Reu13 orientation
- 1. Stephen Gilbert, Associate Director, VRAC/HCI Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering SPIRE-EIT Welcome Orientation 2013
- 2. Outline Why are you here? What's an REU? What's this REU? What's VRAC? What's research? Why is research important? Innovation! Why are you here? Spaghetti & Gumdrops
- 3. Who's funding this? National Science Foundation's CISE Directorate: Computer & Information Science & Engineering College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Graduate College
- 4. Why are you here? Well, who's funding it? What do they want? A. NSF B. DoD C. DoEd D. NIH E. TLA F. Templeton Foundation G. Kauffman Foundation H. MacArthur Foundation I. Gates Foundation J. Xprize Foundation
- 5. Stakeholders in a Design
- 6. Stakeholders in the REU Design NSF ISU You VRAC Faculty Grad Ss VRAC IT Staff Parents Employers Friends Lab Users
- 8. “Natural” Interfaces Map your learned expectations about the world onto the system's structure.
- 9. This is a blicket. Draw me 3 more.
- 10. This is a blicket. Draw me 3 more. Typical: Rarer: Almost Never: Special: Straight Round Alignment Endpoints Middleness
- 11. “Natural” Interfaces Map your learned expectations about the world onto the system's structure. This interface doesn't violate my natural sense of what's special.
- 12. What are we doing this summer? This is a job on a research team. Intern / Student It's one of the most creative jobs you'll have.
- 13. What will you do this summer? Create something wonderful. Be proud of it. BUT To do the best work you possibly can, you'll probably need more than 40 hours per week.
- 14. Themes of the REU The nature of grad school Teamwork Reflection Focused exploration (that's what research is)
- 15. Teaming Can be hard; It’s ok to talk about it. Forming Storming Norming Performing
- 16. What are we doing this summer? Structured Independent Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 F I N A L P R E S E N T A T I O N
- 17. Courses / Curricular activities Programming (C++) Graphics Programming (OpenGL) 3D Modeling (Maya) HCI (Human Computer Interaction) Craft of Research Journal Club Luncheon Lectures Ethics How-To's: Poster, Talk, Demo Research Symposium: Paper + Demo + Poster Mastery Learning No grades…
- 18. What do I do to succeed? (What's success?)
- 19. What do I do to succeed? 1. Participate a minimum of 40 hours per week in program activities 2. Participate in various extracurricular activities 3. Talk with Lisa or Andrea regularly 4. Meet with Grad Student once a week (if not more) 5. Give an oral mid-summer presentation 6. Post in personal blog daily 7. Research symposium: poster, demo, 5-page paper
- 20. Blogging Daily Reflection (it helps) – Your classes – Your project – What are you learning? – What are you struggling with? Share with others Practice expressing thought From 1-1:30 each day Comment on at least 2 others once a week
- 21. Research Paper 5 pages – We'll do it in milestones Problem Area Research Question Lit Review Methods Results & Abstract
- 22. Professional work environment 9am – 5pm (call someone if sick, etc.) Keep noise to a dull roar Pods, Conf Room, ICE, Forum, Atrium, Room 10 Limit Facebook, etc. / no Torrents No profanity, please Consider diverse group “Do you mean …?”
- 23. Who can help me? REU Staff Stephen Gilbert & Eliot Winer, CoPIs Pam Shill, Program Coordinator Lisa Gestrine, Cross-REU Mentor Andrea Halabi, Cross-REU Mentor Grad Students & Faculty Mentors Course Instructors Tech Support, reu-help@hci.iastate.edu Research Team Faculty Member Grad Student(s) Fellow Interns
- 24. Outline Why are you here? What's an REU? What's this REU? What's VRAC? What's research? Why is research important? Innovation! Why are you here? Spaghetti & Gumdrops (Stretch & Alphabetize)
- 25. If VRAC’s mission is… Performing research on the rapidly expanding interactions between humans and technology What do we need to be good at? Pair and share
- 26. Outline Why are you here? What's an REU? What's this REU? What's VRAC? What's research? Why is research important? Innovation! Why are you here? Spaghetti & Gumdrops
- 27. Job Description: Researcher Annual Salary: $15,000 - $300,000 Duties: Conduct focused exploration and spread knowledge What does that mean?
- 28. Research Experience Survey 1. Filled out surveys 2. Was a subject in psych 101 in college 3. Answered phone surveys 4. Talked to marketing person in mall 5. Conducted science labs 6. Rebuilt something several times until it worked 7. Wrote research paper summarizing a topic 8. Presented research project 9. Wrote annotated bibliography 10. Conducted deep library (non- Google) search on a topic 11. Ran a statistical analysis 12. Used Excel to create graphs and charts 13. Presented data to laypeople 14. Interviewed someone 15. Made detailed observations of a scene
- 29. Some Research Headlines Drug-resistant staph infections rising in poor Chicago neighborhoods Later bedtime may lead to childhood obesity College attendance affects drinking behaviors in adolescents Study reveals recent evolution of lactose tolerance Evidence suggests King Richard III was buried in haste
- 30. Flavors of Research Basic Research Applied Research Program Evaluation Secondary Analysis Market Research? Journalism?
- 31. Who Researches? Who Pays? • Professional Scientists / Researchers • Faculty • Postdocs • Grad students • Undergraduates • Government / Military • Corporate R&D • Foundations / Non-profits • Universities
- 32. Outline Why are you here? What's an REU? What's this REU? What's VRAC? What's research? Why is research important? Innovation! Why are you here? Spaghetti & Gumdrops
- 33. Innovation
- 34. Innovation is Key to World Success Innovation is the engine that drives economies. Countries support innovation to ensure dynamic economic advancement and prosperity, to gain competitive advantage internationally, and to improve the quality of life of their citizens and those of other nations. The latter is fostered through international collaboration, especially in research and development. - G8 Statement on Innovation, May 07
- 37. Source: Business Week, 2010
- 38. Innovation
- 39. Job Crunch / Innovation Gap 1,000,000 new IT jobs expected by 2014 Currently, U.S. Universities will provide graduates for only 50% of these
- 40. Why is innovation hard? We're not well-trained.
- 41. 2009 PISA Scores
- 42. 2009 PISA Scores
- 43. 2009 PISA Scores
- 44. Why is innovation hard? We're not well-trained. We're missing so many players.
- 45. STEM Education Stats, 2006 • 51% of jobs held by women • 26% of IT jobs held by women • AP Exam Takers – 56% women overall – 48% women in AP Calc – 15% women in AP Comp Sci
- 46. STEM Education Stats, 2006, cont. • In 2006, women were: – 59% of undergrad degrees – 21% of computer science undergrad degrees • In 1985, it was – 37% of computer science undergrad degrees What's going on?
- 47. Stats, cont. In 2004, among computer scientists: • 29% were female • 4% were female and African American • 2% were female and Asian • 1% were female and Hispanic We’re missing a lot of players.
- 49. Outline Why are you here? What's an REU? What's this REU? What's VRAC? What's research? Why is research important? Innovation! Why are you here? Spaghetti & Gumdrops HCI ? Innovation ? Change the world ?
- 50. Build a Tower • The Top Gumdrop must be the highest thing on your tower. • 15 minutes Reflect on: • Leadership • Conflict resolution • TED Video on tower building
Editor's Notes
- #23: Diff perspectives, diff assumptions…I messagesCommunication is failing if…you can talk about that – What is it that you mean by that?