Some Undergrad Opportunites
Culled from occasional notifications, as I receive them
- Statistics and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) Workshops
Dates: Workshops on different topics are held on various days throughout
February, March, April, May, June, and August.
SAMSI is a partnership of Duke University, North Carolina State
University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the
National Institute of Statistical Sciences, and is part of a division of
the National Science Foundation. The workshops are a fun and educational
opportunity for Stats and Econ/Stats majors. SAMSI will reimburse
appropriate travel expenses as well as provide food and lodging.
Admissions are rolling and fill early, so APPLY NOW to have a chance to
get a spot.
- CMU Heinz College IT Lab Summer Internship
Deadline: March 31.
A paid ($3,500) summer internship program, through Carnegie Mellon
University's H. John Heinz III College and its School of Information
Systems and Management. The internship is limited to rising seniors
at CMU, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Trinity College, and Emory
University. This program is designed for U.S. citizens pursuing STEM-related
undergraduate degrees such as computer science, engineering, math, physics,
information technology, or business information systems.
- Paid Internship at Pittsburgh Management Science Associates
Pittsburgh's Management Science Associates is looking to hire an intern with
knowledge of "agent based models" (social network models) for their Digital
Media Analytics Group. They are particularly interested in applications from CMU.
- CMU Department of Statistics Funded Undergrad Research
Projects.
Application Deadline: May 1, but rolling review of applications as they are received, beginning March 1.
This summer (2013) the Department of Statistics will be providing
financial support for several undergraduates to engage in statistical
research projects. The primary source of funding will be the National
Science Foundation which requires that those supported students be US
citizens or permanent residents. We expect that there may be additional
funds which could be used to support a very small number of students who
do not meet this criterion. Some of the NSF funds are earmarked for
under-represented minority students and cannot be used to pay
non-minority students.
The department has other research opportunities such as independent studies for credit (which can be taken
during the summer) and 36-490, our Spring undergraduate research course.
Additionally, some students may be accepted for research projects with no
financial support and no academic credit.
There are a number of
additional restrictions for the students who receive funds:
- They must spend at least ten weeks during the summer working
full-time (37.5 hours per week) on their project.
- Generally, they cannot be involved in other activities which require a significant amount
of their time (e.g., enrollment in summer course work, family vacation
for the month of July, part-time jobs elsewhere on campus, etc.). Exceptions to these conditions may be granted in special cases.
The department has other research opportunities such as independent studies
for credit (which can be taken during the summer) and 36-490, our Spring
undergraduate research course. Additionally, some students may be accepted
for research projects with no financial support and no academic credit.
The research projects and the faculty mentors vary widely. Interested
students are encouraged to meet with Professor William Eddy to discuss
the currently available projects and the particular interests of the
student. Many of the projects involve collaboration with other
departments on campus.
Aplications will be reviewed beginning March 1 so early applications
necessarily receive more careful consideration. All interested student
should submit the following information to Ken Pawlik (Baker 132A or
kpawlik@stat.cmu.edu) no later than the May 1 deadline:
- Name
- Major(s)
- Expected Graduation Date
- Names of two faculty references (and your relationship to them)
- A brief (0.5 to 1 page) synopsis of why you're interested in research within
our department.
- Please also include your programming experience and your current
plans/thoughts for after graduation.
- Hack NY Summer 2013 Fellows
Program
Deadline: Rolling admissions.
Hack NY is a computer-programming oriented paid summer internship
at a startup company (organized by faculty from Columbia and NYU, and
advised by academics, technologists, and entrepreneurs). The key
criteria for eligibility are strong ability to code and enjoyment of
building. There is no requirement regarding major, and previous students
have included undergraduates, graduating seniors, MS and MFA students,
and PhD students. These students have worked on front-end web
development, back-end software engineering, data science and machine
learning, and design and UX/UI. At the end of the 10-week program,
students have the option to present their work --- either work performed
with their host startups or projects on which the students have worked
individually.
- MAXIMA Summer Research in Interdisciplinary Mathematics
Deadline: February 22. DEADLINE PASSED
A six-week, National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Research Experience for Undergrads (REU) in applied mathematics, hosted at the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) at the Twin Cities campus of the
University of Minnesota (UMN).
- U.S.
Department of Homeland Security Summer Internship
Application
Deadline: Tuesday,
January 15, 2013.
DEADLINE PASSED
A ten-week summer internship for undergrad Sophomores
or higher (and must be U.S. citizen) in a Science, Engineering,
Technology, or Mathematical (STEM) field with
specific application to Homeland Security (including data visualization,
comp sci, bio, and others).
- Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) Summer Research Initiative (SRI) at University of Maryland
Deadline for application: Feb 15, 2013.DEADLINE PASSED
- Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan) Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in Computational
Mathematics.
Application Deadline: Feb 15, 2013.DEADLINE PASSED
This NSF funded summer program is at Oakland University in Rochester,
Michigan. Women are particularly encouraged to apply. The dates are May 6
to July 5. They offer a stipend of $3200 in addition to housing on campus
and some travel money to help you get to Oakland and back home. They also
will pay for one conference registration to present a paper if your paper is
accepted.
- The Google Anita Borg $10,000 Scholarship for Women.
Application Deadline: Monday, Feb 18, 2013.DEADLINE PASSED
A $10,000 scholarship for female students who will be entering their senior year of undergaduate study (or who will be enrolled in a graduate program) in the 2013-2014 academic year, and in a Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or closely-related technical field. Must have at least a 3.5 GPA.
A few other catalogues of Undergrad Resources:
Some Perspectives on Modern Applied Statistics:
- Microstates
to Macrodynamics, a narrative reserach proposal from Biologist Simon Levin of Princeton
"In a sense, stochasticity is embedded in the
foundations of multiscale biology and may require concomitant work on
novel formulations of appropriate mathematics." (page 2)
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