REU Program UCF

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN COMPUTER VISION
Dr. Mubarak Shah, Dr. Niels Lobo, and Dr. Marshall Tappen
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL 32816

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has designated the Computer Vision Lab, School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, at the University of Central Florida (UCF), as a site for Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in the area of Computer Vision for 2009-2011. The purpose of the REU is to encourage undergraduate students to pursue graduate school and research careers.

The computer vision lab at UCF has continued to be an REU site since the inception of REU by NSF in 1987. During the last two decades close to 200 undergraduate students from different schools all over the U.S. have participated in this program. The REU participants have co-authored more than 60 research papers. Approximately half of these participants have gone to graduate schools, ten students have written Honors in the Major Theses, six participants are now faculty members at different Universities, and five participants have started their own companies.

See REU for more details.

This year, ten undergraduate students will participate in this program from across the U.S. The University of Central Florida will serve as a central point for coordination and administration of the program.This year’s program will start on May 13, 2009, and will last till August 13, 2009; this is open to all sophomore, junior, and senior undergraduates in computer science, computer engineering and related fields, who are U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents, with a GPA of 3.0 or above. Students will be given an introductory course in Computer Vision during the first few weeks, and then be introduced to various research projects in the Computer Vision area. The students will work full time on their individual research projects during the summer semester. Each student will be paid a stipend of $5,400 for the summer, and receive a small travel allowance, a small meal allowance, and free pre-arranged housing for the summer.

Out of state students who are motivated and interested may be given the option to continue working on their projects (for an additional stipend) when they return home during the Fall and Spring semesters. If you are a junior or senior in Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering and have a GPA of 3.0 or above, and are interested in participating in this project please apply electronically before March 15, 2009 by visiting our web page by clicking here (Apply).

If you have any questions regarding this program, please see/call one of Professors Shah, Lobo or Tappen; or send email to mtappen@cs.ucf.edu.