Title :
Mentoring undergraduates in computer vision research
Author :
Shah, Mubarak ; Bowyer, Kevin
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
fDate :
8/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The future of society will be shaped by the young and talented minds going through colleges and universities today. During the last 14 years roughly 130 undergraduate students from several institutions have participated in the research experiences for undergraduates (REU) program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). A large fraction of our students have been able to prepare a paper for submission to a conference, have the paper accepted, and then attend the conference to present the paper. Several participants have even accomplished enough substantial research to result in journal publications. Many past participants are now pursuing graduate studies at various institutions. In this paper, the REU model is described in detail; some examples of student success are discussed; and some observations are summarized
Keywords :
computer science education; computer vision; National Science Foundation; computer vision research; graduate studies; journal publication; research experience; student success; undergraduate students; undergraduates mentoring; Calendars; Computer science; Computer vision; Educational institutions; Employee welfare; Focusing; Layout; Shape; Societies; Springs;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
