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 [[https://w3.cs.jmu.edu/bowersjc/what_is_research-2024.pdf|Fall 2024 What is Research Slides]]  [[https://w3.cs.jmu.edu/bowersjc/what_is_research-2024.pdf|Fall 2024 What is Research Slides]] 
  
-===== Friday Seminars =====+==== Friday Seminars ====
  
 The [[CS Research Seminar Talks]] are talks given by faculty members and undergraduate research assistants on a variety of topics at the cutting edge of computer science research. Talks happen on Fridays at 11:30am and occur roughly every couple of weeks, generally in King 236. The format is a 30-40 minute research talk with 10-20 minutes reserved for questions. All CS students (and other interested students and faculty) are invited to attend. Email announcements about each seminar will be sent to the CS listserv. The [[CS Research Seminar Talks]] are talks given by faculty members and undergraduate research assistants on a variety of topics at the cutting edge of computer science research. Talks happen on Fridays at 11:30am and occur roughly every couple of weeks, generally in King 236. The format is a 30-40 minute research talk with 10-20 minutes reserved for questions. All CS students (and other interested students and faculty) are invited to attend. Email announcements about each seminar will be sent to the CS listserv.
  
  
-===== Honors Theses =====+==== Honors Theses ====
  
 Many students who become involved in research elect to do an "[[https://www.jmu.edu/honors/capstone-project.shtml | Honors Capstone Project]]" (or "honors thesis"). This option is open to any student and you do not need to be a member of the honors college. Many faculty prefer this option for students who wish to do research. Many students who become involved in research elect to do an "[[https://www.jmu.edu/honors/capstone-project.shtml | Honors Capstone Project]]" (or "honors thesis"). This option is open to any student and you do not need to be a member of the honors college. Many faculty prefer this option for students who wish to do research.
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 If you are interested in this option, you should find a project or problem that you'd like to work on and request a meeting with a faculty member who might be interested in advising you. You should also look at the [[department:honors_capstone:start|CS Honors Capstone Guidelines]]. If you are interested in this option, you should find a project or problem that you'd like to work on and request a meeting with a faculty member who might be interested in advising you. You should also look at the [[department:honors_capstone:start|CS Honors Capstone Guidelines]].
  
-===== Independent Study =====+==== Independent Study ====
  
 If you cannot commit to a three-semester sequence, there is still the possibility to receive some academic credit for doing research through a mechanism called an Independent Study. To do this, you must find a faculty member willing to advise you and submit a proposal to the undergraduate program coordinator. You will then register for a 1-, 2-, or 3-credit CS 497 and conduct work as planned over the course of a single semester. If you cannot commit to a three-semester sequence, there is still the possibility to receive some academic credit for doing research through a mechanism called an Independent Study. To do this, you must find a faculty member willing to advise you and submit a proposal to the undergraduate program coordinator. You will then register for a 1-, 2-, or 3-credit CS 497 and conduct work as planned over the course of a single semester.
  
-===== Ad-hoc =====+==== Ad-hoc ====
  
 Of course, you can also always contribute to a project without receiving any academic credit. There are other rewards, such as the experience itself as well as a nice thing to put on your resume. If a project has funding there is also occasionally the opportunity to earn a bit of part-time income as a student research employee. All of these should be discussed individually with a faculty member that you'd like to work with. Of course, you can also always contribute to a project without receiving any academic credit. There are other rewards, such as the experience itself as well as a nice thing to put on your resume. If a project has funding there is also occasionally the opportunity to earn a bit of part-time income as a student research employee. All of these should be discussed individually with a faculty member that you'd like to work with.
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 +==== Links ====
 +  * [[https://cseweb.ucsd.edu//~wgg/CSE210/howtoread.html|How to Read a Research Paper]]
 +  * "[[http://www.cs.unc.edu/~azuma/hitch4.html|Everything I wanted to know about C.S. graduate school at the beginning but didn’t learn until later]]"
 +  * [[https://www.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/reu/search?f%5b0%5d=reu_research_area:25737|PAID summer research opportunities (sponsored by the National Science Foundation, these are alled "REU"s, Research Experience(s) for Undergraduates)]]
  
 ===== Participating Faculty ===== ===== Participating Faculty =====
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   * [[https://w3.cs.jmu.edu/weikleda|Prof. Weikle]]   * [[https://w3.cs.jmu.edu/weikleda|Prof. Weikle]]
  
-====== Groups/Labs ======+===== Groups/Labs =====
  
   * [[https://w3.cs.jmu.edu/lam2mo/lab.html|High Performance Analysis]]   * [[https://w3.cs.jmu.edu/lam2mo/lab.html|High Performance Analysis]]
  
-====== Links ====== +===== Active Projects =====
-  * [[https://cseweb.ucsd.edu//~wgg/CSE210/howtoread.html|How to Read a Research Paper]] +
-  * "[[http://www.cs.unc.edu/~azuma/hitch4.html|Everything I wanted to know about C.S. graduate school at the beginning but didn’t learn until later]]" +
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-====== Active Projects ======+
  
 Here is a list of research projects conducted by JMU faculty members with students.  Here is a list of research projects conducted by JMU faculty members with students. 
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 Feel free to add your project here! Feel free to add your project here!
  
-===== Infill Generation for Additive Manufacturing Design =====+==== Infill Generation for Additive Manufacturing Design ====
  
 Additive manufacturing (3D-printing) techniques are enabling lighter, stronger, and more quickly designed industrial production. A 3D printed object is neither solid nor hollow, but instead is filled with a pattern of material called an infill. This project seeks to design new computational methods for generating infill patterns that allow for both stronger and lighter materials to be constructed, generally based on some user specified parameters or simulated stress data. For example, an airplane wing experiences more stress near its attachment to the fuselage than it does at the wingtip. Can we design an infill pattern for a 3D printed airplane wing that is both strong where the stress is highest, but lighter than a wing built using traditional methods? Additive manufacturing (3D-printing) techniques are enabling lighter, stronger, and more quickly designed industrial production. A 3D printed object is neither solid nor hollow, but instead is filled with a pattern of material called an infill. This project seeks to design new computational methods for generating infill patterns that allow for both stronger and lighter materials to be constructed, generally based on some user specified parameters or simulated stress data. For example, an airplane wing experiences more stress near its attachment to the fuselage than it does at the wingtip. Can we design an infill pattern for a 3D printed airplane wing that is both strong where the stress is highest, but lighter than a wing built using traditional methods?
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    * Status: Ongoing and looking for new students!    * Status: Ongoing and looking for new students!
  
-===== ODE Viewer =====+==== ODE Viewer ====
  
 Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) are used to model changes in real-world systems using numerical simulation. Often, mathematicians and scientists wish to visualize the results of these simulations and see what happens when particular parameters are changed. This is also useful to students who are learning about these systems. This project would involve extending a rudimentary tool written as part of a Summer 2021 project that was a collaboration between Dr. Lam and faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) are used to model changes in real-world systems using numerical simulation. Often, mathematicians and scientists wish to visualize the results of these simulations and see what happens when particular parameters are changed. This is also useful to students who are learning about these systems. This project would involve extending a rudimentary tool written as part of a Summer 2021 project that was a collaboration between Dr. Lam and faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
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   * Faculty contact: Dr. Lam   * Faculty contact: Dr. Lam
   * Repository: [[https://github.com/huberbp/jmodev | GitHub]]   * Repository: [[https://github.com/huberbp/jmodev | GitHub]]
 +  * Status: Ongoing and looking for new students!
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 +==== MusicCPR ====
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 +In collaboration with researchers, practitioners, and students of Computer Science (HCI, AI) and Music Education, we are developing a niche learning management system to support students and instructors in instrumental music education to have free access to engaging, evidence-based activities to improve their instruction and to broaden the perspective of instrumental music education. 
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 +  * Faculty contact: [[https://hcientist.com | Dr. Stewart]]
   * Status: Ongoing and looking for new students!   * Status: Ongoing and looking for new students!
  
 [[Inactive Research Projects]] [[Inactive Research Projects]]