Please let promising undergraduate students know about this summer research opportunity. We are accepting applications until March 15th. Thanks! --Laura Dabbish --------------- *Social Computing Lab Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer Program Human-Computer Interaction Institute Carnegie Mellon University May 31, 2016 – August 5, 2016 * *****Application Deadline: March 15th, 2016 ***** * Program Details and Application Instructions Available here*: https://hciisocialcomputing.wordpress.com/summer-reu-program-description/ The Social Computing Lab at Carnegie Mellon has an exciting summer research opportunity for undergraduate students. The Social Computing Lab’s REU program allows talented undergraduates to spend 10 weeks during the summer in a research laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University. Students will conduct research in an area matched to the interests expressed in the student’s application. Guidance and supervision of the research project will be provided by the faculty member as well as, in some cases, postdoctoral fellows and/or graduate students. Seminars specific to those participating in the REU program will be held weekly including seminars on graduate admissions and career opportunities in science, education, computer science and engineering. In addition, Social Computing Lab seminars and those held by Carnegie Mellon’s Human Computer Interaction Institute and Language Technologies Institute and will be open to the students, giving them exposure to a wide range of research in social computing. Each student will receive a fellowship stipend with funds for housing support. Applications are encouraged from students who wish to learn to conduct research in a modern academic research laboratory under the guidance of experienced scientists and engineers and experiment in social computing and online collaboration. The REU program will expose students to the excitement and opportunities of a research career. This experience will provide excellent preparation for students interested in subsequently pursuing a Masters or Ph.D. degree. We seek broad participation, including members of underrepresented groups as defined by the National Science Foundation (African American, Hispanic, Native American) who may be considering pursuing further graduate study human-computer interaction, psychology or computer science. Although students from other years may apply, this opportunity is most fitting for students at the end of their sophomore or junior year of undergraduate studies. We encourage applications from students who would like to conduct research in the fields of human-computer interaction, online communities, computer-mediated communication, distributed collaboration, crowdsourcing, visualization, assistive technology, social aspects of privacy and security, and language technologies. * Application Instructions*: To apply, complete the application form here: https://hciisocialcomputing.wordpress.com/summer-reu-program-application/