REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Mathematics Research (SUMaR) at K-State

在夏季的8周时间里，12名学生将致力于开放式研究问题，这些问题的满意解决将涉及到在标准期刊上发表的结果。苏马尔已经建立了识别此类问题的记录，但本科生仍然可以接触到这些问题。问题的领域包括数论、分析、偏微分方程组、量子计算和数学建模。所有的项目导师都已经建立了(除了博士后研究员，很好地建立了)与提议的本科生研究项目相关的研究计划。绝大多数人，包括PI和共同PI，在指导本科生研究方面有丰富的经验，而那些缺乏这些经验的人将由PI和共同PI在指导方面进行指导。除了研究，该项目还将让学生参与各种数学和专业发展活动-包括数学科目GRE准备；数学中常用的计算、排版和演示软件的介绍；关于如何为不同受众准备有效演讲的演讲；关于数学研究生院的小组讨论；关于NSF研究生奖学金和为期一学期的校外项目的小组讨论；以及社交活动，其中许多是与其他REU联合进行的。每年，一半的参与者将是女性，一半将是少数族裔，他们是从社区大学起步的学生，或者属于麦克奈尔计划确定的另一个群体的学生(第一代大学学生或经济困难背景的学生)。与美国武装部队退伍军人的接触将通过受资助机构的退伍军人事务办公室进行。将努力从小型地区性公立和私立大学中挑选没有数学研究生或博士学位的学生。

During 8 weeks in the summer, 12 students will work on open research problems, satisfactory solution of which would involve results publishable in standard journals. SUMaR has established a track-record of identifying such problems, which nevertheless are accessible to undergraduates. Problems are offered in areas including number theory, analysis, PDEs, quantum computing, and mathematical modeling. All project mentors have established (and except for postdoctoral fellows, well-established) programs of research related to the proposed undergraduate research projects. The vast majority including the PI and co-PI have extensive experience in mentoring undergraduate research, and those lacking this will be mentored in mentoring by the PI and co-PI. Besides research, the project will involve student participants in a variety of mathematical and professional development activities - including math subject GRE preparation; introduction to computational, typesetting, and presentation software commonly used in mathematics; a talk about how to prepare effective talks for different audiences; a panel on graduate school in mathematics; a panel on NSF graduate scholarships and semester long off-campus programs; and social activities, many joint with other REUs. Each year, half of the participants will be female, half will be either minority, students who started out at a community college, or students belonging to another group identified by the McNair program (first generation in college or economically disadvantaged background). Outreach to veterans of the U.S. Armed Services will be made through the grantee institution's Office of Veterans Affairs. Efforts will be made to select students from small regional public and private colleges without a graduate or Ph.D. program in mathematics.