U.S - Brazil Collaboration for Research Experiences in Mathematics

在这个由国际科学与工程办公室美洲项目资助的合作项目中，M。加州州立大学北岭分校的海伦娜·诺和里约热内卢天主教大学的卡洛斯·托梅将在巴西启动一个国际REU/RET试点。 在PUC-Rio和坎皮纳斯大学（UNICAMP）教师的指导下，美国本科生和高中教师将研究应用和工业数学，微分几何，概率和统计学问题。 该试点方案将首先在这些巴西大学举办的两个暑期研究所的少数学生和教师中开展。 涵盖的数学主题包括蜂窝通信系统，最佳热液操作，计算机图形学模拟和孤立子理论技术。 计划中的丰富活动包括到政府和工业实验室的研究中心进行实地考察。在这个项目中，美国学生和教师将与巴西的本科生和教师在研究活动中进行互动，这将提高他们的教育水平，并向他们介绍发现的兴奋。 国际层面也将对这些学生的文化态度以及他们的职业选择产生重大影响。 该项目将提供两个本科生谁有以前的研究经验的机会，作为一个导师，学习经验，不仅为接受辅导的人，而且为提供辅导的人工作。 学生将被鼓励发表他们的工作，并在专业会议上做演讲。 组织者将从代表性不足的群体中招募学生。 巴西与会者的费用将由巴西各机构承担。

In this collaborative project funded by the Americas Program of the Office of International Science and Engineering, M. Helena Noronha of California State University Northridge and Carlos Tomei of the Pontifical Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) will initiate a pilot International REU/RET site in Brazil. Under the guidance of faculty at both PUC-Rio and the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), U.S. undergraduate students and high-school teachers will work on problems in applied and industrial mathematics, differential geometry, probability, and statistics. This pilot program will start with a small number of students and teachers in two summer institutes held at these Brazilian universities. Mathematical topics to be covered include cellular communication systems, optimal hydrothermal operation, simulations in computer graphics, and techniques in soliton theory. Among the enrichment activities planned are field trips to research centers in both government and industrial laboratories.In the course of this project, U.S. students and teachers will interact with Brazilian undergraduates and teachers in research activities that will enhance their education and introduce them to the excitement of discovery. The international dimension will also have a great impact on the cultural attitudes of these students as well as on their career choices. This project will provide two undergraduate students who have had previous research experiences the opportunity to work as a tutor, a learning experience not only for the person receiving the tutoring, but also for the person providing the tutoring. Students will be encouraged to publish their work and make presentations at professional meetings. The organizers will recruit students from under-represented groups. Brazilian participants will have their expenses covered by Brazilian agencies.