REU Sites: Cornell's Summer REU Program in Mathematics

Cornell University, Ithaca NY

Investigators

Abstract

Each summer, 12 undergraduate students will participate in an 8 week research program in the Cornell University Mathematics Department directed by 3 faculty members (the Principal Investigator, R. Strichartz, and 2 others chosen from among current and former department members) and assisted by graduate students and postdocs. The students will work on research projects that are within their grasp, and which present real opportunities for new discoveries that will be of value to the mathematical community. It is expected that some, but not all, of the research will lead to published papers. Two types of projects will be emphasized: 1) computer related research, with students writing programs, or using existing software, to work out examples, generate conjectures, and perform experiments in areas such as analysis on fractals, free probability, dynamics of differential equations, and probabilistic models in genetics; 2) problems in combinatorics and other areas that do not require a great deal of background knowledge. In addition, the students will gain experience in communicating mathematics by presenting talks to each other and to the public. Website: www.math.cornell.edu/Undergraduate/REU/