Important Dates

• Sunday, June 11: Students arrive in Minneapolis.

• Monday, June 12: First day of the REU.

• Monday, June 25: Problem selection ranked choice form due.

• Wednesday, July 12: Document draft due to TAs, no matter what state it's in.

• Wednesday, July 26: A near-final draft of your final report is due to your TA by 5pm.

• Tuesday, August 1: REU Prom

• Thursday & Friday August 3-4: Final Presentations

• Friday,  August 4 at 5pm: Final report due to Ayah by email, almou007@umn.edu

• Saturday, August 5: Students depart Minneapolis.

 Dates: Monday June 12 - August 4, 2023.

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.

  • Meet 9am-12pm M-F 

  • Meet 2-5pm Monday 

  • Meet 2pm-3:15 Wed-Fri

• 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.

  • Meet 9am-12pm Mon, Tues

• Week 3: Students will be presenting 20-minute talks on papers relevant for the REU problems. 

  • Meet 9am-12pm and 2-3:30pm on Mon & Tues

• 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 August 3 and 4 in Vincent 16.