REU Site in Computer Systems

REU 计算机系统站点

• 批准号: 1359170
• 负责人: Zachary Dodds
• 金额: $ 35.81万
• 依托单位: Harvey Mudd College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-03-01 至 2018-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1359170&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Computer; Systems

This funding renews a Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) site at Harvey Mudd College. The site brings 10 undergraduates in order to engage them in research and encourage graduate study in computer science. The intellectual focus of the site is research in computer systems. The program provides a microcosm of the graduate experience through four broadly-scoped systems projects. Students have a chance to gain experience in all aspects of the research process, including its social aspects. The site focuses on recruiting a sufficiently diverse pool of students, including women and underrepresented minorities.The intellectual merit of the proposal rests with the leadership of an experienced team of mentors with excellent expertise and experience in the research areas. The site focuses on four main projects. The first project develops algorithms for estimating cophylogenetic trees based on biological host/parasite data. Students' work is encapsulated in a software package named Jane, currently in use by dozens of biology research groups. The second effort investigates approaches for automatic synthesis of music scores, furthering our understanding of computational music research. It leverages the Impro-Visor software, which has many thousands of users. The third project explores program analyses to support new, accessible domain-specific languages, secure information flow in industry-standard languages such as Javascript, and visualization tools for both sides of that programming spectrum. The fourth project tests machine-learning and computer vision-based algorithms that improve the state-of-the-art of performance of low-cost robots, such as sub-$300 quadcopters and laser-guided wheeled platforms.The broader impacts include the site's emphasis on the broad human and research impacts of pursuing computer science at the graduate level -- especially for participants who had not previously considered graduate work. Challenging research problems prompt students' guided development of research skills: investigation, presentation, and publication. One-on-one introductions by advisors transition to student-led talks and culminate with publications and conference experiences during or after the summer. The program's most important impact is its cultivation of the next generation of creative and enthusiastic computer science researchers. The evaluation plan and the student research artifact archiving plan should contribute to educational research on effective structures for involving undergraduate students in research.

这笔资金更新了哈维马德学院的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。该网站带来了10名本科生，目的是让他们参与研究，并鼓励研究生学习计算机科学。该网站的智力重点是计算机系统的研究。该计划通过四个范围广泛的系统项目提供了毕业生经验的缩影。学生有机会在研究过程的各个方面获得经验，包括其社会方面。该网站的重点是招收足够多样化的学生，包括女性和代表性不足的少数族裔。该提案的智力价值取决于在研究领域具有出色专业知识和经验的经验丰富的导师团队的领导。该网站主要关注四个主要项目。第一个项目开发基于生物宿主/寄生虫数据估计共进化树的算法。学生们的作业被封装在一个名为Jane的软件包中，目前有几十个生物学研究小组在使用这个软件包。第二部分研究了自动合成乐谱的方法，进一步加深了我们对计算音乐研究的理解。它利用了拥有成千上万用户的Impro-Visor软件。第三个项目探索程序分析，以支持新的、可访问的特定于领域的语言，用行业标准语言（如Javascript）保护信息流，以及为编程谱的两边提供可视化工具。第四个项目测试机器学习和基于计算机视觉的算法，以提高低成本机器人的性能，如低于300美元的四轴飞行器和激光制导轮式平台。更广泛的影响包括该网站强调在研究生阶段学习计算机科学对人类和研究的广泛影响——特别是对那些以前没有考虑过研究生工作的参与者。具有挑战性的研究问题促使学生引导研究技能的发展：调查，报告和出版。顾问一对一的介绍过渡到学生主导的会谈，并在夏季期间或之后以出版物和会议经验告终。该项目最重要的影响是培养了下一代富有创造力和热情的计算机科学研究人员。评估计划和学生研究工件存档计划应有助于构建有效的大学生参与研究结构的教育研究。