REU Site: UCSB Mathematics Summer Research Program for Undergraduates

UCSB数学暑期研究计划旨在为来自不同背景的数学本科生提供全面的研究经验。在为期八周的课程中，学生将学习调查和解决数学不同领域的开放性问题，在协作环境中工作，通过谈话和书面报告交流他们的数学成果，并在适当的期刊上发表他们的研究结果，以传播他们的研究成果。该计划将通过与UCSB数学系的研究生，研究生导师，教师和博士后的互动，让参与者了解研究生院的日常生活。此外，通过专业发展研讨会，参与者将了解行业中需要具有良好研究技能的专业人员的不同领域。从历史上看，UCSB REU并没有专注于数学的特定领域。然而，该计划旨在为具有各种数学背景的学生提供服务。因此，研究项目很可能是在线性代数，矩阵分析，数值线性代数，组合数学和图论;也就是说，在不需要学生广泛的数学背景的领域。在此程序中已经研究过的主题的例子包括1）原始循环矩阵; 2）矩阵多项式和线性化; 3）矩阵方程; 4）停车函数; 5）亚历山大和琼斯多项式; 6）序列动力系统。 主题每年都会根据参与该计划的导师的活跃研究领域而变化。最终目标是让学生接触到解决这些领域问题的技术和方法，在专业期刊上发表论文，并参加本科生会议并发表演讲。REU以海报会议结束，在UCSB所有部门进行夏季研究的本科生展示他们的结果，并使该领域的非专家能够访问。以前的项目和出版物以及有关该计划的更多信息可以在网站www.example.com上找到http://math.ucsb.edu/REU.This网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The UCSB Mathematics Summer Research Program for Undergraduates aims to provide a full research experience to undergraduate students in mathematics from different backgrounds. Over the course of the eight-week program, the students will learn to investigate and solve open problems in diverse areas of mathematics, to work in a collaborative environment, to communicate their mathematical results through talks and written reports, and to publish their findings in appropriate journals with the goal of disseminating their research. The program will expose the participants to daily life in graduate school, through interactions with graduate students, graduate advisors, faculty and postdocs in the UCSB math department. In addition, through professional development workshops, the participants will learn about different areas in industry that demand professionals with good research skills. Historically, the UCSB REU has not focused on a specific area of mathematics. However, the program intends to be accessible to students with a variety of backgrounds in mathematics. Thus, the research projects are likely to be in linear algebra, matrix analysis, numerical linear algebra, combinatorics and graph theory; that is, in areas that do not require extensive mathematical background from students. Examples of topics that have been studied in this program before include 1) primitive circulant matrices; 2) matrix polynomials and linearizations; 3) matrix equations; 4) parking functions; 5) Alexander and Jones polynomials; 6) sequential dynamical systems. The topics will change every year depending on the active research areas of the mentors involved in the program. The final goal is to expose the students to the techniques and methods used to tackle problems in these areas, to publish papers in refereed professional journals, and to participate and give talks in conferences for undergraduates. The REU concludes with a poster conference in which undergraduates doing summer research in all the UCSB departments present their results and make it accessible to non-experts in the area. Previous projects and publications as well as more information about the program can be found on the website http://math.ucsb.edu/REU.This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.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.