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Undergraduates can participate in projects for credits by registering in CS 4974 or 4994. Consult the Faculty Advisor or Research Supervisor before you register for this course.
Participation on a VTURCS project could also lead to an honors thesis for CS majors interested in graduating with honors.
Can't find anything that piques your curiousity? Don't be afraid to check out the Computer Science faculty list for someone who has a research interest you'd like to know more about. They might just have something for you.
Deep Media Blacksburg
Faculty Advisor- Nicholas F. Polys
Research Supervisor- Nicholas F. Polys
Description of Work- This collection, translation and integration of geospatial information is increasingly important for safety, development, transportation and policy. This independent study will examine the feasibility of data sources mashups from numerous sensor modalities including imagery, topography and LIDAR, weather and more. Using datasets for VT campus and Town of Blacksburg, we will integrate them into X3D-Earth [http://www.web3d.org/x3d-earth/]. The X3D Earth Working Group uses the Web architecture, XML languages, and open protocols to build a standards-based X3D Earth specification usable by governments, industry, scientists, academia, and the general public. X3D-Earth efforts encompass client-side, server-side, authoring, and conversion technologies. Credit will be assessed based on the following prototype and report: using real spatial contexts for regional data, the student will document and innovate the translation, integration and delivery issues in producing X3D-Earth Blacksburg.
Application Instructions- Email to setup a convenient time to discuss details.
Project URL- not online yet
Area(s) of Research- Computer-Aided Instruction, Digital Libraries, Human-Computer Interaction, Databases
Compensation- Work for Credit
Contact- npolys@vt.edu
Finding Applets and Other Helpful Resources on Computing
- Faculty Advisor
- Edward A. Fox
- Research Supervisor
- Description of Work
- Virginia Tech hosts the Computing and Information Technology Interactive Digital Educational Library (www.citidel.org) and is helping lead the ACM Journal of Educational Resources in Computing (http://purl.org/net/JERIC/). We want to make learning about computing easier and better. This project will involve surfing the Web and/or working with Web crawlers to find helpful resources on computing.
- Application Instructions
- Please contact Dr. Fox for more details
- Project URL
- http://www.citidel.org
- Area(s) of Research
- Digital Libraries
- Compensation
- Work for Credit or Volunteer
- Contact
- fox@vt.edu
LibX
- Faculty Advisor
- Godmar Back
- Research Supervisor
- Description of Work
- Implement cool web technology with and surrounding LibX. For more information, see http://libx.org/ This project is for anybody who wants to learn modern, so-called "Web 2.0" technologies such as AJAX on both client or server. While our main application area is libraries (digital and traditional), the technology we develop transcends them.
- Application Instructions
- Send email.
- Project URL
- http://libx.org/
- Area(s) of Research
- Digital Libraries, Human-Computer Interaction
- Compensation
- Work for Pay or Credit
- Contact
- gback@cs.vt.edu
Undergraduate Researcher in Digital Libraries
- Faculty Advisor
- Edward A. Fox
- Research Supervisor
- Edward A. Fox
- Description of Work
- Many projects related to digital libraries, from theory to softare to systems to performance to applications (especially to education). The URL below lists many research ideas. See also Digital Library Research Laboratory www.dlib.vt.edu or Faculty Advisor's home page http://fox.cs.vt.edu for more info.
- Application Instructions
- Contact E. Fox, x5113, 606 McBryde Hall
- Project URL
- http://fox.cs.vt.edu/talks/Research.htm
- Area(s) of Research
- Digital Libraries
- Compensation
- Work for Credit or Volunteer
- Contact
- fox@vt.edu
Veterinary Experiment Analysis - Force Plate Lab
- Faculty Advisor
- Edward A. Fox
- Research Supervisor
- Edward A. Fox, along with Peter K. Shires (BVSc, MS, Diplomate ACVS, shirespk@vt.edu) and H. Marie Suthers-McCabe (D.V.M., msuthers@vt.edu)
- Description of Work
- The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine has a force plate laboratory. Animals are walked across a plate with sensors, with video recorded as well, to help assess their gait, which can be used to determine effectiveness of treatments and therapies on lameness, hip dysplasia, and other problems. Analysis of the computerized sensor data and video records from experiments is needed, along with development and deployment of tools to help.
- Application Instructions
- Please contact Professor Fox or Shires.
- Project URL
- http://fox.cs.vt.edu
- Area(s) of Research
- Bioinformatics, Digital Libraries, Software Engineering
- Compensation
- Work for Credit
- Contact
- fox@vt.edu