REU Site: Extremal Graph Theory and Dynamical Systems

罗彻斯特理工学院(RIT)的NSF-REU极值图论和动态系统网站将在2017年、2018年和2019年的每个暑假积极吸引十名学生参与数学研究体验。研究项目将在图论和动力系统领域，其中一些与数学生物学有关。项目将包括应用主题和理论主题。应用项目将包括人脑功能连接模型的开发和分析，以及心律失常的建模。以理论为中心的专题将包括极值与结构图论、图标号及延迟微分方程式的问题。所有学生将在整个课程中直接与RIT教师合作，并将接受数学研究实践的指导，以及书面与口头交流。学生们将在每个周末就他们的研究成果做报告。该计划将重点放在与其他数学家的交流上，并将包括“常驻研究人员”，来自我们大学以外的专家访问该计划并与学生一起工作。研究项目的结果将通过在参考期刊上发表的出版物、在国家和地区数学会议上的陈述以及在学生的家庭机构中传播。鼓励学生攻读研究生学位并在数学科学领域就业。在该计划期间，学生将参加一个科学伦理研讨会。招生工作将针对大学、文理学院和社区学院的学生。将妇女和少数族裔纳入该计划将是一个重要因素。我们计划让50%的学生是女性，目标是25%的学生来自代表性不足的少数群体。我们的目标也是让80%的参与者来自主办机构以外的机构，重点是吸引没有博士学位或研究机会有限的大学的学生。

The NSF-REU Site in Extremal Graph Theory and Dynamical Systems at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) will actively engage ten students in each of the summers 2017, 2018, and 2019 in a research experience in mathematics. Research projects will be in the areas of graph theory and dynamical systems, some of which are linked to mathematical biology. Projects will include both applied and theoretical topics. Applied projects will include development and analysis of functional connectivity models of the human brain, and modeling of cardiac arrhythmia. Projects with a theoretical focus will include problems from extremal and structural graph theory, graph labeling, and delay differential equations.All students will work directly with RIT faculty for the entirety of the program and will receive mentoring in mathematical research practices, as well as in written and oral communication. Students will give presentations on their research findings at the end of each week. The program will have a heavy emphasis on networking with other mathematicians and will include "Researchers in Residence," where experts from outside of our university visit the program and work with the students. Results from research projects will be disseminated through publications in refereed journals, presentations at national and regional mathematical meetings, and at the students' home institutions. Students will be encouraged to pursue graduate studies and employment in the mathematical sciences. During the program students will participate in an Ethics in Science Workshop. The recruitment efforts will target students from universities, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges. Inclusion of women and minorities will be an important element of the program. We plan to have 50 percent of the students be female and aim to have 25 percent of the students be from underrepresented minority groups. We will also aim to have 80 percent of the participants from outside of the host institution, with an emphasis on drawing students from colleges without Ph.D. programs or have limited research opportunities.