Research Experiences for Undergraduate Faculty (REUF)

美国数学学会（AIM）将在2013年、2014年和2015年夏季举办一系列每年三次的本科教师研究经验（REUF）研讨会，并在之后为参与者举办额外的活动，以支持研讨会引发的研究参与的继续。在每个REUF研讨会上，四位有与本科生一起做研究经验的高级数学家（领导者）将在各个领域提出问题，之后参与者和领导者将分成小组并解决问题；工作坊将以每个项目的小组报告结束。大部分时间将花在数学上，但也会有由组织者领导的关于本科研究最佳实践等主题的整个小组讨论。由于数值实验和计算研究对本科生的研究至关重要，因此研讨会还将包括使用免费开源数学软件Sage的指导。AIM主任将协助工作坊的管理，参与者将获得全额资助。REUF讲习班和正在进行的活动将为其本科院校的研究活动有限的教师参与者提供研究数学科学中开放性问题的研究经验，并使他们能够与本国院校的本科生一起进行研究。此外，一些参与者将与研讨会上的其他教师进行长期研究合作。REUF的征聘工作将特别侧重于少数族裔服务机构的教员以及本科院校中代表性不足的少数族裔教员。REUF项目将为学院参与者的学生带来更多更好的本科研究经验，并使学院参与者更多地参与数学研究，从而扩大和多样化数学劳动力。

The American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) will conduct a series of three annual Research Experiences for Undergraduate Faculty (REUF) workshops during the summers of 2013, 2014, and 2015, and additional activities for participants afterwards to support continuation of research engagement sparked by the workshop. At each REUF workshop four senior mathematicians (leaders) who have experience doing research with undergraduate students will present problems in a variety of areas, after which the participants and leaders will divide into groups and work on the problems; the workshop will conclude with group presentations of each project. Most of the time will be spent doing mathematics, but there will also be whole group discussions about topics such as best practices in undergraduate research led by the organizers. Since numerical experiments and computational investigations are crucial to much of the research done with undergraduates, the workshop will also include instruction in using the free open-source mathematics software Sage. AIM directors will facilitate the management of the workshop, and participants will receive full funding. The REUF workshop and ongoing activities will provide faculty participants whose undergraduate institutions have limited research activity with a research experience investigating open questions in the mathematical sciences and equip them to engage in research with undergraduate students at their home institutions. In addition, some participants will become involved in long-term research collaborations with other faculty at the workshop. The recruitment efforts for REUF will particularly focus on faculty at minority-serving institutions as well as underrepresented minority faculty at undergraduate colleges. The REUF project will lead to more and better undergraduate research experiences for students of the faculty participants, and greater engagement in mathematical research by the faculty participants, thus expanding and diversifying the mathematical workforce.