This REU program in the Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (MCS) at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) is modeled after the department's successful Field Session program. The REU summer program will involve 6 students including 2 CSM students and 4 students from other universities. The students will work on projects of interest in the department and the university. The projects involve not only technical mathematical and/or computer science skills, but also communication and management skills.
The projects serve as an introduction to some of the research that is being conducted in the department. We hope that some of the student participants will be sufficiently intrigued so that they will seriously consider at least a Master's degree in our department. The projects are in the areas of numerical analysis, applied mathematics, software development, wavelets, fuzzy methods, pattern recognition, visual perception, inverse problems, stochastic methods, approximation theory, linear algebra, noise reduction, data compression, and dynamical systems. Some local companies have expressed interest in the proposed research projects. We will solicit the opinions of the companies in defining the projects more precisely.
