CONQUER | Resources

Faculty

Research With Undergraduates
- Recruiting Research Students
  - Links to be added
- The Research Experience
  - N/a
Funding and Awards
- Funding
  - NSF REU
    - http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.jsp?unitid=5049
    - http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517&from=fund
  - CRA-W/CDC Programs
    - http://cra.org/cra-w/for-undergraduates/
- Awards
  - CRA – CRA-E Awards Page
    - http://cra.org/crae/awards/
Resources for Planning a Successful REU
- Before the REU
  - All – NCWIT REU-in-a-box:
    - https://www.ncwit.org/resources/reu-box-expanding-pool-computing-researchers
  - All – CRA-W Resources for Faculty Mentors
    - http://cra.org/cra-w/distributed-research-experiences-for-undergraduates-dreu/succesful-mentoring-experience-as-a-dreu-mentor/
  - All – SURE surveys on undergraduate research experiences
    - https://www.grinnell.edu/academics/areas/psychology/assessnebts/sure-iii-survey
  - Materials on mentoring undergraduates
    - The Mentoring Role in Undergraduate Research Projects
      - http://www.keystone.edu/dotAsset/147262.pdf
    - Advisor, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering
      - http://www.grad.jhu.edu/downloads/Adviser,%20Teacher,%20Role%20Model,%20Friend%20NAS.pdf
    - Building an Undergraduate Computer Science Research Experience
      - http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1733663.1733942
    - Score: Agile Research Group Management
      - http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mwh/papers/score-short.pdf
- During the REU
  - All – NCWIT REU-in-a-Box
    - https://www.ncwit.org/resources/reu-box-expanding-pool-computing-researchers
  - CISE Online REU PI Site
    - http://www.cisereupi.org/
  - CRA-W Resources for Faculty Mentors
    - http://cra.org/cra-w/distributed-research-experiences-for-undergraduates-dreu/succesful-mentoring-experience-as-a-dreu-mentor/
  - Conquer graduate school site
    - http://conquerdev.cra.org/students
  - GRE information and preparation
    - http://www.ets.org/gre
  - Guidance on reading research papers
    - How to Read an Engineering Research Paper
      - http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~wgg/CSE210/howtoread.html
    - Advice on writing technical articles
      - The Science of Scientific Writing
        
        http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/the-science-of-scientific-writing/
      - Writing Technical Articles
        
        http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/etc/writing-style.html
      - How to get your papers published
        
        http://matt-welsh.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-to-get-your-papers-accepted.html
    - Advice on giving technical talks
      - Giving Talks
        
        http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~scot/givingTalks/
    - Advice/Guidance on preparing research posters
      - Research Posters 101
        
        http://xrds.acm.org/article.cfm?aid=332138
      - How to write a research poster
        
        http://xrds.acm.org/resources/how-to-write-research-poster.cfm
    - Exercises for mentors to do with their students
      - Complete set of exercises from CRA-W
        
        http://cra.org/cra-w/distributed-research-experiences-for-undergraduates-dreu/succesful-mentoring-experience-as-a-dreu-mentor/
      - Critically reading a research paper
        
        http://cra.org/cra-w/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/10/Reading-A-Research-Paper.pdf
      - Identifying related literature
        
        http://cra.org/cra-w/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/07/Identifying-Related-Literature.pdf
      - The bibliography-building game
        
        http://cra.org/cra-w/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/07/Reading-A-Research-Paper.pdf
      - Giving a good elevator talk
        
        http://cra.org/cra-w/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/10/Elevator-Talk.pdf
      - Reading, writing, and revising an abstract
        
        http://cra.org/cra-w/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/10/Writing-An-Abstract.pdf
      - Code reading and analysis
        
        http://cra.org/cra-w/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/07/Reading-A-Research-Paper.pdf
- After the REU
  - All – NCWIT REU-in-a-box:
    - https://www.ncwit.org/resources/reu-box-expanding-pool-computing-researchers
  - All – CRA-W Resources for Faculty Mentors
    - http://cra.org/cra-w/distributed-research-experiences-for-undergraduates-dreu/succesful-mentoring-experience-as-a-dreu-mentor/
  - Conferences with Student Research Poster Sessions and/or Competitions
    - Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges
      - http://www.ccsc.org/events/conferences.htm
    - ACM Student Research Competition at SIGCSE
      - https://sigcse2021.sigcse.org/authors/src/
    - Student Research Competition at the Grace Hopper Celebration
      - https://ghc.anitab.org/programs-and-awards/2021-acm-student-research-competition-winners/
    - Student Research Poster Session at the Richard Tapia
      - http://tapiaconference.org/participate/call-for-participation
  - Undergraduate research awards for students and faculty
    - The CRA Undergraduate Research Award (for students)
      - http://cra.org/crae/awards/cra-outstanding-undergraduate-researchers/
    - The ACM Student Research Competition (for students)
      - http://src.acm.org/
    - Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Fellows Award (for mentors)
      - http://www.cur.org/projects_and_services/cur_fellows/
    - NCWIT Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award (for mentors)
      - https://www.ncwit.org/project/ncwit-undergraduate-research-mentoring-award
Helping Students Apply to Graduate School
- Presenting on ‘Why (and How to) Go To Graduate School’
  - TBD
- Writing Effective Letters of Recommendation
  - TBD
- Other Resources and Data for Faculty Advisors

Students

Getting Into Research
- What Is Undergrad Research?
  - Continuing Innovation in Information Technology
    - http://www.nap.edu/catalog/13427/continuing-innovation-in-information-technology
  - Vision Nuggets
    - https://thmatters.wordpress.com/vision-nuggets/
  - Computing Research in Action Project
    - http://cra.org/ccc/resources/computing-research-in-action
- Selecting a Topic
  - N/a
- Finding Opportunities
  - During the Academic Year
    - CREU
      - http://cra.org/cra-w/creu/
  - During the Summer
    - The National Science Foundation REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Program
      - http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.cfm?unitid=5049
    - Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W)
      - http://www.cra.org/cra-w
    - DREU (Distributed Research Experience for Undergraduates) Program
      - http://cra.org/cra-w/for-undergraduates/
      - http://cra.org/cra-w/distributed-research-experiences-for-undergraduates-dreu/
    - National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
      - http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/students-etudiants/ug-pc/usra-brpc_eng.asp
  - More Research Opportunities
    - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships program (SURF)
      - Caltech
        
        http://www.surf.caltech.edu/applicants/index.html
      - Purdue University
        
        https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Research/SURF/Programs/Campus
      - National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)
        
        https://www.nist.gov/surf
    - National Security Agency (NSA)
      - https://www.nsa.gov/resources/students/programs-internships/
    - Department of Energy’s SULI program
      - http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/
    - Department of Navy research laboratory
      - http://nreip.asee.org/
    - The Information Sciences Institute (ISI) of the University of Southern California
      - https://www.isi.edu/join_us/summer_internships/
Where Can Research Take Me?
- What Does a Career in Research Look Like?
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- What Are the Paths to a Career in Research?
  - N/a
- Choosing Industry, Grad School, or Both?
Opportunities
- REU
  - REU Site Search
    - https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp
  - Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W)
    - http://www.cra.org/cra-w
  - DREU (Distributed Research Experience for Undergraduates) Program
    - http://cra.org/cra-w/distributed-research-experiences-for-undergraduates-dreu/
    - http://cra.org/cra-w/for-undergraduates/
  - National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
    - http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/students-etudiants/ug-pc/usra-brpc_eng.asp
  - Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships program (SURF)
    - Caltech
      - http://www.surf.caltech.edu/applicants/index.html
    - Purdue University
      - https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/Research/SURF/Programs/Campus
    - National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)
      - http://www.surf.nist.gov/surf2.htm
  - National Security Agency
    - http://www.nsa.gov/careers/opportunities_4_u/students/index.shtml
  - Department of Energy’s SULI program
    - http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/
  - Department of Navy research laboratory
    - http://nreip.asee.org/
  - IBM’s Almaden Research Center
    - http://www.almaden.ibm.com/almaden/diversity/
  - The Information Sciences Institute (ISI) of the University of Southern California
    - http://www.isi.edu/natural-language/jobs.html
- Internships Vs. Research Experiences
  - N/a
- Undergraduate Research Awards
  - The Computing Research Association (CRA) Undergraduate Research Award
    - http://cra.org/crae/awards/cra-outstanding-undergraduate-researchers/
  - The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Research Competion
    - http://src.acm.org/awards.html
Graduate School
- Applying to Graduate School
  - Application Components
    - Statement of Purpose
      - MIT Statement of Purpose Guidelines
        
        http://web.mit.edu/msrp/myMSRP/docs/Statement%20of%20purpose%20guidelines.pdf
      - Berkeley Writing the Statement of Purpose
        
        http://grad.berkeley.edu/admissions/apply/statement-purpose/
      - Princeton Review Writing a Statement of Purpose for Grad School
        
        https://www.princetonreview.com/grad-school-advice/statement-of-purpose
      - Louisville annotated exemplar of statement of purpose
        
        http://louisville.edu/education/degrees/files/phd-ci-annotated-exemplar-of-statement-of-purpose.pdf
    - GRE
      - ETS Webpage
        
        http://www.ets.org/gre
      - Princeton Review
        
        https://www.princetonreview.com/grad/gre-information
      - Petersons
        
        https://www.petersons.com/graduate-schools/gre-test-description.aspx#/sweeps-modal
    - Letters of Recommendation
      - Berkeley Career Center
        
        https://career.berkeley.edu/Grad/GradLetter
      - Cornell – Tips for Requesting Letters of Recommendation
        
        https://gradschool.cornell.edu/diversity-inclusion/recruitment-2/prospective-students/requesting-letters-of-recommendation/
      - Petersons
        
        https://www.petersons.com/college-search/letter-recommendation-how-ask.aspx#/sweeps-modal
  - Getting into CS Graduate School in the USA
    - http://plasma.cs.umass.edu/emery/admission-notes.html
  - Common pitfalls of preparing a graduate school application.
    - http://psychology.unl.edu/psichi/Graduate_School_Application_Kisses_of_Death.pdf
- Graduate Student Life
- Selecting a Graduate School