Some details about the DIMACS REU

  • The dates of the eight-week program are June 9 — August 4.
  • The program will have 11 or 12 students this summer.
  • You will be housed on the Busch Campus of Rutgers University. Your offices, recreational facilities and mentors will all be within walking distance.
  • You will live in two-bedroom apartments with either one or two people per bedroom.
  • The stipend is $2344 for students who wish to have a single room, and $3012 for students who wish to be doubled up.
  • Each apartment will have a kitchen. You will be responsible for cooking your own meals and for eating right.
  • You will have access to all the recreational facilities on all five campuses, including pools, racquetball courts, weight rooms, fitness centers, volleyball courts and tennis courts.
  • Your address will be DIMACS, PO Box 1179, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1179.

    Some activities for your participation

  • We will do whatever necessary so that you can get to religious services if you so desire.
  • We will have occasional meetings where students will take turns giving brief talks summarizing the problems they are pursuing and the results they have gotten so far.
  • We will have several prominent researchers giving talks to our group, open to the public, on subjects related to our research topics.
  • New York City is about an hour away. We will pursue the idea of group trips to the city, if there's any interest.
  • We'll go hiking at least once.


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