REU Site: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics Research Experience for Undergraduates (MAPS-REU)

REU 网站：本科生数学、应用数学和统计学研究经验 (MAPS-REU)

基本信息

批准号：
1359307
负责人：
Kasso Okoudjou
金额：
$ 28.8万
依托单位：
University of Maryland, College Park
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2014-03-15 至 2017-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1359307&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
REU Site Mathematics Applied Statistics

项目摘要

This grant will fund the Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics Research Experience for Undergraduates (MAPS-REU), organized by the Department of Mathematics at the University of Maryland, College Park. For eight weeks during each of the summers of 2014, 2015, and 2016, four different projects will be offered. For each project, specific questions and research tasks will be posed and isolated for in-depth study; and the principal investigators will guide the students to experimentally explore these questions and tasks. The PIs will lead the students to use their experimental findings to formulate conjectures and attempt to rigorously prove them. There will be projects in algebra/number theory, applied harmonic analysis, chaotic dynamics, geometry, mathematical biology, probability and random processes, quantum dynamics, and statistics.Each year and for each of the four projects, a faculty member will engage two to three students in one or more problems in one of the areas mentioned above. The lead faculty (group leader) will introduce necessary background on his/her projects, will pose specific questions, will isolate problems, and/or will formulate numerical experiments for the students. The group leader will schedule two to three weekly meetings with each student of his/her group. To help mentor and maintain direct contact with the REU students, a post-candidacy graduate student will be assigned to each group. The role of the graduate student will be to maintain direct contact with the REU students through daily meetings and further mentoring. REU students will be asked to give regular oral presentations on their work or on background material of common interest. This program will also feature a written component: students will create handouts to supplement their presentations, as well as a summary of their results at the end of the project. In addition, the students will be introduced to searching mathematics literature using various platforms. The program will close with a final presentation by each REU student. The MAPS-REU students will deliver their final report to both the lead faculty as well as to the PI and the co-PI, and these reports will be made available on the program website. The students will also have opportunities to present their findings at various mathematical meetings. In addition, results from the MAPS-REU will be published in mathematics journals.

该赠款将资助由马里兰州大学公园的数学系组织的数学，数学和统计研究经验（MAP-REU）。在2014年，2015年和2016年的每个夏季期间，将提供四个不同的项目。对于每个项目，将提出和隔离特定的问题和研究任务，以进行深入研究；主要研究人员将指导学生实验探索这些问题和任务。 PI将带领学生使用他们的实验发现来制定猜想，并试图严格证明它们。代数/数理论，应用谐波分析，混乱动态，几何，数学生物学，概率和随机过程，量子动力学和统计数据中将有项目。在上面提到的一个领域中，教师将在一个或多个问题中与两个至三个学生互动。首席教师（小组负责人）将在其项目上介绍必要的背景，将提出特定的问题，隔离问题和/或将为学生制定数值实验。小组负责人将安排每周两到三场与他/她小组的学生举行的会议。为了帮助指导并保持与REU学生的直接联系，将分配给每个小组的固定后研究生。研究生的角色将是通过日常会议和进一步的指导与REU学生直接接触。将要求REU学生定期对其工作或共同感兴趣的背景材料进行口头介绍。该计划还将包含书面组成部分：学生将创建讲义来补充其演讲，并在项目结束时摘要。此外，将使用各种平台介绍学生搜索数学文献。该计划将通过每个REU学生的最终演讲结束。 MAPS-REU的学生将把他们的最终报告均向主要教师以及PI和Co-Pi提供，这些报告将在计划网站上提供。学生还将有机会在各种数学会议上介绍他们的发现。此外，MAPS-REU的结果将在数学期刊上发表。