REU Site: Undergraduate Mathematical Science Research at James Madison University

该奖项支持詹姆斯麦迪逊大学的REU计划，该计划将在连续三个夏天举办八名本科生为期八周的课程。 该计划将从传统上数学代表性不足的群体中招募和选择学生，以及从不太可能有资源支持研究活动的机构中招募和选择学生。 该计划旨在招募“高潜力/低机会”的学生谁没有参加过学生的研究之前，培养追求研究生教育和职业生涯的数学科学的兴趣。该计划支持两个队列组成的一组四名学生一起对教师谁有互补的研究项目。 我们的教师在数学，应用数学和统计学之间比例很好。 我们利用这种广度产生REU问题，这些问题位于两个知识领域的交叉点上，其中两名教师都有可能做出重大贡献。 在整个夏天的过程中，每个小组将从数学或统计学的教学/学习新主题，到开发问题和图表，再到证明结果作为真实研究体验的一部分。 由于教师有不同但相关的研究兴趣，他们能够为学生建立支持性的科学合作模型，并从不同的角度讨论技术主题。 该计划为学生提供专业发展和外展活动，并产生原创研究，在同行评议的期刊文章以及国家，地区和地方专业会议上的演讲中传播。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This award supports an REU program at James Madison University that will host eight undergraduates for eight-week terms over three consecutive summers. The program will recruit and select students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in mathematics, as well as from institutions less likely to have resources available to support research activity. The program seeks to recruit "high potential / low opportunity" students who have not participated in student research before to develop an interest in pursuing graduate education and careers in the mathematical sciences.The program supports two cohorts consisting of a group of four students together with a pair of faculty who have complementary research programs. Our faculty are well proportioned between mathematics, applied mathematics, and statistics. We leverage this breadth to produce REU problems that lie on the intersection of two domains of knowledge, in which both faculty members are likely to be able to make significant contributions. Over the course of the summer, each group will progress from teaching/learning new topics in mathematics or statistics, to developing questions and conjectures, to proving results as part of an authentic research experience. Since faculty have distinct but related research interests, they are able to model supportive scientific collaboration for the students and discuss technical topics from different points of view. The program provides professional development and outreach activities for students, and produces original research that is disseminated in peer-reviewed journal articles as well as talks at national, regional, and local professional meetings.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.