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Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate Research. You are here! What is it about?. UGR. Going beyond your course work Done in your free time! Challenging problems! You might not be able to solve them. UGR. Under supervision of faculty (recommendation letter!) Significant difference in job search

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Undergraduate Research

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  1. Undergraduate Research • You are here! • What is it about?

  2. UGR • Going beyond your course work • Done in your free time! • Challenging problems! You might not be able to solve them

  3. UGR • Under supervision of faculty (recommendation letter!) • Significant difference in job search • Opens the door to exciting new things (next Google, Facebook?) • Big difference between Idea and Execution – lesson for life • An edge in pursuit of higher degree

  4. UGR • Could be supported through scholarships • Could help you travel/participate to conferences, apply for scholarships • Could make you famous • You post a picture on Facebook: is there forever • You publish a paper: your name is there forever • You choose the problem (most often) • We have great faculty to work with

  5. Problems • Given undirected graph G with n vertices and 2n-2 edges find if G admits two edge disjoint spanning trees. Can you solve it in O(n log n) time? • Due Friday! • How to mislead third-party tracking cookies • Social media research • The kissing project : / \ vs. / / or \ \

  6. Bottom Line • UGR could be FUN! • It’s party time!

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