MSRI-UP

The MSRI-UP is a comprehensive program for undergraduates that aims at increasing the number of students from underrepresented groups in mathematics graduate programs. MSRI-UP includes summer research opportunities, mentoring, workshops on the graduate school application process, and follow-up support. 

MSRI-UP 2008: Experimental Mathematics

General Description:

The MSRI-UP will:

• Train undergraduates in mathematical research through a six-week summer program at MSRI in Berkeley, CA.
• Provide participating students opportunities to present their research at national conferences in the year following the summer program.
• Introduce participating students to a network of mentors through national societies known for their mentoring activities and professional support for students.
• Guide students in the process of applying to graduate programs and fellowships.

Details of the 2008 summer program:

• Eighteen students will participate in research on Experimental Mathematics led by Dr. Victor Moll from the Tulane University, a post-doc and two graduate assistants
• Students who will finish their sophomore or junior year in 2008 are preferred. African American, Latino and Native American students are especially sought
• Each student will receive room and board, a $3,000 summer stipend, transportation to and from Berkeley, and funding to attend a national conference

The directors of MSRI-UP are:

• Dr. Ricardo Cortez - rcortez@tulane.edu
• Dr. Duane Cooper - dcooper@morehouse.edu
• Dr. Herbert Medina - hmedina@lmu.edu 
• Dr. Ivelisse Rubio - iverubio@uprrp.edu - 2009 on-site director
• Dr. Suzanne Weekes - sweekes@wpi.edu 

Previous Years:

• 2020 MSRI-UP: Branched Covers of Curves
• 2019 MSRI-UP: Combinatorics and Discrete Mathematics
• 2018 MSRI-UP: The Mathematics of Data Science
• 2017 MSRI-UP: Solving Systems of Polynomial Equations
• 2016 MSRI-UP: Sandpile Groups
• 2015 MSRI-UP: Geometric Combinatorics Motivated by the Social Sciences
• 2014 MSRI-UP: Arithmetic Aspects of Elementary Functions
• 2013 MSRI-UP: Algebraic Combinatorics
• 2012 MSRI-UP: Enumerative Combinatorics
• 2011 MSRI-UP: Mathematical Finance
• 2010 MSRI-UP: Elliptic curves and Applications
• 2009 MSRI-UP: Coding Theory
• 2008 MSRI-UP: Experimental Mathematics
• 2007 MSRI-UP: Computational Science and Mathematics

MSRI-UP is supported by grants from the National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), a donation from the Gauss Research Foundation in Puerto Rico, and The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI).