PRIMES: Program for Research in Mathematics, Engineering and Science for High School Students
In mathematics you don't understand things, you just get used to them.
- John von Neumann
MIT PRIMES is a free, year-long after-school research program serving high school students who live within driving distance from Boston. Program participants work with MIT researchers on exciting unsolved problems in mathematics, computer science, and computational biology.
In 2013 PRIMES opened two new sections. PRIMES-USA is a distance mentoring math research section for high school juniors from across the United States. PRIMES Circle is a math enrichment section for sophomores and juniors from public high schools of Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville.
The Third Annual PRIMES Conference
see conference program, abstracts, and slides
Paper based on the PRIMES '2011 project by Aaron Klein has been published by the Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics (May 2013)
Message from PRIMES Chief Research Advisor Pavel Etingof
Welcome to PRIMES!
Mathematics is a unique and wonderful way of life. The goal of PRIMES is to allow high school students to discover the beauty of being a research mathematician, so that more of them choose mathematical research as their profession. In this program you will learn, through a first-hand experience, how mathematicians ask and answer questions, look for patterns and form conjectures, discuss their work and collaborate with each other, read and write mathematical texts, make and correct mistakes, feel frustrated and elated, give talks, and use sophisticated computer systems. You will also be able to discover how mathematics can be applied to real life problems, for example, in molecular biology (in particular, in cancer research). And hopefully you will experience the unforgettable thrill of proving a new theorem or solving a previously unsolved problem! This will develop into a lifelong passion for mathematics. I promise.
We look forward to receiving your application!
For more detail, see
Q&A with the Chief Research Advisor
How to Succeed in Mathematical Research
World-class research … in the 10th grade (MIT News Office)
MIT PRIMES: Priming Talented Teens (Integral 2011, MIT Math Department Newsletter)
PRIMES
opens a new math enrichment section,
PRIMES Circle, dedicated to serving students from urban
public high schools of Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville
See welcome message from PRIMES Circle Program Coordinator, Dr. Chelsea Walton
PRIMES is sponsored by:
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To sustain PRIMES, we need your help! Please choose the designation "PRIMES FUND IN MATHEMATICS (3895820)". We appreciate your support!
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