REUMass: A Summer Computing Research Experience for Undergraduates

马萨诸塞州阿默斯特大学计算机科学系正在主持REUMass：本科生夏季计算研究经验的指导下，教授W。理查兹（里克）阿德里安和项目经理温迪库珀。该计划正在与英联邦信息技术教育联盟（CAITE）-一个CISE扩大参与计算联盟，总部设在马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校-和其他合作伙伴，包括其他NSF BPC联盟，如ACCESS，CRA/CDC，CCCE，NCWIT，ELA和格鲁吉亚计算; NSF扩大参与计划，包括NE-LSAMP，UM-LSAMP和NEAGEP;以及其他马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校REU网站。REUMAS的合作伙伴提供了一个机会，可以广泛撒网，让不同的学生获得积极的研究经验，我们希望这将增加进入研究生课程和研究职业的学生数量，特别是那些以前没有机会的学生。学生将有机会与麻省大学阿默斯特分校的主要研究人员一起研究重要的科学问题。我们选择的项目强调基础计算机科学如何实现广泛的IT应用。它们显示了CS的广泛机会，并已被证明对我们的目标受众具有吸引力。每年春季，9名学生将被邀请参加为期10周的暑期课程。他们将被分配成对或三人一组的一系列研究项目在一些学科-健康，政府，生物科学，交通，社会，教育等学生将参加一些技术活动，包括讲习班，研讨会，实地考察，并已被证明成功地创造了密切和持续的关系，在每年的队列参与者的社会活动。我们致力于不断改进网站程序帮助REU学生在他们的研究取得成功，并获得更广泛的视野的挑战和计算研究的回报。

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is hosting REUMass: A Summer Computing Research Experience for Undergraduates under the direction of Professor W. Richards (Rick) Adrion and Project Manager Wendy Cooper. This Program is cooperating with the Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE) - a CISE Broadening Participation in Computing Alliance based at UMass Amherst - and other partners, including other NSF BPC Alliances, such as ACCESS, CRA/CDC, CCCE, NCWIT, ELA and Georgia Computes; NSF Broadening Participation Programs, including NE-LSAMP, UM-LSAMP, and NEAGEP; and other UMass Amherst REU Sites. The REUMass partners provide an opportunity to cast a wide net and bring a diverse set of students into positive research experiences that we hope will increase the number of students entering graduate programs and research careers, particularly those who previously would not have had that opportunity. REUMass students will have the opportunity to work with leading UMass Amherst researchers on important scientific problems. Our selected projects emphasize how fundamental computer science enables a broad set of IT applications. They show the breadth of opportunities in CS and have proved to be attractive to our target audience. Each spring 9 students will be invited for a 10-week summer program. They will be assigned in pairs or triples to a range of research projects within a number of disciplines - health, government, biosciences, transportation, society, education, etc. Students will participate in a number of technical activities including workshops, seminars, and field trips, and social activities that have proved successful in creating a close and sustained relationship among the participants in each year's cohort. Our commitment to continuously improving the Site programs helps REU students achieve success in their research and obtain a broader view of the challenges and rewards of computing research.