REU Site: DIMACS REU in Computing Theory and Multidisciplinary Applications

这笔资金更新了总部设在罗格斯大学(DIMACS)的离散数学和理论计算机科学中心非常成功的CEISE本科生研究经验(REU)网站。该网站专注于理论计算机科学、离散数学及其多学科应用的研究。它让学生接触到广泛的计算机科学主题，适用于从生物信息学到大数据的各种背景。该网站使用指导团队来支持跨学科研究项目。该网站与捷克共和国查尔斯大学的DIMATIA中心有着长期的合作，来自捷克共和国的5名学生将参加该项目的前7周。这个REU网站将允许来自美国的10名本科生每年体验理论计算机科学、离散数学及其在多学科研究中的应用方面的研究。每年将有五名捷克学生加入这些学生的行列，他们将有机会参加DIMAC的各种科学活动。该计划旨在影响参与其中的学生对继续教育和未来职业的选择，并给予他们追求这些选择的信心。该网站有着从代表性不足的群体中招收学生以及参与研究的学生发表研究成果的良好记录。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划共同资助。

This funding renews a highly-successful CISE Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, headquartered at Rutgers University (DIMACS). The site focuses on research in theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics, and their multidisciplinary applications. It exposes students to a broad range of Computer Science topics, applied in contexts that range from bioinformatics to big data. The site uses mentoring teams to support interdisciplinary research projects. The site has a long-standing collaboration with The DIMATIA Center at Charles University in the Czech Republic, and five students from the Czech Republic will participate in the first 7 weeks of the program each summer.This REU site will allow 10 undergraduate students per year from the United States to experience research in theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics, and their application to multidisciplinary research. These students will be joined by five Czech students each year and will have the opportunity to participate in the full range of scientific activities at DIMACS. The program aims to influence the choices about further education and future careers of the students involved, and to give them the confidence to pursue these choices. The site has a strong record of recruiting students from underrepresented groups and of publication of research results by the participating students.This site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.