Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Mathematics

with pending support from the National Security Agency and National Science Fundation

Dr. Joel Foisy, SUNY Potsdam and Dr. Guangming Yao, Clarkson University

Pictures of Clarkson University and SUNY Potsdam

Important Dates:

REU Participants Arrive on Campus: Monday, May 22, 2023

REU Program starts: Tuesdsay, May 23, 2023

Final Day of REU Program: Friday, July 14, 2023 or Friday, July 28, 2023

RAPS Conference: Thursday, July 27, 2023

Important Links:

Campus map and parking Lot (free summer parking)

Woodstock Building 1, pictures of your apartments

Bus Schedule (look for Clarkson shuttle)

Local grocery stories:

Walking: The Kinney Drugs, Dunkin Donuts, Potsdam IGA and Potsdam Food Co-op

In town: Price Chopper and the Save-A-Lot grocery stores

Driving: a WalMart Supercenter, Aldis

NSF REU Site: High Performance Computing with Engineering Applications

MBioTS Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

Pictures

REU 2022, 2021, 2016, and 2014

Dr. Guangming Yao, Clarkson University

Topic 1: Numerical solutions to high-dimensional stochastic differential equations

Topic 2: Neural networks for solving PDEs

Dr. Joel Foisy, SUNY Potsdam

Topic 1: Crossing number for spatial graphs

Topic 2: Separating graphs.

Dr. Sumona Mondal, Clarkson University

Topic:Modeling COVID-19 infection and fatality rates in the United States during pre-vaccination period: Impact of sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors.

Dr. Prashant Athavale, Clarkson University

Topic 1: Hybrid inpainting of grain-orientation data

Topic 2: Understanding heart disease mortality with statistics

Zoom Link for remote participants

Week 1, 5/23--5/27

Mon, 5/23, Move-in date, Lending Cardboar group visit @ 4pm, Grocery run @4:30pm

Tue, 5/24, Park Bros. Bagels for group breakfast @9:30am, Orientation @ 10am in SC356, Group Lunch @ 12pm in SC356

Wed, 5/25, small group meeting, hike @5p with Dr. Blair Madore

Thur, 5/26, small group meeting

Friday,5/27, Seminar talk and group lunch @11am in SC362, Statistics in Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing, Dr. Veroni Jayawardana, PhD, Senior Scientist, West Point, PA, Group lunch, Statistics workshop (Dr. Sumona Mondal and Vijay Kumar) 1pm-5pm

Week 2, 5/30--6/3

Mon, 5/30, Memorial day break, Picnic @ Pine Street Arena 12pm--3pm

Tue, 5/31, small group meeting

Wed, 6/1 small group meeting

Thur, 6/2small group meeting

Friday,6/3 Seminar Talk and group lunch, 11am, SC356, Symmetry-Preserving Neural Networks for Scientific Computing Dr. Jiequn Han, Research Fellow, Center for Computational Mathematics, Flatiron Institute/Simons Foundation Group lunch Group Presentations, 1pm-3pm

Week 3, 6/6--6/10

Mon, 6/6small group meeting, Hiking with Prof. Foisy @5PM, Stone Valley

Tue, 6/7small group meeting

Wed, 6/8small group meeting

Thur, 6/9 small group meeting

Fri, 6/10 Seminar Talk and group lunch, 11am, CAMP 176, Dr. Devin Kapper, Senior Data Analyst, IXIS Digital, LLC. Modeling and Statistics in Digital Marketing and Business Strategies Group lunch

Sat, 6/11 Canoeing on Raquette River @3PM--5PM

Week 4, 6/13--6/17

Mon, 6/13,small group meeting

Tue, 6/14, small group meeting

Wed, 6/15, small group meeting Hiking Azure Mountain with Dr. Foisy

Thur, 6/16, 8:30AM--11AM, SC342 , Dr. Nabendu Pal, Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL), Workshop on Regression: From Basics to Somewhat Advanced Level.

Thur, 6/16, Seminar Talk and group lunch, 11am, SC356 , Dr. Wen Li, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics, UCLA. Title: Simulation and analysis of 3D micro-encapsulation using efficient threshold dynamics. Group lunch

Fri, 6/17, Group Presentations, 9:30am-11am

Fri, 6/17, 11am, SC356, Dr. Nabendu Pal, Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL), Title: Regression Under Skew-Normal Error Model, and Predicting Arsenic from Geographic Characteristics in the Mekong Delta Regions. Group lunch

Week 5, 6/20--6/24

Mon,6/20, small group meeting

Tue, 6/21, small group meeting

Wed, 6/22, small group meeting, Strawberry picking @2PM at Martin's

Thur, 6/23, small group meeting

Fri, 6/24 group lunch and Jeopardy! @ 1PM in SC356 with Dr. Blair Madore, Hike the Red Sandstone trail @4PM

Week 6, 6/27--7/1

Mon, 6/27, small group meeting

Tue, 6/28, small group meeting

Wed, 6/29, small group meeting, Graduate School Panel @10am in SC356, Waterfalls of Tooley Pond Rd @4PM

Thur,6/30, small group meeting

Fri, 7/1, Group Presentations, 9:30ampm-11am Invited Speaker and group lunch @11am, SC356, Dr. Leanne Merrill, Western Oregon University

Sat, Trip to Montreal organized by students

Week 7, 7/4--7/8

Mon, 7/4, Independence Day Picnic

Tue, 7/5, small group meeting

Wed, 7/6, small group meeting room change SC356--> SC160, SC354-->SC162

Thur,7/7, small group meeting, Hike Mount Arab with Dr. Foisy and Dr. Wells(?) @ 4PM

Fri, 7/8, small group meeting room change SC356--> SC160, SC354-->SC162, Seminar talk and group lunch@ 11am SC160, Kelsey Wells, NSA, The Secret Lives of Mathematicians.

Week 8, 7/11--7/14

Mon, 7/11, Seminar Talk and group lunch @11am SC356, Dr. Adam Cruziger, Hike Stone Valley from the Brown's Bridge East entrance@4pm

Tue, 7/12, small group meeting

Wed, 7/13, small group meeting

Thur, 7/14, small group meeting, Seminar Talk and group lunch, 11am, SC356, Dr. Dan Look, St. Lawrence University

Fri, 7/15, small group meeting Group Presentations and group lunch, 10am-12pm

Should you have any questions, please contact Dr. Guangming Yao at gyao@clarkson.edu, Dr. Joel Foisy at foisyjs@potsdam.edu, or Vicki Wilson Administrative Assistant to Departments of Biology and Psychology at vwilson@clarkson.edu.