AMSSI strongly encourages applications from underrepresented minorities and women and especially students from non-selective and/or non-research colleges or universities.   Please be aware that AMSSI will not be running until further notice and thus applications are not available to submit.


Cal Poly Pomona is located approximately 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles and is in the middle of the greater Los Angeles area. LMU is located approximately 20 miles west of downtown Los Angeles and is just north of the Los Angeles international airport.

Desired academic background of AMSSI students:

• At least one full year of calculus
• Major in mathematics or related field
• Desire to work with quantitative methods and the applications of mathematics

Topics covered in AMSSI 2007:

• Theory and application of linear algebra and finite fields
• Theory and application of probability and statistics
• Theory and application of nonlinear differential and difference equations
• Maple and Matlab computer programs
• LaTeX document processing system