师提供研究经验，调查数学科学中的开放问题，并使他们能够与本科生一起在他们的家乡机构从事研究。 此外，一些参与者将在研讨会上与其他教师进行长期的研究合作。 REUF的招聘工作将特别关注少数民族服务机构的教师以及本科院校中代表性不足的少数民族教师。REUF项目将为教师参与者的学生带来更多更好的本科研究经验，并使教师参与者更多地参与数学研究，从而扩大和多样化数学劳动力。