REU Site: Undergraduate Mathematical Science Research at James Madison University

该奖项支持詹姆斯·麦迪逊大学的REU项目，该项目将在连续三个暑假招收八名本科生，为期八周。该计划将从传统上在数学领域代表性较低的群体中招收和挑选学生，以及从不太可能拥有资源支持研究活动的机构中挑选学生。该计划旨在招收以前从未参与过学生研究的“高潜力/低机会”学生，以培养他们对攻读研究生教育和从事数学科学职业的兴趣。该计划支持由四名学生和一对拥有互补研究项目的教职员工组成的两个群体。我们的教师在数学、应用数学和统计学之间有着很好的比例。我们利用这种广度来产生存在于两个知识领域的交叉的REU问题，在这两个领域中，两位教职员工都可能做出重大贡献。在整个暑假期间，每个小组都将从教/学数学或统计学的新主题，到提出问题和猜测，再到证明结果，作为真实研究经验的一部分。由于教师有不同但相关的研究兴趣，他们能够为学生建立支持性的科学协作模型，并从不同的角度讨论技术主题。该计划为学生提供专业发展和外展活动，并产生原创研究成果，在同行评议的期刊文章中传播，以及在国家、地区和地方专业会议上发表演讲。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award supports an REU program at James Madison University that will host eight undergraduates for eight-week terms over three consecutive summers. The program will recruit and select students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in mathematics, as well as from institutions less likely to have resources available to support research activity. The program seeks to recruit "high potential / low opportunity" students who have not participated in student research before to develop an interest in pursuing graduate education and careers in the mathematical sciences.The program supports two cohorts consisting of a group of four students together with a pair of faculty who have complementary research programs. Our faculty are well proportioned between mathematics, applied mathematics, and statistics. We leverage this breadth to produce REU problems that lie on the intersection of two domains of knowledge, in which both faculty members are likely to be able to make significant contributions. Over the course of the summer, each group will progress from teaching/learning new topics in mathematics or statistics, to developing questions and conjectures, to proving results as part of an authentic research experience. Since faculty have distinct but related research interests, they are able to model supportive scientific collaboration for the students and discuss technical topics from different points of view. The program provides professional development and outreach activities for students, and produces original research that is disseminated in peer-reviewed journal articles as well as talks at national, regional, and local professional meetings.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.