From the latest tweaks to Facebook’s News Feed algorithm to the optimization of school bus routes, applied math guides decision making in businesses, governments and nonprofits. To better prepare undergraduates studying applied mathematics and graduate students in the Center for Applied Mathematics for diverse career paths outside academia, this project increases students’ exposure to real-world problem solving within the applied mathematics curriculum. Industry and nonprofit partners join students in interactive problem-solving sessions and contribute to the development of a new bank of realistic homework exercises designed to engage and challenge undergraduate and graduate students. In addition, through the Cornell Mathematical Contest in Modeling, an annual community-focused math competition, local partners can get new ideas and potential solutions from the work of student teams.
- Alex Townsend, Department of Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
- Alex Vladimirsky, Department of Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
- Siddhartha Banerjee, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering
College of Engineering
- Elizabeth Wesson, Center for Applied Mathematics
- Alex Townsend, Department of Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
- Alex Vladimirsky, Department of Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
- Siddhartha Banerjee, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering
College of Engineering
- Elizabeth Wesson, Center for Applied Mathematics
Funding teams that are integrating community-engaged learning into new and existing curricula