REU Sites: Research Experiences For Undergraduates in Virtual Reality, Robotics and Visualization

标题：REU网站：本科生在虚拟现实、机器人学和可视化方面的研究经验PI：Sharon Stansfield机构：Ithaca学院这个项目的目标是鼓励注册在非研究型大学和主要是本科生机构的学生在计算机科学领域进行研究生学习和研究。为期八周的暑期项目为学生提供了一个研究项目的机会，让他们有机会与自己的研究团队(由一名教师导师领导)以及其他学科的研究人员合作，体验“真实世界”的合作体验。这些研究项目包括开发虚拟现实软件，用于教育、治疗和人类运动控制的基础研究；探索机器人作为帮助残疾人和老年人的辅助技术；以及三维分形树的分析和可视化，着眼于将其用作生物、经济、医学等学科的建模工具。除了从事研究项目本身，该项目的学生还参加许多其他活动，旨在提供有助于他们追求技术职业生涯的信息和经验。这些活动包括在项目中期提出他们的项目的口头提案，并通过邀请学术界成员参加的最后一次海报会议来传播结果。还鼓励参与者在节目结束后在其他场所展示他们的作品。其他活动包括关于选择和申请研究生院、研究方法和使用图书馆研究数据库的演讲。还安排了教职员工和其他人以研究为导向的演讲和演示。该计划将鼓励不同的本科生群体考虑进入研究生院并开始研究职业生涯。这解决了吸引不同群体的学生从事以研究为导向的科学职业的重要国家需求。

Title: REU Site: Research Experiences For Undergraduates in Virtual Reality, Robotics and VisualizationPI: Sharon Stansfieldinstitution: Ithaca CollegeThe goal of this program is to encourage students enrolled at non-research universities and primarily undergraduate institutions to pursue graduate study and research careers in Computer Science. The eight week summer program provides an opportunity for students to work on research projects that give them the "real world" experience of working in collaboration with their own research team (led by a faculty mentor,) as well as with researchers from other disciplines. The research projects include developing virtual reality software for education, therapy, and basic research into human motor control; exploring robotics as an assistive technology to aid the disabled and elderly; and analysis and visualization of three-dimensional fractal trees, with an eye toward their use as a modeling tool within disciplines such as biology, economics, medicine. In addition to working on the research project itself, students in the program participate in a number of other activities aimed at providing information and experiences that will be helpful in their pursuit of technical careers. These activities include presenting an oral proposal for their project toward the middle of the program and disseminating results through a final poster session to which members of the academic community are invited. Participants are also encouraged to present their work at other venues after the program ends. Other activities include presentations on choosing and applying to graduate school, research methods, and using library research databases. Research-oriented presentations and demonstrations by faculty and others are also scheduled. The program will encourage a diverse group of undergraduates to consider attending graduate school and embarking on research careers. This addresses the important national need of attracting a diverse group of students to research-oriented science careers.