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Harvey Mudd College REU将10名本科生带到克莱蒙，以便让他们参与研究并鼓励计算机科学的研究生学习。该计划通过一套广泛的系统保护伞下的四个项目提供了研究生经验的缩影。第一个开发算法估计cophylogenetic树的基础上生物宿主/寄生虫数据。学生们的算法已经被封装在一个名为Jane的软件包中，目前有几个生物研究小组在使用。第二项工作是研究自动创建和帮助人类创建爵士乐的方法。它的Impro-visor软件拥有数千名用户，支持爵士乐和计算音乐社区。第三个项目在垃圾收集计算机语言（如Java）中创建高效的内存管理算法，第四个项目测试机器学习和基于计算机视觉的算法，这些算法可以提高低成本机器人平台（如iRobot Create）的最新性能。除了这四个项目在各自专业领域的贡献外，REU的环境强调了在研究生阶段追求CS的好处，对于那些以前没有考虑过研究生工作的参与者来说。发现研究问题促使学生指导研究技能的发展：调查，演讲和出版。由顾问介绍过渡到学生主导的会谈，并在夏季或之后的出版物和会议经验达到高潮。 虽然为REU参与者的学术贡献感到自豪，但该计划最重要的影响在于培养下一代CS研究人员。

The Harvey Mudd College REU brings 10 undergraduates to Claremont in order to engage them in research and encourage graduate study in computer science. The program provides a microcosm of the graduate experience through a set of four projects under a broadly-scoped systems umbrella. The first develops algorithms for estimating cophylogenetic trees based on biological host/parasite data. Students' algorithms have been encapsulated in a software package named Jane, currently in use by several biological research groups. The second effort investigates approaches for automatically creating - and helping humans create - jazz. Its Impro-visor software has thousands of users and supports both the jazz and computational music communities. The third project creates efficient algorithms for memory management within garbage-collected computer languages such as Java, and the fourth project tests machine-learning and computer-vision-based algorithms that improve the state-of-the-art of performance of low-cost robot platforms, such as the iRobot Create.In addition to the contributions of these four projects within each of their domains of specialization, the REU's environment emphasizes the benefits of pursuing CS at the graduate level for participants who had not previously considered graduate work. Challenging research problems prompt students' guided development of research skills: investigation, presentation, and publication. Introductions by advisors transition into student-led talks and culminate with publications and conference experiences during or after the summer. Although proud of the academic contributions of the REU participants, the program's most important impact lies in its cultivation of the next generation of CS researchers.