Plans for the Spring Research Symposium 2009

The Spring Research Symposium 2009 will take place on April 30th at 5pm in the new McBryde Undergraduate Learning Center in McBryde 106. Students are encouraged to submit abstracts and posters to the symposium, with judging by faculty members and representatives from the department's Computer Science Resources Consortium (CSRC). Prizes and awards will be given to the top posters in three categories: Faculty Choice, Industry Choice, and People's Choice.

The results of last year's symposium are shown in the Spring 08 Results page. If you missed the symposium, the abstracts are available online for your benefit.

Please, keep in mind the following deadlines.

  1. By Monday April 27 at 9am, prepare a poster, and submit your poster title, abstract, and URL at the poster preparation page. Tips for preparing a poster are available here.
  2. By Wednesday April 29 at noon, your printed posters will be available for pick up in the McBryde CS department main office. You can pick up your poster there and bring it to the event location.
  3. On Thursday April 30 at 4:30pm come to the McBryde Undergraduate Learning Center and setup your posters. We provide all the materials, but you have to do the work.
  4. At 5:00pm the doors will open to public and the fun begins!
  5. The awards and prizes will be announced starting at 6:15pm. Good luck to all!

Welcome to the VTURCS Homepage!

The purpose of the VTURCS program is to encourage Computer Science undergraduate students to become involved in research. The faculty and students involved in VTURCS agree that research is one of the most valuable programs that a student can participate in during their undergraduate education. That's why VTURCS provides a web database where faculty can list their research opportunities so that interested students can find them. We also run an annual Fall Project Fair where various research groups come to talk about opportunities in their area. In the Spring, student researchers present their research to other students, faculty, interested members of the public, and a distinguished panel of judges that includes professors as well as representatives from industry leaders.

Why get involved?

Students join VTURCS for a variety of reasons:

Participating in research shows you go above and beyond the normal curriculum for undergraduate studies. Whether you're thinking about graduate school or a job after college, you will benefit from VTURCS. It shows you're someone who fits into the above categories and has experience working on real projects that make contributions to the world of computer science. Students who have worked on undergraduate research at Virginia Tech have gone on to work at top companies like Microsoft and Lockheed Martin, and to school at top graduate institutions like UNC, CMU, Penn State, and, of course, Virginia Tech!