Introduction to research

The Computer Science Department is involved in a broad variety of leading edge research in which you may choose to participate. Before you can make such choices, however, you must first gain an understanding of what academic research is (since it may differ from your preconceptions) and then explore the types of research taking place to see which, if any, might be of interest to you. This page provides resources to help you achieve both.

Understanding academic research

1 What Research Is

Video: ~10 minutes

Prof. Carton explains what "academic research" is and how it may differ from your previous perception of "research" in general.

2 What Researchers Do

Video: ~10 minutes

Prof. Carton examines the research lifecycle and some of the ways in which undergraduates may find a role in the process.

3 Careers in Research

Video: ~21 minutes

Prof. Carton explores some of the career paths for which academic research will help prepare you.

Research within the CS department

In the table below, the links in the Researcher column lead to their personal web page, the links in the Video column lead to a video introducing their research, and the links in the Group column lead to the web site of their research group.