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Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CREU) - Empowering Diverse Students in CS

The Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CREU) program at Centenary College, supported by an NSF grant, aims to promote research and graduate studies among underrepresented groups in computer science, including women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. Students receive stipends of $3000 during the academic year or $4000 for a summer project, alongside funding for travel and equipment. This initiative encourages teamwork and innovation in research, facilitating connections through weekly meetings and various online collaboration tools. Proposal applications are due by May 20, 2013.

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Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CREU) - Empowering Diverse Students in CS

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  1. Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CREU) Mark Goadrich Centenary College of Louisiana CCSC Mid South 2013

  2. CREU Details • Collaborative REU for teams of students from underrepresented groups in CS • Women, Persons of Disability, African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders • Encourages consideration of research and graduate study as a career path • Funded through NSF Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) grant

  3. CREU Details • Academic Year Funding • $3000 stipend per student • Optional Summer Funding • $4000 stipend per student • (10 weeks, 40hr / week) • Travel/Equipment • Not to exceed $1500 per team • No funding available for faculty http://antialiasfactory.deviantart.com Creative Commons

  4. Our CREU Team 2010-2011 • Centenary College, LA • Kathryn Hardey ’12 • ErenCorapcioglu ’12 • Dr. Mark Goadrich • Allegheny College, PA • Molly Mattis ’12 • Dr. Matthew Jadud

  5. Our CREU Team 2010-2011 • Exploring and Evolving Subsumptive Control for Real and Virtual Rescue Robots • Academic Year Proposal • Build low-cost robot using Arduino • Program controller in parallel with occam-pi • Participate in Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest • Summer Proposal • Create simulator for contest environment • Evolve controller using genetic programming

  6. Trinity Robotics Contest - April 2011

  7. Full Paper at GECCO - July 2012

  8. Lessons Learned • Hold Weekly Meetings • Both local and remote • Use Online Collaboration Tools • Skype chats, Google Docs, Subversion • Allow for exploration and discovery • Keep project achievable and grounded

  9. CREU Information for 2013 • Approximately 6 page proposal • Application Deadline: May 20, 2013 • Notification: June 14, 2013 • CREU Website http://cra-w.org/creu

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