REU Site: REU in Discrete and Applied Mathematics

离散和应用数学REU网站是一个为期八周的本科生暑期研究经验。该计划通过对可访问和开放的研究问题的研究激发对数学科学的兴趣。这个项目针对的是处于本科学习早期阶段的学生，为那些在了解数学研究中令人兴奋的机遇和挑战之前可能决定不从事数学科学职业的学生提供了一个研究机会。每年都会选出9名有潜力的本科生参加。学生学习阅读研究文章；提出猜想和构造例子；编程模拟；集中注意力，倾听并提问；概括和简化证明；并传播他们的发现。学生们沉浸在一个数学概念是新的，没有完全理解的环境中。学生们在三个独立的研究小组中工作。学生们每周汇报他们的进度。参加地区和国家本科研究会议的学生。学生写一篇适合提交给适当的数学或科学期刊的研究文章。学生的发现有助于许多数学研究领域：计算生物学和建模、组合博弈、组合结理论、递归多项式、生物学大数据集分析等。

The REU Site in Discrete and Applied Mathematics is an eight week summer research experience for undergraduate students. The program stimulates interest in the mathematical sciences through research on accessible and open research problems. This program targets students at an earlier stage of their undergraduate studies and provides a research opportunity for those students who might otherwise have decided against a career in the mathematical sciences before ever learning about the exciting opportunities and challenges present in mathematics research.Each year, nine promising undergraduates are selected to participate. Students learn to read research articles; to formulate conjectures and construct examples; to program simulations; to concentrate, listen, and ask questions; to generalize and simplify proofs; and to disseminate their discoveries. Students are immersed in an environment where the mathematical ideas are new and not fully understood. Students work in one of three separate research groups. Students present their progress on a weekly basis. Students present at regional and national conferences on undergraduate research. Students write a research article suitable for submission to an appropriate mathematics or science journal. Students' discoveries contribute to many fields of mathematics research: computational biology and modeling, combinatorial games, combinatorial knot theory, recursive polynomials, analysis of large data sets in biology, and others.