Schedule
Important Dates
Sunday, June 9: Students arrive in Minneapolis.
Monday, June 10: First day of the REU.
Friday, June 21: Problem selection ranked choice form due.
Wednesday, July 10: Document draft due to TAs, no matter what state it's in.
Monday, July 22: A near-final draft of your final report is due to your TA by 5pm.
Monday, July 29 at 5pm: Final report due.
Thursday & Friday August 1-2: Final Presentations.
Saturday, August 3: Students depart Minneapolis.
Rough timetable
All events will be held in Vincent 16 unless otherwise noted.
Week 1: One mentor per day presents an REU problem and one TA per day provides some necessary background. Exercises will be posted and student solutions presented.
Week 2: One more mentor will present a problem, and there will be some computation workshops on using Sage and Macaulay2. A community accountability event will cover collaboration etiquette on Wednesday.
Week 3: Students will present 20-minute talks on papers relevant for the REU problems; first research group meetings.
Weeks 4-7: We will meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 10am for brief project reports. Writing coffee sessions will be Friday mornings.
Week 8: Final presentations will be 10am-12pm on the last two days of the REU in Vincent 16.