REU Site: RE-ICE: Research Experiences in Integrated Computational Entomology

作为加州大学河滨分校（UCR）REU网站计划“综合计算昆虫学研究经验”的参与者，学生在一个活跃的跨学科研究社区中进行为期十周的全职研究。 除了沉浸在研究中，学生开始夏天介绍计算机科学，工程和昆虫学的研究工具在UCR，在那里他们学习计算机科学，数据统计，昆虫学和生物学实验室/实地工作的基本技能。 REU学生由两名教师指导，一名来自计算机科学系，另一名来自昆虫学，生态学或生物学系。 学生们的工作项目，利用计算机的力量来解决昆虫学的问题。 项目的例子包括使用图像/视频对飞虫进行分类，使用传感器量化蜜蜂的觅食行为，以及监测昆虫的声音作为生物多样性和环境健康的衡量标准。加州大学滨江分校是美国少数几所经认证的R1研究密集型大学之一，被指定为西班牙裔服务机构，学生人口包括近30%的西班牙裔和约50%的第一代大学生。 该REU网站计划强调招聘和保留服务不足的少数民族，并提供在公共传播的研究成果的技能。 该项目不仅将每年为10名学生提供STEM研究机会，还将促进整个社区的STEM教育，因为受过大学教育的科学家和工程师人数很少，通过培训学生谁将成为积极参与外展工作，并作为榜样，在这些领域。这个奖项是由先进的网络基础设施司在计算机和信息科学局的支持，工程和生物科学局生物基础设施司。 关于该项目的更多信息可在以下网站查阅：www.cs.ucr.edu/~eamonn/REU/。

As participants in the University of California-Riverside (UCR) REU Site program, 'Research Experiences in Integrated Computational Entomology,' students engage in full-time research for ten weeks in an active interdisciplinary research community. In addition to immersion into research, students begin the summer with an introduction to the research tools of computer science, engineering and entomology at UCR, where they learn basic skills in computer science, data statistics, and lab/field work in entomology and biology. REU students are mentored by two faculty members, one from the Computer Science Department, and one from the departments of Entomology, Ecology or Biology. The students work on projects that leverage the power of computers to solve problems in entomology. Examples of projects include flying insect classification using images/videos, using sensors to quantify the foraging behavior of bees, and monitoring insect sounds as a measure of biodiversity and the health of the environment.UC Riverside is one of a handful of accredited R1 research-intensive universities in the US designated as Hispanic Serving Institutions, with a student population that includes almost 30% Hispanic and approximately 50% first-generation college students. This REU Site program emphasizes recruitment and retention of underserved minorities, and provides skills in public dissemination of research findings. The project will not only provide STEM research opportunities for ten students each year, but will also promote STEM education throughout communities with low numbers of college-educated scientists and engineers, by training students who will become actively engaged in outreach efforts and serve as role models in these fields.This award is supported by the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Division within the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering and the Division of Biological Infrastructure in the Directorate for Biosciences. More information on this project is available at the web site: www.cs.ucr.edu/~eamonn/REU/ .