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REU Site: MathILy-EST (MathILy Early Scholarly Training)

REU 网站：MathILy-EST（MathILy 早期学术培训）

基本信息

批准号：
2149647
负责人：
sarah-marie belcastro
金额：
$ 31.23万
依托单位：
Mathematical Staircase, Inc.
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-03-01 至 2025-02-28
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2149647&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site MathILy EST Early

项目摘要

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). This award will renew and expand support for the MathILy-EST (MathILy Early Scholarly Training) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site. The MathILy-EST REU will increase the depth of the mathematical workforce by providing training opportunities to students early in their mathematical careers, especially those who do not have other research opportunities and who are deeply but informally prepared to engage in significant mathematical work. Past sessions have trained diverse cohorts, with significant participation by students belonging to groups underrepresented in mathematics; such students are especially encouraged to apply. The eight-week summer research program will train 9 early undergraduates in mathematics research each year and train one graduate student in research supervision each year. The program targets exceptional first-year college students, with second-year and entering college students also considered for participation. In particular, the MathILy-EST REU will give participants early experience in active acquisition and creation of mathematical knowledge, which will in turn enable them to succeed in traditional mathematics classes. Training in software use, CV construction, presentation skills, and writing will give participants the informal knowledge and career skills needed to be competitive in the STEM workforce. All participants will therefore be well prepared to excel in the mathematical sciences throughout college and beyond. MathILy-EST will be run on the same campus as MathILy (serious Mathematics Infused with Levity), a 5-week very selective program of inquiry-based educational experiences for highly talented high-school students. The two programs will hold regular joint activities. There will be significant cross-pollination between MathILy-EST and MathILy, and specifically will provide MathILy-EST students with additional role models and mentors from the MathILy staff, will result in MathILy-EST participants acting as research role models to MathILy students, and will expand the near-peer networks of both groups. This creation of community will increase both MathILy-EST and MathILy participant persistence in acquiring further mathematical education and research experience.MathILy-EST REU participants will work together to produce original research, present their results at conferences, and submit their work to undergraduate or research journals. They will attend presentations by visiting and staff mathematicians on mathematics topics, on mathematical career paths, and on choosing graduate schools. They will learn to read mathematics papers and texts. The mathematical focus of MathILy-EST will change each year. The projects will be drawn from the following topics according to mentor availability: combinatorial representation theory, arrangements of subspaces over finite fields, discrete and computational geometry of folding, and diagrammatic structure of the Thompson group. MathILy-EST REU students will present their research progress to each other on a regular basis, with feedback provided on their research methods and presentation skills. Students will be asked to record work in writing (in LaTeX) weekly, to provide practice in writing formally and fodder for paper drafts once research has progressed to the point of publication. At the end of the MathILy-EST REU program, the director will make plans with students, including sub-goals and timelines, for dissemination of their research results. This will include discussing potential local (MAA) and national (JMM) conference presentations and paper submissions. More details are available at http://www.mathily.org/mathilyest/index.htmlThis 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.

该奖项的全部或部分资金来自《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公法117-2)。该奖项将延续并扩大对MathILy-EST(MathILy早期学术培训)本科生研究经验(REU)网站的支持。MathILy-EST REU将通过为数学生涯早期的学生提供培训机会来增加数学劳动力的深度，特别是那些没有其他研究机会的学生，以及那些深入但非正式地准备从事重要数学工作的人。过去的课程培养了不同的群体，参加人数较多的学生属于在数学中代表性较低的群体；特别鼓励这些学生申请。为期8周的暑期研究项目每年将培训9名早期本科生进行数学研究，每年培训1名研究生进行研究指导。该计划面向优秀的一年级大学生，二年级和进入大学的学生也被考虑参加。特别是，MathILy-EST REU将为参与者提供主动获取和创造数学知识的早期经验，这反过来将使他们能够在传统的数学课堂上取得成功。软件使用、简历构建、演示技能和写作方面的培训将为学员提供在STEM劳动力中具有竞争力所需的非正式知识和职业技能。因此，所有的参与者都将做好充分的准备，在整个大学和以后的数学科学中脱颖而出。MathILy-EST将与MathILy(注入轻浮的严肃数学)在同一校园运行，MathILy是一个为期5周的非常有选择性的项目，为才华横溢的高中生提供基于探究的教育体验。两个项目将定期举行联合活动。MathILy-EST和MathILy之间将有显著的交叉授粉，特别是将为MathILy-EST学生提供额外的榜样和MathILy教职员工的导师，将使MathILy-EST参与者成为MathILy学生的研究榜样，并将扩大两个群体的近距离同行网络。这一社区的创建将增加MathILy-EST和MathILy参与者获得进一步数学教育和研究经验的坚持性。MathILy-EST REU参与者将共同努力，产生原创性研究，在会议上展示他们的结果，并将他们的工作提交给本科生或研究期刊。他们将出席访问和教职员工数学家关于数学主题、数学职业道路和选择研究生院的演讲。他们将学习阅读数学论文和课文。MathILy-EST的数学重点每年都会改变。根据导师的可用性，这些项目将从以下主题中引出：组合表示理论，有限域上的子空间的排列，折叠的离散和计算几何，以及Thompson群的图解结构。MathILy-EST REU的学生将定期向对方展示他们的研究进展，并就他们的研究方法和陈述技巧提供反馈。学生将被要求每周记录书面工作(用乳胶)，提供正式写作练习，并在研究进展到出版时作为纸稿的素材。在MathILy-EST REU计划结束时，主任将与学生一起制定计划，包括子目标和时间表，以传播他们的研究成果。这将包括讨论潜在的地方(MAA)和国家(JMM)会议报告和论文提交。更多细节请参见http://www.mathily.org/mathilyest/index.htmlThis奖项，该奖项反映了国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。