REU-Site: A Summer Information TEchnology Research Experience for Undergraduates (SITe-REU)

REU-Site：本科生夏季信息技术研究体验 (SITe-REU)

• 批准号: 0755376
• 负责人: W Richards Adrion
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0755376&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Summer; Information; TEchnology

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is hosting a Summer Information Technology Research Experience for Undergraduates (SITe-REU) under the direction of Professor W. Richards (Rick) Adrion. We are recruiting students in community college pathways, i.e., students planning to transfer or who have transferred to 4-year programs. Minorities and women are proportionally better represented in IT associates degree programs than they are in bachelors programs. These students often are the first in their families to attend college, may lack family and community mentoring and role models, frequently are focused on job opportunities, and seldom think about graduate programs or research careers. Reaching out to this diverse student population to attract, retain and nurture them in upper division and graduate programs is the primary goal of our REU Site. We are partnering with three NSF BPC, two LSAMP, and one EGEP alliances and others to cast a wide net and bring a diverse set of students into positive research experiences. Each spring we will select 10 rising juniors or seniors to participate in a 10-week summer research experience. We identified research projects for the students that emphasize fundamental computer science that is core to addressing a broad set of IT challenges. Projects include: Robotics (sensor fusion for manipulation, emergency detection of immanent collision); Bioinformatics and Biocomputing (memory, circadian, or tumor modeling, protein folding, gene regulation); Wireless Networks (the DieselNET location system, database, and diagnostics, the TurtleNET wildlife tracking net); Learning Systems (pedagogical agents for intelligent tutors, jMANIC, Ubiquitous/Auto Presenter); Software engineering (medical error modeling, dispute resolution systems); Security/Privacy (medical Devices, RFIDs); and Data Mining (models for social nets).

马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校计算机科学系正在 W. Richards (Rick) Adrion 教授的指导下举办本科生夏季信息技术研究体验活动 (SITe-REU)。我们正在招收社区大学衔接课程的学生，即计划转学或已转学四年制课程的学生。少数族裔和女性在 IT 副学士学位课程中的比例高于在学士学位课程中的比例。这些学生通常是家里第一个上大学的人，可能缺乏家庭和社区的指导和榜样，经常关注工作机会，很少考虑研究生课程或研究职业。我们 REU 网站的主要目标是接触多元化的学生群体，吸引、留住和培养他们参加高年级和研究生课程。我们正在与三个 NSF BPC、两个 LSAMP 和一个 EGEP 联盟及其他联盟合作，广泛撒网，为不同的学生带来积极的研究体验。每年春天，我们都会选择 10 名即将升入大三或大四的学生参加为期 10 周的夏季研究体验。我们为学生确定了强调基础计算机科学的研究项目，这是解决广泛的 IT 挑战的核心。项目包括： 机器人技术（用于操纵的传感器融合、内在碰撞的紧急检测）；生物信息学和生物计算（记忆、昼夜节律或肿瘤建模、蛋白质折叠、基因调控）；无线网络（DieselNET 定位系统、数据库和诊断、TurtleNET 野生动物跟踪网络）；学习系统（智能导师的教学代理、jMANIC、Ubiquitous/Auto Presenter）；软件工程（医疗错误建模、争议解决系统）；安全/隐私（医疗设备、RFID）；和数据挖掘（社交网络模型）。