Undergraduate research experience in computer science education

GreeningTony,; KayJudy,

doi:10.1145/637610.544459

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“…Undergraduate research experiences have been shown to increase retention and promote critical thinking among students [12,16]. Different approaches for undergraduate research have been reported, including specially designed research courses [7,8,15], REU experiences [14], a virtual lab model [17], a model that integrated students into both small research groups and an encompassing large research group [1,6], and specially designed research programs [12]. Interdisciplinary projects have been shown to be especially beneficial for students [5,6,12].…”

Section: Undergraduate Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Interdisciplinary Collaboration Enhances Education in Both Disciplines and Generates Future Opportunities

Ying

Marshall

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference on Information Technology Education

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Information technology (IT) is an application-oriented discipline. In this paper, we report a successful interdisciplinary collaboration that resulted in improved efficiency of the learning assessment of a chemistry class and helped the participating IT students grow professionally. The success encouraged us to seek more collaborations in the future. During the time when new technologies, such as AI and data mining, become more widely used in businesses and industry, the IT discipline is uniquely positioned to help solve problems that might arise in teaching and learning. The project provides a model based on which we will continue our collaboration through undergraduate research.

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Section: Undergraduate Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Interdisciplinary Collaboration Enhances Education in Both Disciplines and Generates Future Opportunities

Ying

Marshall

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference on Information Technology Education

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“…Previous research has described structuring student research experiences as a course [19], [20], a research-based program aimed at undergraduates [21], and a framework for accommodating undergraduate students in a research group [5], [6]. Researchers have also examined methods for providing students with interdisciplinary research opportunities [8] and for increasing student communication and collaborative skills [7].…”

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Project-based Learning within a Large-Scale Interdisciplinary Research Effort

Margolies¹,

Gorlatova²,

Sarik³

et al. 2014

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The modern engineering landscape increasingly requires a range of skills to successfully integrate complex systems. Project-based learning is used to help students build professional skills. However, it is typically applied to small teams and small efforts. This paper describes an experience in engaging a large number of students in research projects within a multi-year interdisciplinary research effort. The projects expose the students to various disciplines in Computer Science (embedded systems, algorithm design, networking), Electrical Engineering (circuit design, wireless communications, hardware prototyping), and Applied Physics (thin-film battery design, solar cell fabrication). While a student project is usually focused on one discipline area, it requires interaction with at least two other areas. Over 5 years, 180 semester-long projects have been completed. The students were a diverse group of high school, undergraduate, and M.S. Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering students. Some of the approaches that were taken to facilitate student learning are real-world system development constraints, regular cross-group meetings, and extensive involvement of Ph.D. students in student mentorship and knowledge transfer. To assess the approaches, a survey was conducted among the participating students. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the approaches. For example, 70% of the students surveyed indicated that working on their research project improved their ability to function on multidisciplinary teams more than coursework, internships, or any other activity.

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“…Concerning the hands-on experience, it is a well-known practice in universities all-over the world to have undergraduate CS students develop research-related projects, or at least have the senior students participate in the preparation/evaluation of CS courses [8]. Other strategies to implement the hands-on approach include the "Software Factory" [14]: an 8-semester programm simulating a real software organization where CS students put in practice their recently acquired knowledge on software engineering.…”

Section: Computer Science Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating Cyberworlds: Experiences in Computer Science Education

Gutiérrez

Thalmann

Vexo

2004 International Conference on Cyberworlds

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This article shows that the creation of cyberworlds (interactive virtual environments) can be an excellent educational tool covering a wide range of computer science and engineering disciplines. We present the experiences gathered during more than one semester of work with computer science students in the framework of semester projects at the Virtual Reality lab of EPFL. Our objective is to share the lessons learnt by both the students and researchers (project advisors). We describe the projects proposed, the methods applied to help the students reach the objectives, the problems faced during the development work and how we managed to solve them.

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Undergraduate research experience in computer science education

Cited by 7 publications

References 3 publications

An Interdisciplinary Collaboration Enhances Education in Both Disciplines and Generates Future Opportunities

An Interdisciplinary Collaboration Enhances Education in Both Disciplines and Generates Future Opportunities

Project-based Learning within a Large-Scale Interdisciplinary Research Effort

Creating Cyberworlds: Experiences in Computer Science Education

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