What is Research? My Undergraduate Perspective Katie Wolf, University of Minnesota

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What is Research? My Undergraduate Perspective Katie Wolf, University of Minnesota

About Katie Wolf: Undergraduate at the University of Minnesota Double Major in Math and Computer Science (Minor in Italian) Researching led me to studying abroad in Italy for Spring 2011

HOW DID I GET INVOLVED IN RESEARCH? - Internship for almost two years - GHC I wanted to know ‘What is research?’ from my own perspective - GHC 2009

MY RESEARCH BACKGROUND: Distributed Research Experience for Undergraduates (DREU): Summer 2009: Oregon State University Automatic Bird Species Recognition via Audio Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP): Spring 2010: University of Minnesota Clustering and Topic Extraction of Micro Blogs

MY RESEARCH BACKGROUND: Distributed Research Experience for Undergraduates (DREU): Summer 2010: University of Southern California Expressive music performance analysis CSCI 4994H: Honors Thesis – Directed Research Fall 2010: University of Minnesota Continuation of USC DREU Research

WHAT DO I THINK RESEARCH IS? Questioning - Searching for knowledge Exploring - Discovering new things - Expanding ideas Presenting - Reporting findings

WAYS TO GET INVOLVED - Contact professors - Connect with experienced students - Look for UROP and REU opportunities – there are a lot out there - Sign up for newsletters

HOW TO FIND TOPICS - Look at things that interest you - Speak with Professors - Read papers - Attend conferences

HOW TO INTEGRATE RESEARCH INTO UNDERGRADUATE ACTIVITIES -Find paid opportunities to do research for both experience and income - Take for credit - Use as Honors experience

WHAT WERE THE UPS AND DOWNS? -UPS -Defining your own work -Sense of satisfaction -Learning a lot! -DOWNS -Getting stuck -Staying organized -Planning ahead