In general, projects emphasize research with a good level of scholarship. We are aware of the time constraints and do not expect the projects to result in professional publications. But we do require that each student or team of students submit a written report before leaving. All reports can appear in our preprint series, although we may require revision. A variety of guests give seminar talks on a wide range of mathematical topics.
Students share offices in the mathematics building and have computer and library access.
The program is directed by Dennis Garity of the mathematics department. His area of research is geometric topology and he has directed student projects in knot theory and in other areas of topology. For the summer of 2001, Paul Cull, Donald Solmon and Dennis Garity will direct student projects. Paul Cull's interests include mathematical biology and analysis of algorithms. Donald Solmon s interests include computer assisted tomography and geometric tomography.