Rice University Summer Institute of Statistics -- REU site

这是莱斯大学统计系夏季REU站点的延续，用于研究统计及其应用。这些努力由首席研究员、统计学教授哈维尔·罗霍（Javier Rojo）领导。RUSIS的目标将继续通过以下方式实现：培训和指导17名（12名NSF支持和5名nssa支持）被选中的初高中少数民族学生和不易在其机构获得职业经验的学生，通过概率，随机过程和统计推断的强化核心课程，特别强调当前感兴趣的领域。（如多重比较、极值理论、多元生存分析、地球物理学、统计遗传学和一般生物统计学）。与教师导师密切合作，让学生参与研究项目，并以联合出版为目标。学生们将在全国会议上展示他们的成果，他们将在准备和演讲方面得到指导。此外，学生们还会与由顶尖科学家组成的顾问委员会会面，并向他们展示自己的研究成果。短期课程，包括Unix平台、latex和用于研究目的的软件如Mathematica和Splus的使用；已经组织并将继续参观科学设施（例如，MD安德森癌症中心的生物数学和生物统计学部门，NASA），并将参加一系列由各种科学家组成的讲座，这些讲座是AGEP资助计划的一部分。这些讲座涵盖了从申请研究生院到杰出科学家的职业经历等各种主题。对学员参与后7年（预计完成研究生学业时间）的学习进度进行评估和监测；由参与的学生和外部咨询委员会对项目进行年度评估。RUSIS的长度为每三年10周。具有数学背景的本科生，包括三个学期的微积分，一个学期的线性代数或矩阵分析，并且属于上述第一个项目的描述，将由PI Javier Rojo（电子邮件：jrojo@rice.edu 713-348-2797）在咨询委员会成员的帮助下大量招募，他们都有丰富的经验，在科学和工程职业中吸引非传统学生。申请材料和项目信息可从http://www.stat.rice.edu/~jrojo下载

This is a continuation of a summer REU site within the Statistics Department at Rice University for the study of Statistics and its applications. These efforts are led by the Principal Investigator Javier Rojo, Professor of Statistics. The objectives of the RUSIS will continue to be achieved through:Training and mentoring of 17 (12 NSF- and 5 NSA-supported) selected junior and senior underrepresented minority students and students with no easy access to a career experience at their institution through intensive core courses in probability, stochastic processes, and statistical inference, with special emphasis on areas of current interest. (e.g. multiple comparisons, extreme value theory, multivariate survival analysis, geophysics, statistical genetics, and general biostatistics). Engaging the students in research projects under close collaboration with the faculty mentors, and with the objective of producing joint publications. Students will present their results at national meetings and they will be mentored in the preparation and presentation of their talks. In addition, students meet with an advisory committee composed of top scientists and present their work to them. Short courses on the use of Unix platforms, latex, and software to be utilized for research purposes such as Mathematica and Splus;Visits to scientific facilities (e.g., Biomathematics and Biostatistics Depts at MD Anderson Cancer Center, NASA) have been organized and will be continued, and a series of lectures, by a variety of scientists, which are part of an AGEP funded program, will be attended. These lectures cover a variety of topics ranging from applying to Graduate School to career experiences by outstanding scientists.Evaluation and monitoring of the progress of students for seven years (expected time for them to finish graduate school) after their participation; annual evaluation of the program by the participating students and an external advisory committee.The length of RUSIS is 10 weeks for each of the three years. Undergraduate students with a mathematical background that includes three semesters of calculus, and one semester of linear algebra or matrix analysis, and who fall within the description of the first bullet item above, will be heavily recruited by the PI Javier Rojo (email: jrojo@rice.edu 713-348-2797) with the assistance of the Advisory Committee members, all of whom have extensive experience in engaging nontraditional students in careers in science and engineering. The application materials and information about the program may be downloaded fromhttp://www.stat.rice.edu/~jrojo