SCI: REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experience in Computational Science and Cybersecurity

休斯顿大学计算机科学系的本科生研究体验(REU)网站的焦点是两个日益重要的国家领域，即信息保障和计算科学。每年，将从提供有限研究机会的机构中招聘10名学生。重点将放在吸引科学和工程领域代表性不足的群体上。该计划强调引导非传统学生从事研究，增强他们对计算机科学的兴趣，并为他们进入研究生院做好准备。具体的计划目标是：1)通过有意义的本科生参与强大的研究项目，为学生提供发展科学研究能力的机会；2)使学生能够与导师合作，在暑期项目和后续互动中产生研究成果，并以会议或期刊可以接受的格式撰写；以及3)通过持续接触和参与研究以及展示研究结果，帮助参与者在校园暑期后保持并提高他们对研究事业的兴趣。这些活动将与适合不同本科生群体的社会活动相结合，并与关于职业发展、计算机科学伦理、文献检索方法以及与研究生相关问题的实用建议的研讨会相结合，这些活动促进了学生的专业发展，从而在他们在休斯顿大学度过的10周后产生了持久的影响。该项目的更广泛影响来自积极从少数族裔入学率高和研究机会有限的高校招收10名学生。在这些机构中，许多有才华的学生没有意识到从事研究工作的可能性，或者缺乏直接探索这些机会的机会。重点是吸引代表性不足的少数族裔和女性，这一群体在计算机科学中的代表性越来越低。该计划应该吸引新的、非传统的学生进入研究领域，增强他们对计算机科学的兴趣，留住这些学生的学术课程，并为他们进入研究生院做好准备。休斯顿大学是一所综合性研究型大学，也是美国种族多元化程度最高的大学之一。这个REU网站是由国防部与NSF REU计划合作支持的。

Two areas of increasing national importance, namely Information Assurance and Computational Science, are the foci of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Houston. Each year, ten students will be recruited from institutions that offer limited research opportunities. Emphasis will be placed on attracting underrepresented groups in Science and Engineering. The program emphasizes steering non-traditional students into research, reinforcing their interest in computer science, and preparing them for graduate school. The specific program objectives are to: 1) provide students the opportunity to develop competency in scientific research through meaningful undergraduate involvement in strong research projects; 2) enable students, in collaboration with mentors, to produce research results during their summer program and follow-up interactions, which will be written up in a format acceptable for conference or journal publication; and 3) help participants sustain and increase their interest in research careers after their on-campus summer, through continuing contacts and research participation as well as presentation of research results. These activities will be integrated with social activities appropriate for a diverse group of undergraduates and with seminars on career development, ethics in computer science, methods of literature search, and practical advice on questions related to graduate school, which foster the professional development of the students, thereby making a lasting impact beyond the 10 weeks they spend at the University of Houston.The broader impacts of this project derive from actively recruiting ten students from colleges and universities with high minority enrollment and those that offer limited research opportunities. Many talented students in such institutions are unaware of the possibilities for a research career or lack accessible opportunities to explore them first hand. Emphasis is on attracting underrepresented minorities and females, a cohort increasingly underrepresented in computer science. The program should attract new, non-traditional students into research, reinforce their interest in computer science, retain these students in their academic programs, and prepare them for graduate school. The University of Houston is a comprehensive research university and one of the most ethnically diversified in the nation. This REU site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.