GRADUATE STUDENT MATHEMATICAL MODELING CAMP

​The GSMM Camp is a weeklong workshop directed towards interdisciplinary problem solving whose aim is graduate student education and career development. The GSMM Camp is designed to promote a broad range of problem-solving skills, including mathematical modeling and analysis, scientific computation, and critical assessment of solutions. The mathematical problems considered at the Camp are highly interdisciplinary in nature and are inspired by real problems that arise in industrial applications. Graduate and advanced undergraduate students​ work on the problems in teams, guided by an invited faculty mentor, so that scientific communication is an important and integral component of the work. As a result, the GSMM Camp exposes students to real-world problems of current scientific interest, and provides a valuable educational and career-enhancing experience outside of the traditional academic setting.​​

​The GSMM Camp operates hand in hand with the annual Mathematical Problems in Industry Workshop. The Camp runs during the week prior to the Workshop and the students and mentors are encouraged to attend the Workshop as well. Thus, the GSMM Camp provides an additional problem-solving experience for students as a warm-up prior to the Workshop. Funding is available so that most students accepted to the program will be reimbursed for reasonable travel and local expenses for both the Camp and MPI.​

The GSMM Camp is an informal problem-solving workshop. On the first day of the Camp, the invited faculty mentors will present problems to the whole group. These problems, spanning a wide range of topics, are chosen to exercise and enhance the problem-solving ski​lls of the attending graduate students. After the initial problem presentations, the graduate students break up into small groups, according to each student's problem preference, to work in teams with the help of the faculty mentors. Work on the problems proceeds in an informal setting for the remainder of the Camp. On the last day, summary presentations highlighting the work done are given by student representatives from each team.

All activities of the Camp take place on the campus of University of Delaware. Lodging for visiting graduate students will be provided in university housing (dorms/suites) and meals will be provided for all students and mentors. During the Camp, students and mentors will have access to campus computing, library and recreational facilities. ​​

​Further information about the Camp is available by clicking on the GSMMC conference links at left. In particular, there is information for interested students and their faculty advisors, and application information for students to apply to the program.​​

Students participating in the GSMM Camp and MPI Workshop are supported by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) through the James Crowley Fund for Student Support. We also thank UD’s Department of Mathematical Sciences and College of Arts and Sciences for their generous support. ​​

This conference is supported in part by the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) through its Participating Institution (PI) Program. PI members may use IMA/PI funds to support personnel’s travel to this conference.​

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