REU Site: REU in Discrete and Applied Mathematics

在离散和应用数学REU网站是本科生为期八周的夏季研究经验。该计划通过研究可访问和开放的研究问题来激发对数学科学的兴趣。该计划的目标是学生在他们的本科学习的早期阶段，并提供了一个研究机会，为那些学生谁否则可能已经决定对职业生涯在数学科学之前，以往任何时候都了解数学研究中存在的令人兴奋的机遇和挑战。每年，九个有前途的本科生被选中参加。学生学习阅读研究文章;制定图表和构建示例;编程模拟;集中注意力，倾听和提问;概括和简化证明;并传播他们的发现。学生们沉浸在一个数学思想是新的，没有完全理解的环境中。学生在三个独立的研究小组之一工作。学生每周展示他们的进步。学生出席区域和国家本科生研究会议。学生写一篇适合提交给适当的数学或科学期刊的研究文章。学生的发现有助于数学研究的许多领域：计算生物学和建模，组合游戏，组合结理论，递归多项式，生物学中的大型数据集分析等。

The REU Site in Discrete and Applied Mathematics is an eight week summer research experience for undergraduate students. The program stimulates interest in the mathematical sciences through research on accessible and open research problems. This program targets students at an earlier stage of their undergraduate studies and provides a research opportunity for those students who might otherwise have decided against a career in the mathematical sciences before ever learning about the exciting opportunities and challenges present in mathematics research.Each year, nine promising undergraduates are selected to participate. Students learn to read research articles; to formulate conjectures and construct examples; to program simulations; to concentrate, listen, and ask questions; to generalize and simplify proofs; and to disseminate their discoveries. Students are immersed in an environment where the mathematical ideas are new and not fully understood. Students work in one of three separate research groups. Students present their progress on a weekly basis. Students present at regional and national conferences on undergraduate research. Students write a research article suitable for submission to an appropriate mathematics or science journal. Students' discoveries contribute to many fields of mathematics research: computational biology and modeling, combinatorial games, combinatorial knot theory, recursive polynomials, analysis of large data sets in biology, and others.