REU Site: Graph Theory, Combinatorics, and Abstract Algebra

这笔赠款资助了德克萨斯大学泰勒分校数学本科生研究体验(REU)网站。为期八周的项目将在2017年、2018年和2019年的夏季进行。每年夏天，九名学生将以三人一组的形式进行学习，每组由一名教师导师带领。该计划的重点是建立学生参与者的信心，并为他们在数学领域的职业生涯做好准备。REU将通过招收代表不足的群体的学生来发挥更大的作用。特别是，非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、女性和第一代大学生将被招募。REU网站的导师将提供本科生可以接触到的研究问题，但职业数学家也会感兴趣。其目标是为参与者提供进行原创研究的机会，从而在专业期刊上发表论文。研究项目涉及图论、组合学和抽象代数等领域。所有主题都将提供给参加过早期验证数学课程的学生。在八周结束之前，REU的学生将以专业的格式撰写他们的结果，并准备最后的演讲和海报，以便在1月份的联合数学会议上提交。

This grant funds the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in mathematics at the University of Texas at Tyler. The eight-week program will take place in the summers of 2017, 2018, and 2019. Each summer, nine students will work in groups of three with one faculty mentor leading each group. The program focuses on building confidence of student participants and preparing them to pursue careers in mathematics. The REU will have a greater effect by recruiting students from underrepresented groups. In particular, African Americans, Hispanics, women, and first-generation college students will be recruited. The mentors for the REU site will provide research questions that are accessible to undergraduates, yet interesting to working mathematicians. The goal is to provide participants the opportunity to conduct original research leading to publication in professional journals. The research projects are in the areas of graph theory, combinatorics, and abstract algebra. All topics will be accessible to students who have taken early proof-based mathematics courses. By the end of the eight weeks, REU students will write their results in a professional format and prepare a final talk and a poster suitable for presentation at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in January.