Undergraduate Info
Undergraduate Research
Research opportunities exist for undergraduate students and we encourage you
to explore this option since the University of Arizona is a Research One
institution. A directed research or independent study experience is invaluable
and working with research faculty is a wonderful opportunity, especially if you
plan on attending graduate school.
It is possible to receive credit as either Directed Research (C SC 392 and 492)
or Independent Study. One main difference between Directed Research and
Independent Study is the grade that students receive for completing these
courses. The grades available for Directed Research are A, B, C, D, E, I, and
W. The grades available for Independent Study include S, P, C, D, E, I, and W.
As defined in the University's general catalog, grades of S (Superior) and P
(Pass) are special grades that replace A and B grades. S, P, I, and W grades
are not factored into the grade point average, while grades of A, B, C, D, and
E are factored into the grade point average.
How To Get Involved
Fill out an Undergraduate Research Application
Instructors and Research Interests
Andrews,
Greg
Concurrent programming, parallel and distributed computing, link-time
optimization, operating systems.
Barnard,
Kobus
Computer vision, multimedia information retrieval, data mining, digital
libraries, color.
Collberg,
Christian
Programming languages, compilers, intellectual property protection of software,
domain-specific search engines.
Debray,
Saumya
Compilers, program analysis and optimization, programming language
implementation.
Hartman, John
Scalable storage systems, network file systems, and distributed operating
systems.
Kececioglu, John
Computational biology and bioinformatics, algorithm design and implementation, string and graph algorithms, combinatorial optimization.
Kobourov,
Stephen
Graph drawing and information visualization, algorithm design and data
organization, geometric algorithms.
Snodgrass, Rick
Temporal databases, database security, science of computing.