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Undergraduate Research Opportunities
The Department of Computer Science provides an unparalleled research environment, with award-winning faculty who are pivotal contributors to the field and who welcome students into their labs. As a student here, you get the best that a distinguished faculty in a research institution can offer: exposure to cutting-edge and path-breaking research, and teachers who bring their enthusiasm and deep knowledge into your daily classroom. For current research opportunities see undergraduate research on the undergraduate programs wiki. What students have to say about their research experiences:
"I totally changed my view of what "work" really was. In class, you are generally assigned some contrived problem designed to show you know some classic algorithm. On Luddy's team, he gives you a problem which you most likely have no clue how to do and are expected to solve it... Some time ago I had to write a parallel simulator to simulate message traffic across a carrier board. I had no idea how to do it. At some point I asked Luddy how people go about writing such project they have no idea how to do. His response was "I have smart students." So of course, now with a response like that, you really better produce. So you just figure it out."
I've worked on two different projects, SEAPort, which is an iconic interface that facilitates collaborative work in a multi-device environment, and TEAM STORM, an application which supports collaborative creative work especially design/drawing work. Doing research has helped me see the connection between what is taught in class and what happens in the real world. I have learned much more about interface design than I may have in my regular coursework."
"I got involved with Professor Sha's research group because I took a class of his, where I was first introduced to real-time systems. I thought he was a phenomenal teacher, and the topic had me very interested. Since joining the group I have come to value his guidance very highly, and I gain a lot just by sitting in each week and participating in discussions. As an introduction to the research process, it has proven invaluable."
"The Autonomous Car project with Prof. Eyal Amir has been a great way for me to extend myself in a new setting. Having a strong interest in system software in a group concentrated on AI, I find that my work has an immediate impact on my colleagues. Right now, I'm working on exchanging messages between AI programs on different machines. As I continue, I see my work expanding into a whole range of special topics. I'm looking forward to fleshing out my own approaches to these open problems."
"I work with Professor Roy Campbell on an embedded virtualization project. When I started in May of my junior year he and I sat down to pick a project that was interesting to both of us. The result has been a tremendous learning experience for me. How often do you get a chance to write low level operating system code (even assembly) for a platform you know nothing about?"
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