Overview
Clemson University will host an REU in coding theory, cryptography, and number theory beginning in the summer of 2017. This will expand upon the REU that ran betweem 2002 and 2010 (REU in Combinatorics, Computational Algebraic Geometry, and Number Theory). Up to nine undergraduate students will participate each summer. While we welcome all applications, we will reserve a significant portion of the openings for students that have not previously taken part in an REU. Female and minority students are especially encouraged to apply.
During the first week of the REU, faculty will present research problems to participants and participants will then split into small groups. Each group will focus on one problem. In the first few weeks, faculty, postdocs, and graduate students will give morning talks on background material. In the afternoons, participants will work on their projects. Every week, the groups will update the entire REU on what they learned, what they proved, and what issues and difficulties they faced. Such updates will help keep the groups on task and focused. Each participant will give a thirty-minute board talk and a twenty-minute beamer presentation on a topic of their choice during the REU. This will help participants prepare for speaking on their research at conferences as well as back at their home institutions. We will hold panels on ethics in mathematics research, on choosing a graduate school, and on how to succeed in graduate school. Each year we will host four external speakers. Participants and their graduate student mentors will have an opportunity to meet and connect with the visitors. It is likely that many projects will have a computational component. We will encourage participants to use SAGE so that code they generate can be made publicly available and reproduced.
Funding:
Funding is restricted to US citizens or permanent residents. In the past we have had international students fund themselves and we will again consider such applications. Students will receive a stipend of $4,000, travel reimbursement up to $500, a stipend of $800 for subsistence, and shared accommodations. Additional funds for students to travel and present their results will also be made available after the REU.
Application:
[Positions filled] Please visit https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/636 to apply for the program.
2018 REU faculty:
2018 Dates:
May 21 – July 13, 2018
Application Deadline:
February 15, 2018
2018 Participants and their home institution:
We are currently in the process of selecting students. We will add them as they accept.
- Jacob Brazeal (Bob Jones University)
- Alice Chudnovsky (University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign)
- Haley Colgate (Colorado College)
- Beren Gunsolus (University of Minnesota Twin Cities)
- Timothy Jackman (Northeastern University)
- Jake Januzelli (Cornell University)
- Jeremy Lilly (Oregon State University)
- Rico Vicente (California State University, Long Beach)
- Alexandra Walsh (Brown University)
2018 Potential REU problems:
Problems will be posed from coding theory, cryptography, and number theory. More specific information will be posted here as it becomes available.