2011 Participant Randal McKissack Presents at Towson University
March 31, 2012
Randal McKissack Presents Team 4's research at the
Undergraduate Mathematics
Research Conference at Towson.
He also graciously agreed to represent our REU Site program in a session
where students share information on their research experience with
other attendees.
2011 Participant Anita Thomas Presents at Infinite
Possibilities Conference
March 30-31, 2012
Anita Thomas (Illinois Institute of Technology)
returned to UMBC to present her team's research at the
Infinite Possibilities
Conference 2012,
an annual series of conferences promoting underrepresented women
in the mathematical sciences.
Two Former Participants Present at Brown University
March 10, 2012
2011 Participant Koushiki Bose and 2010 Participant Sidafa Conde
were both invited to give oral presentations at the
Brown University Symposium for Undergraduates in Mathematical Sciences,
an annual symposium for students and faculty in the northeast area.
Koushiki Bose (Brown) presents the research of Team 2 in 2011,
while Sidafa Conde (U. Mass Dartmouth) reports on ongoing work with his
research mentor at his institution.
2011 Participant Anita Thomas Presents at CAURS
March 03, 2012
Anita Thomas (Illinois Institute of Technology)
presented Team 2's research in a poster session of the
Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium
(CAURS),
"one of the largest annual undergraduate research conferences in the country"!
Support for 12 Participants in 2012, 2013, and 2014 from NSF and NSA
February 06, 2012
We have just received preliminary notification that the
program notification be able to
support 12 participants each year in 2012, 2013, and 2014,
to be funded jointly by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
and the National Security Agency (NSA).
To accomodate this relative late notice on funding, we will continue to
consider all applications that come in, also past the stated deadline.
2011 Participant Neil Obetz Presents
at the EPaDel Sectional Meeting of the MAA
November 19, 2011
Neil Obetz presents Team 1's research
in a poster session at the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware section
of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA),
held at Bryn Mawr College on November 19, 2011.
The webpage of the conference is
here.
2011 Participants Randal Mckissack and Richard Adjogah Present
at James Edward West Symposium
October 8-9, 2011
Randal Mckissack and Richard Adjogah presented Team 4's research
in a poster session at the James Edward West Symposium,
held October 8-9, 2011 at Johns Hopkins University.
The symposium celebrates
his work with the CRFP (Cooperative Research Fellowship Program) at
Bell Labs and also his 80th birthday. More details on the conference
are
here.
Richard and Randal also gave a talk on the work in a
meeting between UMBC administrators and NSA representatives
on October 5, 2011. One has to appreciate how mature and calm
they presented in front of two univeristy VPs and four department chairs,
among others!
2011 Participant Anita Thomas Presents in
Undergraduate Mathematics Symposium
October 1, 2011
Anita Thomas presented the work of Team 2
in an oral presentation of
the Undergraduate Mathematics Symposium
at the University of Illinois at Chicago
on Saturday, October 1, 2011.
All details of the event are
here.
Dr. Nagaraj Neerchal Appointed Entrepreneurship Fellow
September 01, 2011
Dr. Nagaraj Neerchal was appointed Entrepreneurship Fellow for 2012 by the Alex Brown Center for Entrepreneurship, along with Dr. Amy Froide (History) and Dr. George Karabatis (IS). Entrepreneurship Fellows raise the profile of entrepreneurship on campus, for which Dr. Neerchal is a clear prototype with his engagement in CIRC.
Summer 2011 concludes with presentations at SURF
August 10, 2011
The four REU Site teams present their work on research posters
at the Summer Undergraduate Research Fest (SURF)
sponsored by the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS).
Several clients managed to make it to campus for the day
to see this exciting even with over 90 posters in person.
Additionally, Samantha Allen and Neil Obetz represented
our program with one of only six oral presentations.
Client presentations start with peer mentor
June 23, 29, and 30, 2011
Seven clients from a wide variety of backgrounds and organizations
presented projects for work by one of the REU teams.
The
Special Events page
lists the names and titles.
In fact, the presentations started with peer mentor Michael Curtis
speaking on his project from 2010 and recommendations to the
participants on project selection.
Program start with 13 participants
June 19, 2011
The Summer 2011 program started with 13 participants.
We leveraged the NSF-funding for 8 participants
to make the experience available to
3 students from UMBC's Meyerhoff Program
funded by the NSA and 2 additional participants.
The program is supported by 4 graduate students as TAs and RAs
and Dr. Kofi Adragni as additional faculty mentor.
We also have for the first time undergraduate help,
Matthew Brewster for the webpage and
Michael Curtis returning from 2010 as peer mentor.
Movie on 2010 program released
April 08, 2011
A short movie about the inaugural 2010 REU Site program is
now available at YouTube at the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO38SdaPNdQ.
It includes opening remarks by UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski, III
and testimonials from participants Terry Lebair and Michael Curtis.
We are grateful to DoIT New Media studio for putting this together for us.
Summer 2011 participants selected
March 28, 2011
The selection process for choosing the 8 NSF-funded participants
for Summer 2011 was completed and the students accepted our offers.
The REU staff is looking forward to another productive summer of
collaborative research involving high performance computing.
2010 participant Christopher Raastad presents at conference
March 2, 2011
Christopher Raastad presented
Team 2's REU research
Computational Islet Simulations of Pancreatic Beta Cells
at a minisymposium at the
2011 SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering in Reno, NV. Details on the minisymposium
are available
here.
Also Sidafa Conde came to the conference to support Chris.
At this conference, Dr. Gobbert also organized minisymposium
MS137
Training Students in Skills for CS&E.
The talks from this minisymposium are available
here.
2010 participant Sidafa Conde presents at conference
January 9, 2011
Sidafa Conde presented a poster of
Team 2's REU research
Enabling physiologically representative
simulations of pancreatic beta cells
at the
2011 Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans, LA. The poster can be viewed
here.
2010 participant Michael Curtis presents at conference
October 23, 2010
Michael Curtis presented a poster of
Team 1's REU research
Collaborative filtering in recommender systems
at the Shenandoah Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics (SUMS) Conference
at James Madison University. More information is available at the
SUMS webpage.
2010 participant Teresa Lebair featured on college webpage
August 18, 2010
2010 participant Teresa Lebair and her participation in our REU Site
are showcased on the webpage of her school, St. Vincent College.
The article with photo of her team can be found
here.
Summer 2010 program concludes
August 11, 2010
Summer 2010 program concludes with well-received poster
presentations at the Summer Undergraduate Research Fest (SURF), a
campus-wide poster session. One of the REU Site teams, represented by
Teresa Lebair and Christopher Raastad, additionally gave an oral
presentation on their project, as one of only four oral
presentations in the plenary session of SURF. We were happy that two of
the clients could attend the research fest and receive their project
results in person.
Dr. Nagaraj K. Neerchal Elected Fellow of the ASA
August 03, 2010
Dr. Nagaraj K. Neerchal, co-director of CIRC and the REU Site,
was elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA).
This honor recognizes the professional contributions of members
of the ASA and is limited to one-third of one percent of the ASA
membership. The photo shows him receiving the honor in a ceremony
held during the Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver.
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Summer 2010 REU Begins
June 20, 2010
The 2010 REU Site at UMBC has begun. The participants
arrived on Saturday June 20, 2010 and were greeted with
a welcome dinner with the staff. The program for the
summer was discussed in detail, and a police officer
spoke about campus safety.
Dr. Matthias Gobbert Wins University System Award for Mentoring
April 16, 2010
Dr. Matthias Gobbert is the recipient of the 2010
University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in
Mentoring, in recognition of his success in
using the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Consulting,
the UMBC High Performance Computing Facility, and other initiatives
in leading many graduate students to their first publications.
Dr. Gobbert was honored at the
UMBC Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony on April 07, and the award was
formally given as part of the Board of Regents meeting on April 16. The photo
shows (from left to right) Board of Regents Chair Clifford M. Kendall,
UMBC Provost Elliot Hirshman, Dr. Gobbert,
and University System Chancellor William Brit Kirwan at the Regents meeting.
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Summer 2010 Participants Selected
April 05, 2010
The selection process for choosing the 8 NSF-funded participants
for Summer 2010 was completed and the students accepted our offers.
Unfortunately, there were many highly qualified candidates
who we could not select. For students who will be still eligible
next year (must be still undergraduate student during Fall 2011),
we encourage you to apply again.
Over 100 Applications Received
February 26, 2010
We are very happy to report that we received over 100 applications
for the 8 NSF-funded participant positions in the REU Site program!
Unfortunately, there will be many highly qualified candidates
who we cannot select. For students who will be still eligible
next year (must be still undergraduate student during Fall 2011),
we encourage you to apply again.
Application deadline: February 19, 2010
January 15, 2010
For full consideration, please ensure that we have receive all application
material including letters of recommendation by February 19, 2010.
Please make sure to fill out the online application form at the
application page
since it collects relevant data and allows us to be sure
that we receive the letters of recommendation. Thank you for your cooperation.
New REU Site Webpage
November 19, 2009
The REU Site releases its redesigned webpage at
www.umbc.edu/hpcreu.
The page will feature all program details, a detailed schedule,
information about the people involved, and more.
The information will be assembled over the next month and then
updated continuously until and throughout the program.