Sponsoring a Math Clinic
Go through the materials here, especially the
Introduction, which begins with the Math Clinic Concept. Please
feel free to examine our
previous clinics, which indicates the breadth of our faculty.
Note that each Clinic produces a report, which goes to the sponsor. This is
only the minimal requirement, and most of our clinics have produced other
products, such as software (generally, prototypical, rather than production
quality).
Please bear in mind that clinics are not intended to compete with
the private sector for providing consulting services. Instead, we offer a
complementary service that fits with our primary goal: to educate the
student.
As a sponsor, you provide not only the funds to support a graduate student
assistant, but also you provide knowledge about your problem, or problem
area, that you can describe to our students and the teacher. Such
involvement is typical and strengthens the Clinic's benefit to all parties.
In general, you would be expected to name a technical contact with whom the
Clinic teacher and students can interact. Subject to scheduling
considerations, the technical person (perhaps others) will come to the
class. In the past, this has been done at least three times: (1) within
the first 2-3 weeks to describe elements of the problem; (2) about mid-term
to answer questions and hear what the students are doing and give them
feedback; (3) the last week of the semester to hear what was done.
In addition to the technical services, Clinic sponorship offers benefits
that accrue with establishing contact with an on-going research environment.
You will have access to faculty and students to discuss problems, including
some brainstroming sessions. Such access has proven beneficial to our
previous Clinic sponsors, and you can feel free to contact them if you wish.
A third benefit from Clinic sponsorship is getting to know some students
whom you might consider hiring. Rather than just a resume and brief
interview, you will have an opportunity to examine the quality of work our
students perform. Further, each student would become familiar with at least
one of your problems, so it becomes less risky for everyone to decide
whether there is a match for longterm employment.
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