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The widespread penetration of mathematics into almost every area
of science and technology has vastly expanded the opportunities
available to  mathematicians,
both in traditional areas of pure and applied research and in emerging
interdisciplinary areas. The UCLA Vigre Program will seek to create
an environment in which students and post-docs can explore and participate
in these important mathematical developments. Building on the strength
of existing UCLA programs, we will introduce new initiatives that
will broadly impact the department at both structural and cultural
levels.
The overall goals are to:
- encourage interaction between faculty, postdocs, graduate students
and undergraduates
- enhance the already close cooperation at UCLA between pure
and applied mathematics
- facilitate interaction between mathematics and other sciences
To accomplish this, the Department of Mathematics will take advantage
of its position as a major research center, its excellent faculty,
and its large and wide-ranging graduate and undergraduate programs.
The new national Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM),
located nearby on the UCLA campus will also provide an exciting focus
for VIGRE-related interdisciplinary activities. 
Vertical integration and broadening will be enhanced through the
following initiatives:
- Research clusters,
in both traditional and emerging areas, via participating seminars
and group projects to achieve vertical integration and to involve
graduate students and advanced undergraduates in research as early
as possible.
- Lecture series
will introduce a broad spectrum of research to students.
- Strengthening of our on-going internships with industry and
government laboratories.
The UCLA VIGRE Program has three major components: postdoctoral, graduate,
and undergraduate.
- Post-Doctoral:
VIGRE Post-doctoral Fellows will play a pivotal role in our integration
efforts. They will form a link in the research interaction between
faculty and students via participation in research clusters.
- Graduate:
At the graduate level, various programs will help graduate students
to progress more rapidly from classroom learning to active participation
in research and to become more effective teachers.
- Undergraduate:
At the undergraduate level, our goal is to attract more students
into the mathematical sciences broadly construed. The following
programs will enhance recruitment of undergraduates, enrich their
educational experience, and allow them to make contact with mathematical
research in the junior and senior years.
These new programs will be closely integrated with existing departmental
activities. Together, they will create an exciting and enriching
educational and scientific environment which will provide a broad
mathematical culture and an early entrance into a wide variety of
research areas.
VIGRE programs and activities are organized by the VIGRE Committee:
Article on the VIGRE program:
Mathematics:
NSF Moves With VIGRE to Force Changes in Academia, Science Magazine,
vol. 296, May 24, 2002, p. 1389-1390. Includes interview past
UCLA Mathematics VIGRE Assistant Professor, Skip Garibaldi.
http://www.math.ucla.edu/vigre
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