Stipends, housing and travel funds will be provided (due to NSF restrictions, only US citizens and permanent residents are eligible for funding).
My name is Shawn Rafalski. I am an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT), and the Director of the Fairfield University Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program in Mathematics and Computational Science. Sponsored by a three-year grant through the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense, we will host our second summer program in 2012 from June 11 to August 3.
This upcoming summer will feature a number of projects in statistics and computer science, as well as one pure math project, and so we strongly encourage students from statistics and computer science to apply. Our first program (Summer 2011) was very successful, with each of the three research groups producing a research journal submission, as well as presentations at the National Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boston this January. The program announcement is below, and a poster announcement of the program will follow this email.
I hope that you’ll consider advertising our program to your most enthusiastic students, or forwarding this announcement to the appropriate contact for advising CS undergraduates on research opportunities. We look forward to a robust application season and a great summer.
Thanks very much for your time, best regards,
Shawn Rafalski
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Fairfield REU Program Director
Fairfield University
15 Bannow Science Center
Fairfield, CT
203.254.4000 x2198
www.facutly.fairfield.edu/
****2012 Fairfield REU in Math & CS Announcement****
The Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT) Mathematics and Computer Science Department announces its Summer 2012 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program in Mathematics and Computational Science. Sponsored by a three-year grant through the National Science Foundation that began in 2011, we will host our 2012 program from June 11 to August 3. The four research groups for our program will engage in original mathematics, statistics and computing projects in the following areas:
>> Easy Implementations of Difficult Program Analyses
> John Lasseter, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
>> “Lake Lilly” Time Series Analysis
> Laura McSweeney, Associate Professor of Mathematics
>> Authentication and Identification in Computer Security
> Amalia Rusu, Assistant Professor of Software Engineering
>> Knot Width and Khovanov Cohomology
> Stephen Sawin, Professor of Mathematics
We would like to encourage as many talented undergraduate mathematicians, statisticians and computer scientists as possible to apply, and so we hope that you will keep our program in mind when advising your most active and enthusiastic students. A program poster will follow this announcement.
Stipends, housing and travel funds will be provided (due to NSF restrictions, only US citizens and permanent residents are eligible for funding). Fairfield University is located on Long Island Sound in southwestern Connecticut about an hour from New York City. The deadline for applications is March 2, 2012. For more details, please visit or direct your students to our webpage:
Questions? Please feel free to contact Dr. Shawn Rafalski, the Fairfield REU Program Coordinator, by email at:
Thanks for your interest — we hope to hear from your best and brightest in the near future!