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

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，包括一名来自拉斐特大学以外的导师，将每天与来自美国各地的十名学生一起在数学、应用数学和统计学方面进行开创性的研究项目。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演讲嘉宾和其他各种主题的节目，以促进学生的专业发展和好奇心。由教师导师提供的指导将在接下来的学年中继续，最终在联合数学会议上发表演讲，并准备文章提交给高质量的期刊。这个项目将使学生在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；这种辅导将全年进行。因此，学生和教师都将通过REU成长，他们将通过经验充满活力地回到自己的家庭机构，并准备继续进行研究。将提供多样化的研究项目选择，适合每年上升的二年级，三年级和四年级学生的组合，并针对广泛的先前数学和统计培训。早期接受数学教育的学生可以参与大约一半项目的研究，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的项目。其他项目包括研究仿射几何的对称性，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，顾问将引导他们的学生更大的独立性和强烈的团队意识；这将为研究过程提供良好的基础。学生将在数学、应用数学和统计学方面积极贡献新知识。

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.