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This Q&A highlight features Nigel Newby, an Honorable Mention in the 2024 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Nigel graduated with a degree in… Continue reading Helping Struggling Students by Understanding Learning Behaviour

This Q&A highlight features Katherine Quintanilla, an Honorable Mention in the 2024 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Katherine is an undergraduate at Tufts… Continue reading Improving Security and Privacy Education for Low-Income Students

This Q&A highlight features Maryam Abuissa, an Honorable Mention in the 2024 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Maryam finished their undergrad in Math… Continue reading Securing Machine Learning with Sequestered Encryption on GPU Hardware

This Q&A highlight features Viansa Schmulbach, an Honorable Mention in the 2024 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Viansa finished her undergrad in Electrical… Continue reading Navigating the World of Computer Architecture from Chip Design to Formal

Keywords: Virtual Reality, Biomass, Stress Reduction This Q&A highlight features Rachel Masters, who received an Honorable Mention in the 2023 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers… Continue reading Exploring the restorative potential of nature through Virtual Reality.

This Q&A highlight features Rachel Ma, an Honorable Mention in the 2023 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Rachel double majored in Computer Science… Continue reading Opening More than Doors: Teaching Robots the Art of Generalization

This Q&A highlight features Anya Ji, a Finalist in the 2023 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Anya finished her undergraduate degree in Computer… Continue reading Between Mind and Machine: NLP Discoveries

This Q&A highlight features Shreyas Kharbanda, an Honorable Mention in the 2023 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Shreyas finished his undergraduate degree at… Continue reading Optimizing Code Performance in Serverless Environments

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… Continue reading Research with Social Impact: Exploring the Intersection of Autism and Social Media

This Q&A highlight features Rachel Masters, who received an Honorable Mention in the 2023 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Rachel finished her undergraduate degree at Colorado State University (CSU) and is now pursuing a PhD in Computer Science there. 

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… 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… 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… 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.… 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… Continue reading Undergraduate Research Makes Visualizations More Accessible via Alternative Text

This Q&A highlight features Naitian Zhou, an Honorable Mention in the 2022 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Naitian graduated from the University of Michigan and… Continue reading Empathy in Condolences: Computational Methods for Delivering Thoughtful Condolences

This Q&A highlight features Tiana Fitzgerald, an Honorable Mention in the 2022 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Tiana graduated from Princeton University and is now… Continue reading Undergraduate At The Intersection of Computing and Biology: Research Uncovering Associations in Cell Data

This Q&A highlight features Naveen Raman, a Finalist  in the 2022 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Naveen graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, and… Continue reading Fairness in Rideshare Algorithms Helped Pave My Path

This Q&A highlight features Ellie Young, an Honorable Mention in the 2022 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Ellie graduated from New College of Florida and… Continue reading Why Am I Seeing This Ad? User Experience Research to Make Privacy More Accessible

This Q&A highlight features Ben Jacobsen, an Honorable Mention in the 2021 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Ben graduated from the University of Arizona and… Continue reading UA Student Takes on Research in Set Visualization

This Q&A highlight features Rhea Jain, an Honorable Mention in the 2021 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Rhea graduated from Carnegie Mellon University… Continue reading “Gluttonous” Algorithm Feeds Research Growth

This Q&A highlight features Ryan Kemmer, an Honorable Mention in the 2021 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Ryan graduated from Arizona State and is now… Continue reading ASU Student Decides to Research Group Decision-Making

This Q&A highlight features Sarah Bawabe, an Honorable Mention in the 2021 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Sarah graduated from Brown University in 2021 with… Continue reading Enabling Peer Review of User Interface Designs through UI/UX Research

This Q&A highlight features Baicheng Chen, a Finalist in the 2021 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Baicheng graduated from the University at Buffalo in May… Continue reading Making Waves with Undergraduate Research

This Q&A highlight features Kiersten Campbell, a Finalist in the 2021 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Kiersten graduated from Williams College in 2021 with a… Continue reading From Programming Languages to Marine Microbes: Discovery Through Undergraduate Research

This Q&A highlight features Lauren Baron, recipient of an Honorable Mention in the 2021 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Lauren is currently completing her junior… Continue reading Discovering the (Virtual) Realities of Undergraduate Research

This Q&A highlight features Zion Leonahenahe Basque, recipient of an Honorable Mention in the 2021 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. A Fall 2020 graduate from… Continue reading From CTF to PhD: Hacker turned Security Researcher

This Q&A highlight features McKenna Lewis, recipient of an Honorable Mention in the 2021 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. McKenna is a computer science major… Continue reading Supported Research Experiences Cultivating Confidence in Computing

This month’s research highlight showcases Juno Mayer, an honorable mention recipient in the 2021 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Juno graduated from the… Continue reading Protecting Internet Infrastructure from Earthquakes

This Q&A highlight features Ellie Mamantov, recipient of an Honorable Mention in the 2021 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. Ellie graduated from Carleton College in… Continue reading Demystifying Robot Plans, Discovering Her Own

Curious about summer opportunities in computer science, Courtney Miller learned about Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) in her first year at the New College… Continue reading Engaging in Research Through Researching Disengagement

When Sara Boyd transferred to Southwestern University (SU) as a sophomore, research was not on her radar. That quickly changed when she attended the… Continue reading Transferring Into Impactful Computing Research

Esteban Safranchik hopes to harness the potential of weakly supervised machine learning to impact fields beyond computer science. Now a PhD student at the… Continue reading Cutting Through the Noise: Improving Weakly Supervised Machine Learning for Practical Applications

Janaan Lake is living proof that it’s never too late to pursue a career in computing. After working 17 years as a Certified Public… Continue reading Goodbye Accounting, Hello High-performance Computing

Joseph Briones wants to help robots work together more effectively. While double majoring in Computer Science and Math at Arizona State University (ASU), Joseph… Continue reading Advancing the Theory of Programmable Matter for Swarm Robotics and Multi-Agent Systems

Aleesha Chavez, a senior Computer Science major at Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) in Idaho, embodies her school’s motto of “Here for Good” as she… Continue reading Here for Good: Cancer Detection, Community Service, and Beyond

Diego showcases the persistence and determination of a researcher. As an immigrant from Venezuela, finding financial support and resources during his academic pursuits has… Continue reading Overcoming Adversity and Finding a Path to Research

Kimberly is in her final year of undergraduate studies at the University of Washington (UW), where she double majors in Computer Engineering and Mathematics.… Continue reading Moving into the Realm of Privacy and Security

Andriy Mulyar, a proponent of supportive research environments, is currently  pursuing a dual degree in Computer Science and Mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).… Continue reading Using Exploration as a Catalyst Toward Research-Definition

Many graduate students do not have extensive undergraduate research experience and undergraduate students may find it difficult to identify research opportunities. Yet Eric found… Continue reading Leveraging an Inviting Undergraduate Research Community

Sheila Alemany Blanco, Florida International University, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Mathematics, 2019 Being a Hispanic woman in a STEM field presents… Continue reading Finding Passion in Computer Science through Research

As a first-generation, low-income, Latino college student, Andy Rosales-Elias defies the standard image of a computer science researcher. At a two-week science and math… Continue reading Achieving Self-Recognition through Image Recognition

As a high school student, Jalex attended the Canada/USA Mathcamp, a program where mathematicians teach five weeks of math classes to high school students.… Continue reading From a Reading Group to a Research Group

Xuan Huang graduated from Bryn Mawr College with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, and is currently a PhD student at the University of… Continue reading Playing with Meshes

Being a curious high school student, Siddharth was part of the Robotics Team at Gunn High School, which compelled him to study Electrical Engineering… Continue reading A Perfect Balance of Two Distinct Passions

Computing has been a part of Kalina Petrova’s life since she first took part in a 5th grade extra-curricular programming class. Fascinated by the… Continue reading Programming and Paradigms, a Lifelong Pursuit of Research

In academia, research often leads individuals to conferences. For Nathaniel Yazdani, it was a conference that led him to research. In the summer before… Continue reading From Internet Searches to International Conferences

The field of medicine prides itself on being evidence-based, but where does that evidence come from? With aspirations for a career in medicine, this… Continue reading Engineering Labs and Operating Rooms

Planning for the summer after his sophomore year, Louis Jenkins had focused his efforts on securing an industry internship. However, in what he describes… Continue reading Coincidence, Concurrence, and Careers

Originally a pre-med student at Loyola University, Laurynas Kalesinskas had envisioned his undergraduate degree as a stepping-stone to attend medical school. An interest in… Continue reading From Pre-med to Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics

Yisu Remy Wang was sophomore at Tufts University when he enrolled in Professor Kathleen Fisher’s programming languages course.  In that course, Professor Fisher exposed… Continue reading Proofs, Privacy, and Programming

Christopher Mackie, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, University of Washington Christopher Mackie had an unusual entry into computer science. As high school student… Continue reading A Running Start into Research

June Chen’s passion for learning was abundantly evident when she arrived as an undergraduate at Rice University. She pursued a triple major in electrical… Continue reading Texas to Tokyo: A Path to Graduate School

Alex Ozdemir is intensely curious about understanding how things work.  Perhaps this curiosity is what drove him to pursue a self-designed major in “Computational,… Continue reading A Drive to Understand

Growing up in Silicon Valley, Lillian Tsai had always assumed that a normal career path for a computer scientist involved working at a company… Continue reading Beyond the Valley

When Julia Woodward began her first year at the University of Florida, she did not know that her interests in design, art, and computing… Continue reading From Passions to Projects: How Interest in Design and Art led to Computing Research

While Gloria Kim’s interest in computing started in the classroom, her curiosity in deeper questions and desire to learn quickly took her outside of… Continue reading Driven by Curiosity