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.

这笔赠款将资助马里兰大学帕克分校数学系组织的本科生数学、应用数学和统计研究体验项目 (MAPS-REU)。 2014 年、2015 年和 2016 年夏季每年为期八周，将提供四个不同的项目。对于每个项目，都会提出具体的问题和研究任务，并进行分离以进行深入研究；主要研究者将引导学生通过实验探索这些问题和任务。 PI 将引导学生利用他们的实验结果提出猜想并尝试严格证明它们。将有代数/数论、应用调和分析、混沌动力学、几何、数学生物学、概率和随机过程、量子动力学和统计学方面的项目。每年，对于这四个项目中的每一个，一名教员将聘请两名三名学生解决上述某一领域的一个或多个问题。领导教师（组长）将介绍他/她的项目的必要背景，提出具体问题，隔离问题，和/或为学生制定数值实验。小组负责人将安排每周与小组中的每个学生举行两到三次会议。为了帮助指导和保持与 REU 学生的直接联系，每个小组都会分配一名候选后研究生。研究生的角色将是通过日常会议和进一步指导与 REU 学生保持直接联系。 REU 学生将被要求定期口头介绍他们的工作或共同感兴趣的背景材料。该计划还将包括一个书面部分：学生将制作讲义来补充他们的演示，并在项目结束时总结他们的结果。此外，还将向学生介绍如何使用各种平台搜索数学文献。该项目将以每位 REU 学生的最终演讲结束。 MAPS-REU 学生将向主要教师以及 PI 和 co-PI 提交最终报告，这些报告将在项目网站上发布。学生还将有机会在各种数学会议上展示他们的发现。此外，MAPS-REU 的结果将在数学期刊上发表。