REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics at Lafayette College

REU 网站：拉斐特学院数学、应用数学和统计学本科生研究

• 批准号: 1560222
• 负责人: Elizabeth McMahon
• 金额: $ 27.5万
• 依托单位: Lafayette College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-06-01 至 2021-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1560222&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Undergraduate; Research; Mathematics

The Lafayette College REU Site will run for eight weeks in the summer and one week in the academic year for three years. Each summer, three faculty mentors, including one mentor a year from outside Lafayette, will work daily with ten students from across the US on groundbreaking research projects in mathematics, applied mathematics, and statistics. Students will develop strong research skills as well as become effective communicators, both orally and in writing. Summer activities will include renowned guest speakers and other programming on a wide variety of topics to enhance students' professional development and curiosity. The guidance provided by the faculty mentors will continue throughout the following academic year, culminating in presentations at the Joint Mathematics Meetings and the preparation of articles to submit to high-quality journals. This program will put students in very strong positions to be successful in the mathematical sciences after graduation. Further, the faculty themselves will be mentored by previous REU advisors, with a particular focus on the faculty who have limited experience in leading undergraduate research; this mentoring will run year-round. Thus, both students and faculty will grow through the REU, and they will return to their home institutions energized by the experience and ready to continue conducting research. A diverse selection of research projects will be offered, appropriate for a combination of rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors each year and targeting a wide range of prior mathematical and statistical training. Students early in their mathematical education can engage in research on roughly half of the projects, including those focusing on permutation patterns and statistics, geometric network optimization, and block coloring problems. Other projects include research on symmetries in affine geometry, infinite groups and cube complexes, and the Kelly Criterion for investments. With close mentoring, the advisors will lead their students to greater independence and a strong sense of collegiality; this will provide an excellent foundation in the research process. The students will actively contribute to new knowledge in mathematics, applied mathematics, and statistics.

拉斐特学院REU网站将在夏季运行八周，在学年运行一周，为期三年。 每年夏天，三名教师导师（其中包括每年一名来自拉斐特以外的导师）每天将与来自美国各地的十名学生一起开展数学、应用数学和统计学领域的开创性研究项目。 学生将发展强大的研究技能，并成为有效的沟通者，无论是口头还是书面。 暑期活动将包括著名的嘉宾演讲者和其他各种主题的节目，以提高学生的专业发展和好奇心。 由教师导师提供的指导将继续在整个下一学年，最终在联合数学会议上的演讲和文章的准备提交给高质量的期刊。该计划将使学生处于非常有利的地位，以便毕业后在数学科学领域取得成功。 此外，教师本身将由以前的REU顾问指导，特别关注那些在领导本科生研究方面经验有限的教师;这种指导将全年进行。因此，学生和教师都将通过REU成长，他们将回到自己的家乡机构充满活力的经验，并准备继续进行研究。 将提供多种选择的研究项目，适合每年不断上升的大学生，大三学生和大四学生的组合，并针对广泛的数学和统计培训。学生在他们的数学教育早期可以从事研究的项目，大约一半，包括那些专注于排列模式和统计，几何网络优化和块着色问题。其他项目包括研究仿射几何中的对称性，无限群和立方体复合体，以及投资的凯利准则。通过密切的指导，顾问将带领学生获得更大的独立性和强烈的集体意识;这将为研究过程提供良好的基础。学生将积极贡献数学，应用数学和统计学的新知识。