REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Computer Vision

REU 网站：计算机视觉本科生的研究经验

• 批准号: 1757858
• 负责人: Mubarak Shah
• 金额: $ 36.4万
• 依托单位: The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-05-01 至 2021-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1757858&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experience; Undergraduates; REU; Site; Research; Experience; Undergraduates

The young and talented minds passing through our colleges and universities today will determine our technological future. To maintain America's previously-held strategic position of command in Science and Engineering, American students need greater encouragement to pursue advanced studies in Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site aims to encourage more American undergraduates in Computer Science to pursue graduate studies, and to assist them in realizing their full potential as researchers. The investigators believe that the best way to achieve these aims is to immerse capable undergraduates within a successful, active research group for a sufficient duration. This exposes them to the intellectual excitement that is involved in research activity, encourages them to think creatively and independently, and helps them to develop the skills necessary to work on research projects. This project represents renewal of the REU site in Computer Vision, which has operated successfully for the past thirty years. It is important to continue educating the next generation of computing researchers, including a special emphasis on engaging underrepresented members in computing fields and those students attending institutions that do not have substantial research opportunities. Dissemination of the best practices to other institutions remains our site's deep commitment and is achieved by publication in educational venues, and involvement in the REU community.This project has ten undergraduate researchers per year, for three years. Each year, undergraduate researchers participate in a ten week, full-time Summer program, with optional follow-on part-time participation during the subsequent Fall and Spring. The key elements of our approach are (1) a full Summer experience for the undergraduate researchers, providing sufficient time to follow a substantial project through to completion, (2) to present each undergraduate researcher with several possible project topics, so that they can feel they have chosen a project which is most interesting to them, (3) to immerse the undergraduate researchers in the general research environment essentially as if they were graduate students, by having them meet with their faculty advisor regularly to discuss their project, participate in the weekly research group meetings, attend research presentations, PhD defenses and PhD proposal presentation and meet with visiting distinguished researchers, (4) to offer undergraduate researchers an optional follow-through over the year by working with the undergraduate researchers to write a (publishable) technical report on their project, (5) to expose them to the benefits of graduate school through a half-day workshop on Why grad school, How to apply to grad school and fellowships, How to prepare for the standardized entrance exams, (6) to take them for field trips to local technology companies involved in real world applications of computer vision, and (7) to offer them mentoring at social events: group lunches, banquet, picnic, parties, etc. This site has been successful in contributing to educating generations of researchers. It is important to continue educating the next generation of computing researchers, including a special emphasis on engaging underrepresented members in computing fields. Another important emphasis is to provide intensive research experiences for those students attending institutions that do not have substantial research opportunities. Additionally, dissemination of the best practices to other interested institutions remains our site's deep commitment and is achieved by publication in educational venues, and involvement in the REU community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

当今通过我们的大学和大学的年轻和才华横溢的思想将决定我们的技术未来。为了维持美国以前拥有的科学和工程中指挥的战略地位，美国学生需要更大的鼓励才能从事科学/技术/工程/数学（STEM）学科领域的高级研究。这项针对本科生（REU）网站的研究经验旨在鼓励更多的美国本科生在计算机科学领域进行研究生研究，并帮助他们实现他们作为研究人员的全部潜力。研究人员认为，实现这些目标的最佳方法是将能力的本科生浸入成功的活跃研究小组中，这是足够的持续时间。这使他们面临着研究活动所涉及的智力兴奋，鼓励他们创造性地独立思考，并帮助他们发展从事研究项目所需的技能。该项目代表了计算机视觉中REU站点的续订，该网站在过去三十年中成功运作。重要的是要继续教育下一代计算机研究人员，包括特别强调使代表性不足的成员参与计算领域的成员以及那些参加没有大量研究机会的机构的学生。将最佳实践传播给其他机构仍然是我们网站的深刻承诺，并通过在教育场所的出版物来实现，并参与REU社区。该项目每年拥有十名本科研究人员，持续了三年。每年，本科研究人员都会参加为期十周的全日制夏季计划，随后秋季和春季，可选的兼职兼职参与。我们方法的关键要素是（1）在本科研究人员中获得完整的夏季经验，提供足够的时间来跟随一个实质性的项目进行完成，（2）向每位可能的项目主题展示每个本科研究人员，以便他们可以觉得自己选择了一个对他们最有趣的项目，（3）始终是研究人员，即使是一般的研究人员，他们就会毕业于一般的研究人员，即使他们的一般研究人员毕业于学生，如果他们是一般的研究人员，则应使他们成为一般的研究人员。定期讨论他们的项目，参加每周的研究小组会议，参加研究演讲，博士防御和博士建议介绍，并与访问的杰出研究人员会面，（4）为本科研究人员提供一年中的可选跟进，通过与知识研究人员合作，通过毕业于他们的项目（5）毕业生（5）毕业生（5），以培训一年级的研究，以培训一名毕业生（5），（5）到研究生和奖学金，如何为标准化的入学考试做准备，（6）将他们带到参与现实世界中计算机视觉应用的本地技术公司的实地考察，以及（7）为他们提供社交活动的指导：集体午餐，宴会，野餐，野餐，聚会等。该网站已成功地教育了一代研究人员。重要的是要继续教育下一代计算研究人员，包括特别强调使代表性不足的成员参与计算领域。另一个重要的重点是为那些没有大量研究机会的机构的学生提供深入的研究经验。此外，将最佳实践传播给其他有兴趣的机构仍然是我们网站的深刻承诺，并且是通过在教育场所发表的出版物来实现的，并参与了REU社区。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响审查标准来通过评估来获得支持。