REU Site: Computing Research for Undergraduates: Visualization, Virtual Environments, Gaming, and Networking

该项目的目标是通过提供全年的研究体验，让本科生沉浸在研究实验室的活动和文化中，从而扩大对计算机博士项目的参与。这些活动包括暑期研究体验和学年体验，向学生介绍计算研究方法和广泛的计算研究学科。学生将得到同行和教师导师的支持。学生将参加GRE预备课程，并将向他们展示如何申请并成功进入高等师范学校。目标学生参与者是女性和代表不足的少数族裔学生，他们是新兴的大三学生，主要来自非博士院校。预期的影响是，大量的REU学生将申请计算机博士课程。NTELLECTUAL功绩项目的优点在于参与REU站点的本科生将对计算研究做出的贡献。此外，项目评估将通过展示REU站点结构的成功和挑战来吸引本科生攻读博士项目，从而激励学生申请计算机博士项目。BROADER影响PI预计，来自计算机领域未被充分代表的人群的学生将会增加，他们成功地参与了研究，申请并被计算机研究生项目录取。

SummaryThe project objectives are to broaden participation in computing doctoralprograms by providing a year-round research experience that will immerseundergraduates into the activities and culture of a research lab. The activitiesinclude a summer research experience and an academic year experienceintroducing students to computing research methodologies and a broad array ofcomputing research disciplines. Students will receive support from peer and faculty mentors. Students willtake a GRE prep course and will be shown how to apply to and succeed ingraduate school. The targeted student participants are women andunderrepresented minority students who are rising juniors,predominantly from non-doctoral institutions. The intended impact is that a highnumber of REU students will apply to computing doctoral programs.NTELLECTURAL MERIT Project merit resides in the contributions to computing research that will beproduced by the undergraduate students participating in the REU Site.Additionally, the program evaluation will inform efforts to recruit undergraduate students to doctoral programs by demonstrating the success and challenges of thisREU Site structure for motivating students to apply to doctoral programs in computing.BROADER IMPACT The PIs anticipate increased numbers of students from underrepresented populations incomputing who successfully participate in research and who apply to and are accepted into graduate programs in computing.