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This Q&A highlight features Kirsten Chapman, a Finalist in the 2023 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Kirsten finished her undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science there.  What brought you to computing research? My journey into computing research was spurred by the encouragement of my university,… Continue reading Research with Social Impact: Exploring the Intersection of Autism and Social Media

This Q&A highlight features Stefan Walzer-Goldfled, a Finalist in the 2023 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Stefan finished his undergraduate degree at Amherst College and is now pursuing a Master’s in Environmental Modelling at the University College of London.

This Q&A highlight features Francis Rinaldi, an Honorable Mention in the 2022 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Francis earned their bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), and they continued working on this research after graduation. What led you to computing research? The initial appeal of computer science research was… Continue reading Undergrad using Recursive Data Structures to Enhance Analysis of Parallel Programming

This Q&A highlight features Adira Blumenthal, an Honorable Mention in the 2023 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Adira finished her BS at the University of Rochester and is now pursuing a Take 5 Program in ASL and Accessibility Studies: Exploring Disabled Identity, History, and Culture.

This Q&A highlight features Stephen Price, an Honorable Mention in the 2023 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Stephen finished his BS at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)  and is now pursuing an MS/PhD in Computer Science there.

This Q&A highlight features Abhay Zala, an Honorable Mention in the 2022 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Abhay finished his undergrad from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and is now pursuing a Master’s in Computer Science there.  Abhay Zala, B.S. in Computer Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill What brought you… Continue reading Expanding Real-world Applications of Robots Through Undergraduate Research

This Q&A highlight features Winnie Xu, a Finalist in the 2022 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Winnie graduated from the University of Toronto and is now a Student Researcher at Facebook AI Research (Meta AI). Some of her recent work in the generative learning space includes training generalist multi-game agents, a new model inspired by fractal compression, and… Continue reading Undergrad Explores Research in Neural Differential Equations

This Q&A highlight features Jay Zou, an Honorable Mention in the 2022 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Jay is a senior in a combined B.A. and M.S. program at Northwestern University. He recently finished a term at Apple and is now working as a visiting researcher at Stanford University. He will be returning to Apple this… Continue reading Undergrad Talks About Mentorship and Quantum Research

This Q&A highlight features Crescentia Jung, an Honorable Mention in the 2022 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Crescentia graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is now at Cornell University pursuing a Ph.D. in Information Science. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.  How did you initially connect with the area of research you ended… Continue reading Undergraduate Research Makes Visualizations More Accessible via Alternative Text