Timeline for Research Experience for Undergraduates: Summer Programs
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| Jan 8, 2011 at 22:53 | comment | added | Rod Carvalho | The international students I knew who SURF'ed at Caltech were mostly working for big projects such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), or the DARPA Grand Challenge robotic vehicle. These projects have generous funding. Moreover, students did mostly development (building things, modeling things, programming, testing), NOT theoretical research. I remember that there was a promising and very young math undergrad from Hong Kong working on Group Theory, but he was the exception. | |
| Jan 8, 2011 at 17:31 | comment | added | Igor Belegradek | @Scott, while the rules at surf.caltech.edu/applicants/eligibility.html seem to allow non-Caltech math students to participate in SURF, in practice there seem to be a funding problem that prevents it. My info comes from a Caltech professor, and I do not have first hand knowledge of the matter. I would be very curious to know the true state of affairs. | |
| Jan 8, 2011 at 16:22 | comment | added | Max Lonysa Muller | (Just like the American applicants) once elected. (by the way, text between the stars (*) in the previous comment was meant to be in italics.) | |
| Jan 8, 2011 at 16:20 | comment | added | Max Lonysa Muller | @Rod: I e-mailed the program committee on the kind of mathematics is done at the program. I received a response from Stefanie Garcia, who told me, amongst other things, the following: *..."When the time comes for you to apply, you must independently research various professors’ websites here at Caltech and contact those who are would be most interested in working with. Therefore, your SURF can be in whatever area of Mathematics your potential SURF mentor works in. ... " * The nice thing about SURF is that it's not only open to non-Americans, but also that you're given stipends ... | |
| Nov 19, 2010 at 7:28 | history | edited | Rod Carvalho | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Nov 19, 2010 at 6:59 | comment | added | Rod Carvalho | Thanks for correcting me. I edited the post and removed the innacurate comment. Not having done my undergrad in the U.S., I should not have commented on what I have no direct experience of. Having said that, the point I was trying to make is that Caltech SURF is open to students at non-American universities, which seems to be what Sune was looking for. | |
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| Nov 19, 2010 at 3:01 | comment | added | S. Carnahan♦ | I believe the perception you expressed in the first paragraph is quite wrong. In fact, the main reason REUs are listed on a web site is so students from other schools can apply to them! | |
| Nov 18, 2010 at 23:29 | comment | added | Willie Wong | I am not sure if the REU portrayal is accurate about "aimed at the given University's students". The REUs may have a preference for American students in general because they are often funded by the NSF, and can therefore only accommodate limited number of overseas applicants. | |
| Nov 18, 2010 at 23:00 | history | answered | Rod Carvalho | CC BY-SA 2.5 |