What is UROC?

Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Computing is a program designed to help undergraduate students get involved in the research culture at Georgia Tech's College of Computing. Browse research opportunities (for pay and for credit) on the research projects wiki , find answers to your questions on the FAQ, or read about the undergraduate research option.

NEWS

2008 UROC Research Symposium

Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 3pm-6pm
Klaus Atrium and Seminar Room 1116

Submissions due April 2, 2008

All UROC Symposium entries must be submitted directly to uroc@cc.gatech.edu. SAIC and Intel research participants must also send poster and requested information to the appropriate Program Manager by their deadline.

To ENTER: send an email to uroc@cc.gatech.edu with the following information:

1. Title

2. Abstract (500 words max)

3. Names and Email Addresses

4. Advisor

5. Research Area

6. Your A/V Requirements

Please note that this is for UNDERGRADUATES.

Winners will be chosen by a panel of faculty judges.

People's Choice Awards are selected by popular vote.

Not participating this year? Attend the 2008 UROC Research Symposium and see cool research projects and get free donuts!

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2007 UROC Research Symposium!

JUDGES' AWARDS:

First Place:
Matt Wood
Advisor: Alex Orso
" Automated Debugging through Statistically Driven Machine Learning"

Second Place:
David Rutter & David Mann
Advisors: Rosa Arriaga and Santosh Vempala
" Minimal Mathematical Models for Learning"

Third Place:
Aaron St. Clair and Matthew Fong
Advisors: Nick Diakopoulos and Irfan Essa
" Revisualization: Comparing News Articles Over Time"

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS:

First Place:
Jiasheng He
Contributions by Gaurav Gupta and Jung Soo Kim
Advisor: Thad Starner
" The Gesture Watch -- An Alternative Mobile Device Input System"

Second Place (TIE):
Catie Donnelly and Jon Keyser
Advisor: Keith Edwards
" Ambient Router Project"

Sarah Tursell and Jeremy Duvall
Advisor: Keith Edwards
" A 'Smart' Router for the Home Network"

Attendees ate nearly 800 donuts. Projects were really top notch--congrats to everyone who entered! This is the first time students who have completed Research Option have entered UROC, and the winner of the faculty judged awards is a thesis-writing Research Option student. Congrats Matt!

Special thanks to:
* Karen Harwell, Director of Undergraduate Research
* Chief Judge: Spencer Rugaber
* Judge Organization: Alex Orso
* Judges: Rosa Arriaga, Ada Gavrilovska, Colin Potts, and Jose Zagal
* TSO, especially Mike Luttrell
* Student Services, especially Giselle Martin
* Extra special thanks to our Event Coordinator: Alicia Richhart

Congrats to everyone!
-- Amy Bruckman and Alex Orso, UROC Co-Chairs