IRES: A US-Brazil Collaboration for Mathematical Research Experiences for Students

该奖项将支持加州州立大学北岭分校的海伦娜·诺罗尼亚博士与巴西坎皮纳斯州立大学(UNICAMP)的海伦娜·J·努森兹维格-洛佩斯博士共同组织数学国际研究体验(IRES)项目。该计划建立在早先与巴西数学家的国际本科生研究经验(REU)合作的基础上，并将其扩展到另一个学生群体，即大四本科生和初级研究生。每年三个夏天，七名美国学生将前往巴西，与七名巴西学生一起解决应用数学、偏微分方程式、微分几何和代数方面的问题。每个美国学生将在一个团队中工作，并由来自巴西的导师指导，每个人都将与巴西家庭住在一起，而不是住在宿舍里。这个IRES将为美国学生提供在巴西的国际体验，巴西是一个拥有良好数学研究传统的国家。这项活动将允许一群美国学生参与复杂的研究项目，同时培养对数学是如何在另一种文化中学习、教授、说、做和呈现的欣赏。它还将帮助来自北美和南美的年轻研究人员在职业生涯的早期阶段建立关系。通过这个高水平的课程，学生将从一般的课程工作转向独立研究，体验发现的兴奋，发展数学的成熟度，并开阔他们的数学视野。

This award will support Dr. M. Helena Noronha of the California State University at Northridge to organize an International Research Experience for Students (IRES) program in mathematics together with Dr. Helena J. Nussenzveig-Lopes of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil. This program builds on an earlier international Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) collaboration with Brazilian mathematicians and extends it to another student population, namely, senior undergraduates and beginning graduate students. Each year for three summers seven U.S. students will travel to Brazil to work with seven Brazilian students on problems in applied mathematics, partial differential equations, differential geometry, and algebra. Each U.S. participant will work in a team and be instructed by a mentor from Brazil, and each will stay with a Brazilian family rather than live in a dormitory.This IRES will provide U.S. students with an international experience in Brazil, a country with a good tradition of mathematics research. This activity will allow a group of U.S. students to engage in sophisticated research projects while developing an appreciation for how mathematics is learned, taught, spoken, done and presented in another culture. It will also help forge relationships between young researchers from both North and South America in the early stages of their careers. Through this high-level program, students will go from general course work to independent research, experiencing the excitement of discovery, developing mathematical maturity, and broadening their vision of mathematics.