REU Site: Queens Experiences in Discrete Mathematics

该奖项全部或部分由《2021年美国救援计划法案》（公法117-2）资助。皇后离散数学经验（QED） REU网站位于皇后区牙买加纽约城市大学约克学院，为9名本科生提供了一个以学生为中心的协作环境，让他们在一学年的课程中进行离散数学研究。该REU网站的招聘工作目标是皇后区和大纽约市地区的公立和私立大学，并强调向未被充分代表的群体（包括女性、有色人种学生和残疾学生）伸出援手。该计划旨在提高留校率和毕业率，并使研究生院申请人数和数学科学研究人员的人数多样化。QED REU的参与者将在离散数学领域进行研究，更具体地说，研究主题包括分拆理论、代数组合学、半环理论、自动机理论和形式语言理论。主要目标是让参与者在他们选择的子领域产生感兴趣和相关的结果，并学习如何口头和书面交流他们的研究结果。REU网站还将为学生提供数学规划的介绍，以及有关申请研究生院的支持和指导。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).The Queens Experiences in Discrete Mathematics (QED) REU site, hosted at York College at the City University of New York in Jamaica, Queens, provides a student-centered and collaborative environment for nine undergraduates to conduct research in discrete mathematics over the course of the academic year. Recruitment efforts for this REU site target public and private universities in Queens and the greater New York City area, and emphasize outreach to underrepresented groups, including women, students of color, and students with disabilities. The program aims to increase retention and graduation rates and to diversify the population of graduate school applicants and researchers in the mathematical sciences.Participants in the QED REU will conduct research in the area of discrete mathematics, more specifically, on topics such as partition theory, algebraic combinatorics, semiring theory, automata theory, and formal language theory. The main goals are for participants to produce results of interest and relevance in their chosen subfield and to learn how to communicate the results of their research both orally and in writing. The REU site will also provide students with an introduction to mathematical programming as well as support and guidance regarding applications to graduate school.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.