The Computer Science Department provides research opportunities for undergraduate students, from Honors and Gemstone projects, to special (e.g., CMSC 499) course-credit projects and summer internships. Some recent examples:

Spring 2008

Student: Oluwaseun Akinmade
Advisor: Dr. Memon
Project: Automated Model-Based Testing of Web Applications

Student: Katrina LaCurts
Advisor: Dr. Bhattacharjee
Project: BitTorrent is an Auction: Analyzing and Improving BitTorrent’s Incentives (pending publication)

Student: Sean Spencer
Advisor: Dr. Memon
Project: Object Testing Strategy

Student: Bobby Owolabi
Advisor: Dr. Guimbreti’re
Project: Composing Music on Paper and Computers: Musical Gesture Recognition

Fall 2007

Student: Sonia Franckel
Advisor: Dr. Bederson
Project: Designing an Intergenerational Blog

Student: Pamela Krolikowski
Advisor: Dr. Bederson
Project: Panwapa Usability/Effectiveness Study – Issues and Improvements
(Paper embargoed for release while in submission for journal publication.)

Student: Andrew Parrish
Advisor: Dr. Gasarch
Project: Purely Combinatorial Proof of Van Der Waerden-Type Theorems

Student: Adesh Francis
Advisor: Dr. Memon
Project: JFCUnit Test Case Generation

Student: Daniel Hackner
Advisor: Dr. Memon
Project: Test Case Generator for GUITAR

Spring 2007

Student: Aaron Schulman
Advisor: Dr. Spring
Project: Identifying Faults in 802.11 Networks with Device Driver Statistics

Student: Darya Filippova
Advisor: Dr. Shneiderman
Project: BasketLens: Interface for Document Visulation and Exploration

Student: Veysel Cetiner
Advisor: Dr. Shneiderman
Project: MyLifePix Design Process

Fall 2006

Student: Thuy-Lien Briggs
Advisor: Dr. Kruskal
Project: An Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Truels

Student: John Demme
Advisor: Dr. Deshpande
Project: Review of Database Models and Analysis for General Purpose Usage