UCARE is a great resource for undergraduates to learn to conduct research, as well as a great way to prepare for graduate school.
Applications for 2013 - 2014 will be available Monday, March 4. The deadline is Tuesday, April 9 at 2 pm. Students are able to apply for three terms: summer, academic year, or summer and academic year. Stipends and time commitments vary by term, but run from $1,200 - $4,800 a semester for 10 - 20 hours a week.
Interested students are encouraged to contact those involved in past projects to get their input on the experience, as well as speak to faculty about potential sponsorships.
Current projects include:
Bjorn Barrefors (YEAR 1)
An Energy Management Software System for MapReduce Data Centers
Faculty Sponsor: Ying Lu
Daniel Dobos (YEAR 1)
Encoding SQL statements as solvable constraints
Sebastian Elbaum
Daniel Geschwender (YEAR 1)
Mapping Solving Techniques between Boolean Satisfiability and Constraint Processing
Faculty Sponsor: Berthe Choueiry
Sing hwa Lee (YEAR 1)
Analyzing Interaction Data of Online Learning Objects
Faculty Sponsor: Leen-Kiat Soh
Max Rowe (YEAR 1)
Computational Simulations for the Unified Learning Model
Faculty Sponsor: Leen-Kiat Soh
The projects from 2011 - 2012 are as follows:
Mary Burke (YEAR 2)
Coordinating Multiple Solvers In the Context of Resource Allocation
Faculty Sponsor: Berthe Choueiry
Carson Crawford (YEAR 2)
Real Time Visualization of Temperature Variances in a Supercomputer Data Center
Faculty Sponsor: David Swanson
Keegan Lunn (YEAR 2)
Continuation of Constraint Processing
Faculty Sponsor: Berthe Choueiry
Mary Burke (Year 1)
Coordinating Multiple Solvers In the Context of Resource Allocation
Faculty sponsor: Berthe Choueiry
Carson Crawford (Year 1)
Real Time Visualization of Temperature Variances in a Supercomputer Data Center
Faculty sponsor: David Swanson
Tanner Dozark (Year 1)
Development and Evaluation of Education Modules for Wireless Underground Sensor Networks
Faculty sponsor: Mehmet Vuran
Keegan Lunn (Year 1)
A Constraint-Based Approach to Modeling & Solving Combinatorial Puzzles
Faculty sponsor: Berthe Choueiry
James Sukup (Year 1)
Visualize and manipulate software project elements via Kinect
Faculty sponsor: Anita Sarma
Derek Homan (Year 2)
Adaptive Monitoring Whooping Cranes through Wireless Sensor Networks
Faculty sponsor: Mehmet Vuran
Dongpu Jin (Year 2)
CMP cache memory management
Faculty sponsor: Sharad Seth
Second sponsor: Hong Jiang
Information about the program can be found at http://www.unl.edu/ucare/welcome.