REU in Extremal Graph Theory and Dynamical Systems

罗切斯特理工学院（RIT）的NSF-REU极值图论和动力系统站点将在2014年、2015年和2016年的每个夏季积极吸引10名学生参与数学研究。研究项目将在图论和动力系统领域，其中一些与数学生物学有关。项目将包括应用和理论主题。应用项目将包括开发和分析人类大脑的功能连接模型，以及心律失常的建模。以理论为重点的项目将包括极值图论、图标注和延迟微分方程等问题。所有学生将在整个项目中直接与RIT教师一起工作，并将在数学研究实践以及书面和口头交流方面获得指导。该项目将重点强调与其他数学家的联系，并将包括一名“常驻研究员”，即来自我校以外的专家访问该项目并与学生一起工作。研究项目的成果将通过在参考期刊上发表的出版物、在国家和区域数学会议上的发言以及在学生的家庭机构中传播。学生将被鼓励在数学科学领域进行研究生学习和就业。在项目期间，学生将参加一个科学伦理研讨会。REU项目将与RIT的暑期数学学院交叉，在那里，REU的每个学生将向来自纽约州的50多名数学高中教师做报告。招生工作将针对大学、文理学院和社区学院的学生。该项目的目标是让80%的参与者来自东道国以外的院校，重点是吸引那些没有博士学位或研究机会有限的院校的学生。

The NSF-REU Site in Extremal Graph Theory and Dynamical Systems at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) will actively engage ten students in each of the summers 2014, 2015, and 2016 in a research experience in mathematics. Research projects will be in the areas of graph theory and dynamical systems, some of which are linked to mathematical biology. Projects will include both applied and theoretical topics. Applied projects will include development and analysis of functional connectivity models of the human brain, and modeling of cardiac arrhythmia. Projects with a theoretical focus will include problems from extremal graph theory, graph labeling, and delay differential equations.All students will work directly with RIT faculty for the entirety of the program and will receive mentoring in mathematical research practices, as well as in written and oral communication. The program will have a heavy emphasis on networking with other mathematicians and will include a "Researcher in Residence," where an expert from outside of our university visits the program and works with the students. Results from research projects will be disseminated through publications in refereed journals, presentations at national and regional mathematical meetings, and at the students' home institutions. Students will be encouraged to pursue graduate studies and employment in the mathematical sciences. During the program students will participate in an Ethics in Science Workshop. The REU program will intersect with RIT's Summer Mathematics Institute where each of the REU students will present to more than 50 mathematics high school teachers from New York State. The recruitment efforts will target students from universities, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges. The PI aims to have 80 percent of the participants from outside of the host institution, with an emphasis on drawing students from colleges without Ph.D. programs or have limited research opportunities.