2018 REU Poster Showcase

UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) offers undergraduate students a state-of-the-art learning experience in the infrastructure of cyber-physical systems and the applications and interactions that are enabled by that infrastructure. The program immerses students in a truly collaborative research community. Students acquire research skills through training sessions and experiential, hands-on learning and are active contributors to a community of practice that includes faculty, graduate students, and peers.

Each summer, as a Socially Relevant Computing REU site, invites students from all over the country to participate in a nine-week summer research program. This year, 16 students collaborated on projects with 11 faculty members in the Human Computer Interaction, Visualization, Vision and Image Analysis, Security, and Cyberphysical Systems labs.

“The program provides students with an outstanding introduction to computing research, and an opportunity to use their skills to add new knowledge to the world,” said REU Site Program Director, Dr. Heather Lipford, who was particularly impressed with this year’s class. “We had an incredible variety of research projects in this year’s program, with more students and faculty than ever,” she said.

The presentation of project posters took place on July 27. Though just three earned special recognition from a panel of judges, each showcased the innovative thinking of students and faculty mentors alike.

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The Projects and Presenters:

1st place:
Zaina AlJallad and Wentao Guo
Designing Community Oversight for Privacy and Security
Mentor: Heather Lipford

2nd place:
Sybrina Outhay
Inspiring Human Curiosity through Models of User Preference and Surprise
Mentor: Nadia Najjar and Mary Lou Maher

3rd place:
Emily Tracey
Senso Novium: A Gesture Recognition Addition to Assistive Devices
Mentor: David Wilson