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To see the description, click on each project in the following list: 1. RoboCup 2. Location-based service application for tourists In this project the student(s) will design and develop a location-based application to help Florida tourists. The application will be made in Java2Me to run on cellular-GPS enabled phones and will be used to help tourists to go around and find desired places. Upon request, the application will provide the user with different choices, e.g. names of restaurants close to the user actual location, and directions to get to the selected one. In addition, the students will make a downloadable program that will check if the user cell phone is GPS-enable and can use our tourist application. 3. Location-based traffic alert system 4. Web-based evaluation of capacity estimation tools 5. End-to-end non-intrusive available bandwidth estimation tool 7. Ad hoc networking for unmanned systems 8. Topology control in wireless sensor networks 9. Development of a Parallel/Distributed SAT Solver 10. Image processing 11. Design and implementation of a large-scale compute cluster 12. Power Management in the Internet 13. Graphical User Interface for Security Policies 14. Location-based Security Enforcement 15. Transportation path reconstruction using GPS-enabled cell phones 16. Developing Intelligent Power Management Techniques for Cell Phone Software Applications 17. Enhancing an Expert System for travel behavior collected using GPS-enabled cell phones 18. Advanced Mode Detection algorithms 19. Advanced User Interface for Cell Phone that Aids Cognitively-Disabled Transit Riders 20. Advanced real-time path prediction using GPS-enabled cell phones 21. Creating a navigation system using new Geographic Information System (GIS)–compatible databases for data storage and analysis The projects will engage undergraduate students in several state-of-the art research projects in Computer Science and Engineering and related fields through individual interaction between students and faculty mentors as well as collaborative work among faculty and students across disciplines. The program provides interesting research opportunities in the areas of Computer Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Transportation, Computer Architecture, VLSI design, Image Processing, and Bioinformatics, among others. Initially, students will be introduced to fundamentals of research, such as methodologies, tools, techniques, literature searches, technical writing, and presentation skills expected to aid them in their forecoming activities and responsibilities. After this introduction, they will work directly on specific research projects. In addition, they will participate in activities designed to promote the exchange of ideas and knowledge, including academic and social activities. The faculty mentors will closely supervise the students, but as they become more familiar with the techniques and goals of their research, they will be encouraged and allowed to become more independent in their work. In addition, the faculty will participate in planned social events both on and off campus. Mid-semester, students will be asked to give a 10-minute progress presentation on their research. This activity is aimed to improve the students’ professional presentation skills, to provide valuable feedback to mentors and peers, and will be an important checkpoint of progress. At the end of the summer session, all students will be required to present their work in the REU poster competition. Cash prizes will be given for the three best poster presentations, with honorable mentions to the following three. In addition, all students will receive a book on research for future reference in their research endeavors. |
