REU Site: University of Wisconsin - La Crosse REU in Mathematical Ecology

REU 站点：威斯康星大学拉克罗斯分校数学生态学 REU

• 批准号: 1559663
• 负责人: Barbara Bennie
• 金额: $ 28.05万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-15 至 2020-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1559663&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; University; Wisconsin; La

As understanding and awareness of the natural world grows, researchers are seeing increased complexity in the new ecological problems they encounter. Because of this complexity, mathematical and statistical methods are becoming increasingly important in the study of biological and ecological systems. This award supports a three-year Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UWL) aimed at 1) training undergraduate students in various sub-disciplines of mathematical ecology, 2) motivating undergraduate students, especially underrepresented and/or first-generation college students with limited access to research at their home institution, to attend graduate school in a STEM area, and 3) preparing participants to be successful in an interdisciplinary, collaborative setting. The UWL site will host eight students per year for 10 weeks during the summers of 2016, 2017, and 2018. The award is supported by the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) and the Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO).The research at this REU Site will contribute to the overall body of knowledge in mathematical and theoretical ecology by tackling research questions in mathematical areas such as ordinary and stochastic differential equations, decision theory, game theory, the theory of inverse problems, graph theory, probability theory and branching processes, as well as ecological questions that arise from the study of topics such as the parasite propagation in snail and waterfowl hosts in the Upper Mississippi River and the effects of wind energy on the population viability of bird and bat populations.

随着对自然世界的理解和认识的增强，研究人员发现他们遇到的新生态问题变得越来越复杂。 由于这种复杂性，数学和统计方法在生物和生态系统的研究中变得越来越重要。该奖项支持威斯康星大学拉克罗斯分校 (UWL) 为期三年的本科生研究体验 (REU) 项目，旨在 1) 培训数学生态学各个子学科的本科生，2) 激励本科生，特别是代表性不足和/或在其所在机构获得研究机会有限的第一代大学生，进入 STEM 领域的研究生院，以及 3) 为参与者做好准备 在跨学科、协作的环境中取得成功。 UWL 校区每年将在 2016 年、2017 年和 2018 年夏季接待 8 名学生，为期 10 周。该奖项由数学和物理科学理事会 (MPS) 下的数学科学部 (DMS) 和生物科学理事会 (BIO) 下的生物基础设施部 (DBI) 提供支持。该 REU 校区的研究将为数学和物理科学领域的整体知识体系做出贡献。 理论生态学，解决数学领域的研究问题，如常微分方程和随机微分方程、决策论、博弈论、反问题理论、图论、概率论和分支过程，以及密西西比河上游蜗牛和水禽宿主中的寄生虫传播以及风能对鸟类和蝙蝠种群生存能力的影响等主题研究中产生的生态问题。