REU Site: Data Science, Number Theory, and Positional Game Theory

REU 网站：数据科学、数论和位置博弈论

• 批准号: 1852001
• 负责人: James Brown
• 金额: $ 18万
• 依托单位: Occidental College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-03-01 至 2022-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1852001&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Data; Science; Number

Participating in research as an undergraduate is an important experience for students as they learn how to think deeply about problems that require them to synthesize material learned across many classes as well as specifically for the research project. Many undergraduates attend institutions that do not afford them the opportunity to participate in research. This project establishes a Research Experience for Undergraduates at Occidental College in Los Angeles. The site will host nine undergraduates each summer, split into teams of three, to work on research problems in data science, game theory, and number theory. An emphasis will be placed on recruiting a diverse group of participants in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic background, as well as type of undergraduate institution being attended. In addition to the research conducted, the mentors will work with the students to improve their public speaking skills and their technical writing skills. The mentors will conduct panels on ethics, graduate school, and career opportunities in mathematics. The program offers a blend of computational investigation with theoretical pursuit of open research problems in data science, number theory and positional game theory. The problems to be investigated in this REU fit into the faculty's own research programs and are at the cutting edge of these fields. As such, the results will be of interest to others in the field and often lead to peer reviewed journal publications. The goal of the program is to help students attain a higher level of independence in mathematical research by having them take part in significant and interesting research projects. The participants will learn what it is like to be a professional mathematician. They will be introduced to various tools, techniques and problems from data science, number theory, and game theory and will work on important and often difficult problems that are suitable for undergraduate work. The faculty have a history of interest in working with undergraduates and success in choosing problems at an appropriate level for undergraduate work. The participants will be able to begin investigations almost immediately on computational aspects of the project, giving them an opportunity to spend the entire time at Occidental working on meaningful research. Students will produce reports summarizing their research for the summer; these reports will be posted on an REU website that is to be developed. Upon departing the REU, they will continue to work with their faculty mentors to produce journal publications when appropriate as well as to attend conferences to present their results.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.

作为本科生参与研究对于学生来说是一次重要的经历，因为他们学习如何深入思考问题，这些问题需要他们综合在许多课程以及专门针对研究项目所学到的材料。 许多本科生就读的院校没有为他们提供参与研究的机会。该项目为洛杉矶西方学院的本科生建立了研究体验。该网站每年夏天都会接待九名本科生，他们分成三人一组，研究数据科学、博弈论和数论方面的问题。将重点招募不同种族、民族、性别、社会经济背景以及就读本科院校类型的参与者。除了进行研究之外，导师还将与学生一起提高他们的公开演讲技巧和技术写作技巧。 导师们将就数学领域的道德、研究生院和职业机会进行小组讨论。该项目将计算研究与数据科学、数论和位置博弈论中开放研究问题的理论追求相结合。 REU 要研究的问题符合教师自己的研究计划，并且处于这些领域的前沿。因此，研究结果将引起该领域其他人的兴趣，并经常导致同行评审的期刊出版物。该计划的目标是通过让学生参与重要且有趣的研究项目来帮助他们在数学研究中获得更高水平的独立性。参与者将了解成为一名专业数学家是什么样的。他们将了解数据科学、数论和博弈论中的各种工具、技术和问题，并将解决适合本科工作的重要且通常困难的问题。教师们一直对与本科生合作感兴趣，并成功地为本科生工作选择适当水平的问题。参与者将能够几乎立即开始对该项目的计算方面进行调查，这使他们有机会将在西方石油公司的整个时间都花在有意义的研究上。学生将撰写总结他们夏季研究的报告；这些报告将发布在即将开发的 REU 网站上。离开 REU 后，他们将继续与导师合作，在适当的时候出版期刊出版物，并参加会议展示他们的成果。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力评估进行评估，认为值得支持。优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。