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SUMMER MATHEMATICS INSTITUTE

For Bright And Gifted Pre-College Students

OAKLAND UNIVERSITY

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

The Summer Mathematics Institute is a free opportunity for bright and gifted pre-college students to interact with university faculty and each other, to take some challenging math classes that earn college credit, and have fun in an academic atmosphere.

The Institute runs approximately from late June through the first week of August each summer. Students are encouraged to apply early (before the deadline of mid-May). If you are interested in applying, you may request an application by sending an email to echeng@oakland.edu, or by contacting the Institute at the following address and phone number:

Summer Mathematics Institute
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Oakland University
Rochester, MI 48309-4485
Phone: (248) 370-3430; FAX: (248) 370-4184

Further information:

The PHILOSOPHY of the Institute.
The COST ($0) to the student.
The Summer Institute 2000 Website
The Summer Institute 2001 Website
The Summer Institute 2002 Website
The Summer Institute 2003 Website
The Summer Institute 2004 Website
The Summer Institute 2005 Website
The Summer Institute 2006 Website
The Summer Institute 2007 Website
The Summer Institute 2008 Website

The Institute DIRECTOR:
Dr. Eddie Cheng is Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Oakland University. He joined the faculty of Oakland University in 1997. He graduated with a B.Sc. (Hons.) from Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada) in 1988. During the summer of 1988, he worked as a research assistant in the Department of National Defence in British Columbia. For his graduate studies, he earned his M.Math. in 1990 and Ph.D. in Combinatorics and Optimization from the University of Waterloo (Canada) in 1995. From 1995 to 1997, he was a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow and part-time lecturer in the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University. He is currently the Director of the Michigan Mathematics Prize Competition (MMPC). He served as a member of the examination committee from 2000 to 2004. MMPC is a state-wide competition given every year to thousands of high school students in Michigan. He is also a member of the editorial board and an associate editor of the journal Networks. Networks publishes material on the modelling of problems using networks, the analysis of network problems, the design of computationally efficient network algorithms, and innovative case studies of successful network applications. His research interests include combinatorial optimization, integer programming and network analysis. He has authored and coauthored about 45 research papers. He is the recipient of the 2007 Mathematical Association of America (Michigan Section) Distinguished Teaching Award.

The Institute PAST DIRECTOR:
Dr. Marc Lipman served as the director from 1997 to 2002. During this time he was Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Oakland University. He graduated from Lake Forest College in 1971 with a double major in Mathematics and Physics. He earned his Ph.D. from Dartmouth College in 1976. From 1976 to 1989, he was a faculty member at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. During this time, he spent 1980-1981 at the Naval Research Laboratoty in Washington, D.C.. From 1989 to 1997, he was the scientific officer in charge of the four million dollar Discrete Mathematics program at the Office of Naval Research. His research interests include interconnection networks, communication network topology and sphere-of-influence graphs. He has authored and coauthored over 50 research papers. Among other things, he's taught at STAR, the residential summer camp for bright and gifted students at Purdue University. He left Oakland University to be the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at IUPU Fort Wayne.

The Institute PAST DIRECTOR:
Dr. James H. McKay was the first director (1996-1997) of the institute. He was also the chair of the department in the 1990's. He retired in 1997.

Courses offered in the past