Please see the opportunity below from the Institute of Mathematical & Statistical Innovation (IMSI):
Dear Department of Statistics,
I am writing to let you know about a fully-funded summer opportunity intended to help prepare undergraduate students for graduate school in the mathematical sciences. The program will take place at the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI), which is located at the University of Chicago.
IMSI is a mathematical sciences research institute funded by the National Science Foundation. Our mission is to apply rigorous mathematics and statistics to urgent, complex scientific and societal problems, and to spur transformational change in the mathematical sciences and the mathematical sciences community.
The Summer Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics Accelerator (SUMSA) is an eight week mathematics and statistics bootcamp for undergraduates which will take place June 10 - August 2, 2024. The program’s aim is to help prepare students for the rigors of graduate school through lecture series and problem sessions. It will cover core material in linear algebra, advanced calculus, metric spaces, probability, statistical modeling, and data science. This program is open to students who will be rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors at U.S. colleges and universities and will be at least 18 years old at the time the program begins.
Participants should have had a full year of calculus (or equivalent experience), gained some familiarity with computational linear algebra (including representation of linear transformations by matrices, matrix algebra, and determinants), and had some experience with mathematical proofs by the time the program begins. Students who have already taken theoretically rigorous courses in both linear algebra and analysis are most likely not a good fit for this program.
I’d appreciate it if you could pass this information along to any students whom you feel might be interested. Further information and the application are available on the program’s web page. Applications are due by February 16, 2024.
Questions can be emailed to sumsa@imsi.institute; please note that this email is sent from an unmonitored box.
Thank you for your time,
Kevin Corlette
Director, Institute for Mathematical & Statistical Innovation
