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

两个越来越重要的国家领域，即信息保障和计算科学，是休斯顿大学计算机科学系本科生研究经验（REU）网站的焦点。每年将从提供有限研究机会的机构中招募10名学生。重点将放在吸引科学和工程学代表性不足的群体。该计划强调引导非传统的学生进入研究，加强他们对计算机科学的兴趣，并为他们准备研究生院。具体的计划目标是：1）通过有意义的本科生参与强有力的研究项目，为学生提供发展科研能力的机会; 2）使学生能够与导师合作，在暑期课程和后续互动中产生研究成果，这些成果将以会议或期刊出版可接受的格式撰写;及3）透过持续的接触、参与研究及介绍研究成果，协助参加者在暑期结束后，维持及提高对研究事业的兴趣。这些活动将与适合不同群体的本科生的社会活动相结合，并与职业发展研讨会，计算机科学伦理，文献检索方法以及与研究生院相关问题的实用建议相结合，促进学生的专业发展，从而使他们在休斯顿大学度过的10周之外产生持久的影响。这个项目的更广泛的影响来自于积极招募10名大学生，少数民族入学率高的大学和提供有限研究机会的大学。这些机构中的许多有才华的学生不知道研究职业的可能性，或者缺乏第一手探索的机会。重点是吸引代表性不足的少数民族和女性，这一群体在计算机科学领域的代表性越来越不足。该计划应该吸引新的，非传统的学生进入研究，加强他们对计算机科学的兴趣，保留这些学生在他们的学术课程，并为他们准备研究生院。休斯顿大学是一所综合性研究型大学，也是美国种族最多元化的大学之一。这个REU网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作支持。

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.