REU Site: Research Experiences in Computer Science for Students at Undergraduate Institutions

调查人员的主要目标是鼓励有才华的本科生在计算机科学领域继续研究生学习和研究事业。该项目直接影响学生，让他们亲身体验研究生学习和研究职业生涯中一些最有价值的活动：作为团队进行研究，传播结果，并参与学者社区。这些研究项目来自计算机科学的多个重要领域。向学生强调团队合作和参与学术社区的重要性。应该注意的是，所有参加该项目的学生都是在本科院校注册的。因此，该计划将研究经验扩展到没有被大型研究机构注册的学生，因此他们可能没有机会以其他方式参与研究。特定的项目因参与任何一年的教职员工的专业和兴趣而异。项目领域包括笔式计算、计算机支持的协作工作、辅助技术(视障人士的文本导航)、自然语言处理(文本摘要)、函数式编程语言、无线传感器网络、编程教学法和虚拟现实。除了为他们的研究项目提供指导外，教师导师还赞助指导活动，帮助学生理解研究的性质和合作工作的价值。鼓励学生进行正式和非正式的合作。学生们有几次机会向REU的其他参与者以及外部观众展示他们的作品。最后，学生通过参观一所主要的研究型大学来了解研究生院的申请过程。

The primary objective of the investigators is to encourage talented undergraduate students to pursue graduate study and research careers in computer science. The program directly impacts students by giving them first-hand experience with some of the most rewarding activities that characterize graduate study and research careers: conducting research as a team, disseminating results, and participating in a community of scholars. The research projects are drawn from a number of important fields of computer science. The importance of teamwork and participating in a scholarly community is emphasized to the students. It should be noted that all of the student participants in this program are enrolled at undergraduate-only institutions. Thus, the program extends research experiences to students who are not enrolled in large research institutions, and who thus might not have the opportunity to participate in research otherwise.The particular projects vary with the specialties and interests of the faculty members participating in any given year. Project areas include pen-based computing, computer-supported cooperative work, assistive technology (text navigation for the visually impaired), natural language processing (text summarization), functional programming languages, wireless sensor networks, programming pedagogy, and virtual reality. In addition to providing an orientation to their research projects, faculty mentors sponsor orientation activities to help the students appreciate the nature of research and the value of working cooperatively. Students are encouraged to collaborate formally and informally. Students have several opportunities to present their work to other REU participants as well as to external audiences. Finally, students learn about the graduate school application process in part by visiting a major research university.