REU Site: Iowa State University Mathematics REU

爱荷华州立大学数学系（ISU）将在五年内举办三次本科生研究体验（REU）。ISU数学REU的目标是提供一个支持性的环境，让学生可以发现数学研究的兴奋，增加美国公民（包括妇女和少数民族）在数学科学方面获得博士学位的数量，并产生适合在知名期刊上发表的高质量研究。reu将以参与者的演讲结束。许多研究团队提交论文发表，大多数REU参与者在会议上展示他们的工作。参与者将获得津贴，学生宿舍住宿，以及一些旅行和餐饮资金。额外的教育，社区建设和社会活动将提供，既作为这个项目的一部分，也作为更大的全isu REU暑期计划的一部分。我们特别鼓励妇女和少数民族申请加入这一资源小组。REU每年都会选出大约15名学生，由3-5名学生组成的团队，与研究生和教师导师一起进行为期8周的研究项目。这些项目涉及多个数学领域，代表了国际滑联数学系的不同研究兴趣，包括图论和组合学、数值分析、代数、分析、数据科学和概率论。每年提供的主题将根据教师的可用性而有所不同。以前的项目在REU网站https://reu.math.iastate.edu上有更详细的描述。该REU以研究为重点，第一周（大约）由导师介绍背景信息，然后过渡到学生花时间在专门的空间进行研究，接受导师的日常反馈。每周留出一到两个小时用于专业发展，包括准备研究生院、股权、与合作者合作、使用LaTeX以及如何进行专业演示等问题。这为学生提供了数学研究的经验和在苛刻的学术环境中茁壮成长所需的技能。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 Department of Mathematics at Iowa State University (ISU) will host a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) three times over five years. The goals of the ISU Math REU are to provide a supportive environment where students can discover the excitement of mathematical research, to increase the number of US citizens including women and minorities receiving Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences, and to produce high quality research suitable for publication in reputable journals. The REUs will conclude with presentations given by the participants. Many of the research teams submit papers for publication and most REU participants present their work at conferences. Participants will be provided a stipend, accommodation in student housing, and some travel and meal funding. Additional educational, community building, and social activities will be provided, both as part of this project and as part of the larger all-ISU REU summer program. Women and minorities are particularly encouraged to apply to this REU.Each year the REU runs, approximately 15 students will be selected to spend eight weeks working on research projects in teams consisting of 3-5 student participants together with graduate student and faculty mentors. The projects are in a variety of mathematical areas, representing the diverse research interests of the ISU Mathematics Department including the following: graph theory and combinatorics, numerical analysis, algebra, analysis, data science, and probability. The offered topics will vary each year based on faculty availability. Previous projects are described in more detail on the REU website https://reu.math.iastate.edu. This REU is research focused, with the first week (approximately) being spent covering background information by the mentors and then transitions to where students spend their time conducting research in dedicated spaces receiving daily feedback from their mentors. Each week one or two hours are set aside for professional development, including issues such as preparing for graduate school, equity, working with collaborators, using LaTeX, and how to give professional presentations. This provides students with an experience of mathematical research and the skills needed to thrive in a demanding academic environment.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.