REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Discrete Mathematics and Algebra at Auburn University

2005年夏天，八名学员将在奥本大学学习8周，研究离散数学和代数问题。 前两周将作为方向和介绍，每天有两个正式会议，加上至少一个小时的计算机实验室。 在这段时间里，学员将获得一些在感兴趣的领域进行研究所需的背景知识，并将被介绍给他们可能研究的问题和问题类别。此外，每位学员将被要求准备一个“破冰”演讲。 这些报告将在第三周结束时完成，届时，参与者将相互合作，项目负责人以及奥本大学数学与统计系感兴趣的教师和研究生将致力于解决特定问题。 定期会议将继续进行，与与会者，教师，研究生和来访的名人会谈。 参与者将在夏季期间撰写他们的研究成果，并在项目结束时提交给项目负责人。 在计划的最后一周，每个参与者将给出一个描述他/她的工作的最后陈述。在节目结束时，参与者将被要求写一个评论他们的经验，和整个节目。

Eight participants will spend 8 weeks at Auburn University during the summer of 2005 working on problems in Discrete Mathematics and Algebra. The first two weeks will serve as orientation and introduction, with two formal meetings per day, plus at least an hour of computer lab. During this period, participants will be given some of the necessary background for research in the areas of interest, and will be introduced to problems and classes of problems that they might work on. In addition, each participant will be asked to prepare an "ice-breaker" presentation. These presentations will be completed by the end of the third week, by which time the participants, in collaboration with each other, the project directors, and interested faculty and graduate students in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Auburn University, will be working on particular problems. Regular meetings will continue, with talks by the participants, faculty, graduate students, and visiting luminaries. Participants will write up their research findings during the course of the summer to be submitted to the project directors at the end of the program. During the last week of the program, each participant will give a final presentation describing his/her work. At the conclusion of the program, participants will be asked to write a critique of their experience, and of the program overall.