REU Site: Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute (MTBI)

数学与理论生物学研究所(MTBI)暑期项目通过尖端研究和密集的应用数学科学指导经验来培训本科生。这个为期八周的暑期研究项目向大学三年级和大四学生开放，他们对学习定量方法感兴趣，并对数学在日常生活中有趣的应用进行研究。它鼓励来自少数族裔机构的学生和/或来自经济困难家庭和当地社区大学的代表性不足群体的学生提出申请。暑期计划以为期四周的集中课程开始，主题是高等本科生和研究生阶段的数学和计算统计学，以及理论生物学。每天的课程作业与协调的计算机实验室和有研究生、助教和教职员工出席的协作学习会议相匹配。在课程的后半部分，学生被要求在导师的帮助下，将他们所学的知识应用到他们选择的小组研究项目中。这些项目被写成技术报告，学生们在项目的最后一周就他们在亚利桑那州立大学的工作/结果做一次研究报告。学生们还为他们的项目制作海报，首先在亚利桑那州立大学展示，然后再在全国SACNAS会议和联合数学会议上展示。总而言之，令人兴奋的MTBI环境产生了创新的研究项目，导致在一个夏天内取得重大科学成果，并激励本科生继续深造。MTBI本科生暑期研究体验计划的目标是鼓励和促进大多数未被充分代表的少数族裔(URM)本科生在数学与生命和社会科学的交汇点上成功完成研究生学习。亚利桑那州立大学的MTBI暑期项目向本科生介绍应用数学的方法，培训他们使用著名的建模软件，并让他们解决理论生物学中的相关问题，从而使他们接触到科学研究。该项目的师资队伍由一流的少数族裔、非少数族裔和国际研究人员组成，包括男性和女性，为MTBI学生提供教学、建议和指导。所有这些都有积极的研究计划。MTBI不仅支持一个认可和期待高质量本科生研究的环境，还为学生提供与来自全国和世界各地的优秀研究人员合作进行研究的机会。该计划通过在全国会议上介绍学生的研究，扩大了少数族裔在MTBI进行的研究的知名度。成功的衡量标准直接是学生报告的质量，以及参与者对研究生院的录取和完成程度。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute (MTBI) summer program trains undergraduates through cutting-edge research and intensive mentoring experiences in the applied mathematical sciences. This eight-week summer research program is open to college juniors and seniors who are interested in learning quantitative methods and carrying out research on intriguing applications of math to their day-to-day lives. It encourages students from minority institutions and/or students from underrepresented groups who come from economically disadvantaged families as well as from local community colleges to apply. The summer program begins with four weeks of concentrated coursework on topics specific to mathematical and computational statistics, and theoretical biology at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. The daily coursework is paired with coordinated computer labs and collaborative study sessions with graduate student teaching assistants and faculty present. Students are trained in leading computer software such as MATLAB, Mathematica, Maple, Netlogo, and R. During the second half of the program the students are asked to take what they have learned and apply it to group research projects of their choice with help from mentors. These projects are written as technical reports and students give a research presentation on their work/results at ASU during the final week of the program. The students also create posters of their projects that they present first at ASU and then again at the national SACNAS Conference and the Joint Mathematics Meetings. In summary, the exciting MTBI environment generates innovative research projects, leads to the achievement of significant scientific results within a summer, and motivates undergraduate students to pursue higher studies. The objectives of the MTBI Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates program are to encourage and facilitate the access to the successful completion of graduate studies by mostly underrepresented minority (URM) undergraduate students at the interface of mathematics and life and social sciences. The MTBI summer program at ASU exposes undergraduates to scientific research by introducing them to methods in applied mathematics, training them on well-known modeling software and letting them address relevant questions in theoretical biology. The program faculty is composed of first-rate minority, non-minority and international researchers, both male and female to teach, advise, and mentor MTBI students. All have active research programs. MTBI not only supports an environment in which high quality undergraduate research is recognized and expected but also provides opportunities for students to collaborate on their research with excellent researchers from around the country and world. The program expands the visibility of the research carried out at MTBI by minorities via presentations of student research at national conferences. Success is measured directly by the quality of the student reports, and by the acceptance to and completion of graduate school by our participants.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.