REU Site in Applied & Discrete Mathematics

这个REU将为九名有前途和才华的本科生提供为期八周的夏季数学研究经验，他们正在完成学院或大学的一年级或二年级。该计划将提供一个平台，通过对离散数学和应用数学中可访问的开放研究问题的研究，激发对数学科学的兴趣。研究课题取自动力系统、图上游戏、统计学、组合学和随机漫步。学生将学习阅读研究文章，制定推测，构建示例，编程模拟，概括和/或简化证明，并传播他们的发现。学生将在每周的基础上向整个REU参与者小组展示他们的进展。他们的努力成果将通过会议报告和在适当的期刊上发表的文章与数学界分享。七名教员将参与这个为期三年的项目。每年将有三名教员担任导师。这个REU的智力价值是基于吸引本科生从事数学研究。学生们将很快掌握数学知识，并将朝着成为数学科学领域成功的科学家的事业迈出认真的一步。该计划将包括由外部演讲者就当前数学研究、毕业生机会和职业等主题进行演讲。该计划的重点是一年级和二年级的学生，将为学生在数学学习的早期阶段提供一个非典型的机会。此外，少数民族大学、公立大学和规模较小的文科大学也将进行招生。这两个方面都有助于留住对数学有浓厚兴趣的有前途和才华的学生

This REU will provide an intensive eight-week summer research experience in mathematics for nine promising and talented undergraduates who are completing their first or second year at a college or university. The program will provide a platform that stimulates interest in the mathematical sciences through research on accessible open research problems in discrete and applied mathematics. The research topics are taken from dynamical systems, games on graphs, statistics, combinatorics and random walks. Students will learn to read research articles, to formulate conjectures, to construct examples, to program simulations, to generalize and/or simplify proofs, and to disseminate their discoveries. Students will present their progress on a weekly basis to the entire group of REU participants. The results of their effort will be shared with the mathematical community through conference presentations and publications in appropriate journals. Seven faculty members will be involved in the three year program. Each year three faculty members will serve as mentors.The intellectual merit of this REU is based on engaging undergraduates in research in mathematics. The students will quickly acquire mathematical sophistication and will have taken serious steps towards a career as a successful scientist in the mathematical sciences. The program will include presentations by external speakers on topics of current mathematics research, graduate opportunities and careers.The program's focus on first and second year students will provide an atypical opportunity for students at an earlier stage of their studies in mathematics. Additionally, recruitments at minority institutions, public universities and smaller liberal arts colleges will be conducted. Both aspects will contribute to the effort to retain promising and talented students with a strong interest in mathematics