The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has awarded stipends to 148 Husker undergraduates — including 12 School of Computing students — to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.
Nebraska’s Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience Program supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Students receive stipends of $2,400 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for 20 hours per week. The students’ projects span academic disciplines including engineering, chemistry, modern languages and literatures, psychology, art and art history, architecture, special education, and fisheries and wildlife.
Students from the Nebraska Summer Research Program and UCARE will present posters on their research and creative activities at a campus research symposium Aug. 3. For more information on undergraduate research at Nebraska, click here.
Following is a list of School of Computing students who received summer UCARE awards, with their year in school, academic major(s) and project title:
• Keyik Annagulyyeva, sophomore, computer science, “A Study of the Generalizability of the Deep Learning-based Large Language Models in the Context of Identifying COVID-19 Online Misinformation.”
• Ayan Hussain, senior, computer science, “Building Browser Extensions for Instagram and TikTok to Increase Algorithmic Media Literacy and Shape Attitudes Toward Algorithms.”
• Khoa Anh Le, senior, computer science, “Engineering an Integrated Gene Visualization Tool for Complex Genomic Contents.”
• Luke Olson, senior, computer science, “Long-Read Sequencing and Comparative Genomics Analysis of a Beneficial Microbial Genus in the Massilia Family.”
• Yusup Orazov, sophomore, computer science, “A Study of the Generalizability of the Deep Learning-Based Large Language Models in the Context of Identifying COVID-19 Online Misinformation.”
• Adrien Palomo, junior, computer science, “Generating Graphical Explanations for Decision Support.”
• Clara Perez, senior, computer science, “Differences in Microaggressions, Sense of Belonging and Self-Efficacy in Undergraduate Female Students Across Software Engineering and Social Sciences.”
• Amir Tarkian, sophomore, computer science, “Magnetic Properties of Ta/Cox(FeB)1-x/Pt Films and Fe-Ge Nanostructures.”
• Thao Tu, senior, computer science, “An Exploration for Mixed SQLand NoSQL Databases With Biological Genomic Data.”
• Khondamirkhon Umarov, senior, computer science, “DNA Storage Bio-Cyber Attacks.”
• Saicharith Vaitla, junior, computer science, “An Empirical Study on How Developers Detect Defects in UML Class Diagrams.”
• Michael West, sophomore, computer science, “Generating Graphical Explanations for Decision Support.”
View the full list of research stipend recipients in Nebraska Today.
More details at: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/148-husker-undergrads-receive-stipends-for-summer-research-projects/