REU Site: The Rice University Summer Institute of Statistics (RUSIS)

REU 网站：莱斯大学夏季统计学院 (RUSIS)

• 批准号: 1156847
• 负责人: Javier Rojo
• 金额: $ 24.44万
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-04-15 至 2014-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156847&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Rice; University; Summer

This award provides continued support for a successful 10-week summer REU site within the Statistics Department at Rice University for the study of Statistics and its applications. As the number of domestic graduate students in the Mathematical Sciences continues to decline, there is a critical need to develop human resources to continue supporting the United States' advantage in the world of science and technology. The Rice University Summer Institute of Statistics (RUSIS), now in its 10th year and fourth funding cycle, has been successful in encouraging students to pursue graduate degrees in Mathematics and Statistics. Roughly 85% of the students who have attended RUSIS and have graduated, are now doctoral students in Ph.D. programs around the country, and roughly 61% of them are members of underrepresented populations in Mathematics. RUSIS has accomplished this through intensive courses, close supervision of research projects, and visits to various research institutes and agencies in Houston. The program will train and mentor 12 (7 NSF- and 5 NSA-supported) selected underrepresented minority students and students with no easy access to a research experience at their institution, including community college students, through intensive core courses in probability, stochastic processes, and statistical inference, with special emphasis on areas of current interest; e.g. multiple comparisons, extreme value theory, multivariate survival analysis, risk-reliability-sustainability of complex infrastructure systems, artificial intelligence, statistical learning, statistical genetics, and general biostatistics. The RUSIS engages the students in research projects under close collaboration with faculty mentors, and with the objective of producing joint publications, when the summer work merits it. Students present their results at national meetings and they are mentored in the preparation and presentation of their talks. In addition, students meet with an advisory committee composed of top scientists and present their work to them. The RUSIS also teaches short courses on the use of Unix platforms, LaTeX, and software to be utilized for research purposes such as Mathematica, Splus and/or R, and Matlab. In addition, the program organizes student and faculty visits to scientific facilities (e.g., Biomathematics and Biostatistics at MD Anderson Cancer Center, NASA). Through informal meetings, the program discusses a variety of topics ranging from applying to Graduate School to career experiences by outstanding scientists, and discussion of cutting-edge topics in Statistics. The program evaluates and monitors the progress of students for seven years (expected time for them to finish graduate school) after their participation, and an annual evaluation of the program by the participating students and an external advisory committee is an integral and valuable part of the program. The investment is starting to produce concrete results. The first RUSIS alumnus received his Ph.D. during the summer of 2011 and is now an assistant professor of statistical sciences in a Ph.D. program. Several more are due to obtain their PhDs in the next few years.

该奖项为赖斯大学统计系统计系中成功的为期10周的夏季REU网站提供了持续的支持，以研究统计及其应用。随着数学科学中的国内研究生的数量继续下降，迫切需要发展人力资源来继续支持美国在科学技术领域的优势。莱斯大学夏季统计研究所（RUSIS）现在已经成立了第10年，并且已经成功地鼓励学生攻读数学和统计学的研究生学位。参加Rusis并毕业的学生中，大约有85％是博士学位的博士生。全国各地的计划，其中大约61％是数学人口不足的成员。 Rusis通过密集课程，对研究项目的密切监督以及访问休斯顿的各种研究机构和机构来实现这一目标。该计划将培训和指导12（7个NSF和5 NSA支持）选定的代表性不足的少数族裔学生和学生在其机构，包括社区大学生在内的研究经验，通过概率，随机过程和统计推论，并特别强调当前利益的领域；例如多重比较，极值理论，多元生存分析，复杂基础设施系统的风险可遵守性可持续性，人工智能，统计学习，统计遗传学和一般生物统计学。 Rusis与学生与教师导师密切合作，与学生一起参与研究项目，目的是在夏季工作值得的时候制作联合出版物。学生在全国会议上提出结果，并在准备和演讲中受到指导。此外，学生会见一个由顶级科学家组成的咨询委员会，并向他们介绍他们的作品。 Rusis还教授有关使用Unix平台，乳胶和软件的简短课程，用于研究目的，例如Mathematica，Splus和/或R和Matlab。此外，该计划还组织了对科学设施的学生和教师访问（例如，在NASA的MD Anderson Cancer Center的生物护理和生物统计学）。通过非正式会议，该计划讨论了各种主题，从申请研究生院到杰出科学家的职业经历，以及统计中尖端主题的讨论。该计划评估并监视学生参与后七年的进度（预计他们能完成研究生院的时间），并且参与学生和外部咨询委员会对计划的年度评估是该计划不可或缺的一部分。这项投资开始产生具体的结果。第一位鲁西斯校友获得了博士学位。在2011年夏季，现在是博士学位统计科学的助理教授。程序。在未来几年内将获得更多的博士学位。