WHAT CAN I GAIN?
EMBER uses a 1-credit course format to structure the overall experience. The course will meet once a week for one hour, and each hour will have one workshop topic designed to contribute to the overall goal of making research in computing more accessible to students, particularly for those from historically underrepresented groups in computer science.
Weekly Course Meetings
Meeting topics will include a combination of practical, social, and research-related topics.
Examples of those topics include:
Practical
Applications in Computing
Cultivating Curiosity
Social
Developing Collaboration Strategies
Building Confidence and Combatting Imposter Phenomenon
Research
Forming Hypotheses
Summarizing Findings
Visualizing data
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Students will also learn about applying for graduate school, including writing suggestions, understanding the nature of the graduate school application process, and other specific advice.
These topics will dovetail with the more intensive four-to-five-week mini-research module offered by the various participating computing research labs.
Research Module
These mini research modules are made possible through the volunteer participation of PhD student mentors. Undergraduate students will work in pairs on a small but real piece of an ongoing computer science research project. At the end of the class, students will gain experience in presenting and writing their research findings, and this is excellent practice for the application requirements needed when pursuing future research opportunities.