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
Barnard,
Kobus
Computer vision, multimedia information retrieval, data mining, digital
libraries, color.
Beal, Carole
Cognitive science; technology-based learning for K12 math and science; cognitive modeling.
Cohen, Paul
Artificial intelligence, education informatics, statistical foundations of security, cognitive science, AI methodology.
Collberg,
Christian
Programming languages, compilers, intellectual property protection of software,
domain-specific search engines.
Debray,
Saumya
Compilers, program analysis and optimization, programming language
implementation.
Efrat, Alon
Geometric pattern matching, realistic input models, geographics information science and spatial data bases, algorithms for mobile robots.
Fasel, Ian
Developmental robotics, cognitive science, human-robot interaction, machine learning, artificial intelligence, machine perception (vision, audio, touch, etc.).
Gniady, Chris
Operating systems, multiprocessor architecture & instruction-level parallelism, design of high-performance systems.
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.
Lowenthal, David
Parallel and distributed computing, operating systems, and run-time systems.
Morrison, Clayton
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, planning, cognitive science.
Snodgrass, Rick
Temporal databases, database security, science of computing.
Westbrook, Suzanne
Programming languages, software analysis and evaluation, computer science education.
Zhang, Beichuan
Computer networks, Internet routing architecture and protocols, Internet topology, multicast.