1. Daisy Sang Faculty Advisor Computer Science Department
The JPL SIRI Program
Daisy Sang
Faculty Advisor
Computer Science Department

2. SIRI Student Independent Research Internship
Organized by JPL to provide students with real-life work experiences
Training program
Students are paired with JPL scientists
Unpaid internship

3. Why SIRI 2 units of CS elective credit Valuable hands-on experience
Possible future employment opportunities
Full time JPLers
RA (Research Apprenticeship) program
APT (Academic Part-Time)

4. Participating Universities
California Institute of Technology
Cal Poly, Pomona
Cal State, Long Beach
Cal State, Los Angeles
Cal State, Northridge
Citrus College
Glendale College
Mt. San Antonio College
Pasadena City College
Santa Monica College
UCLA
USC

5. Program Information SIRI is offered twice a year Fall Semester
September to January
Students will enroll in CS461 for Fall Quarter
Spring Semester
February to June
Students will enroll in CS461 for Winter Quarter

6. Application Requirements
USA citizen or permanent resident
At least 18 years old
Cal Poly GPA 3.0 or better
Completion of CS241 is preferred
Provide hours per week regularly for the period of the program
Attend all Friday afternoon meetings and training sessions

7. Announcements of Opportunity
Database design
Web development
Software testing
GUI and OpenGL
Hardware systems
Data collection and analysis
Scientific oriented projects
Others in SP11 program

8. Task Timeline Fall Spring Call for applications May October
Announcement of opportunities posted
July
November
Post resumes on-line
Selection
August
December
Begin work at JPL
September
February

9. Quick Statistics
10 SIRI classes completed with 64 students participated since Fall 2006
34 CS majors, 26 ENG, 3 BIO, 1 PHY
Fall 2011 has 6 participants
2 CS (5 applied, 3 semi-final, 2 accepted)
3 ENG
1 MATH

10. Quick Statistics F 2006 5 CS Sp 2007 F 2007 2 CS, 1 ENG Sp 2008
2 CS, 6 ENG, 1 BIO, 1 PHY
Sp 2009
1 CS, 5 ENG, 2 BIO
F 2009
4 CS, 4 ENG
Sp 2010
6 CS
F 2010
Sp 2011
3 CS, 4 ENG
F 2011
2 CS, 3 ENG, 1 MATH

11. Advice
Identify your interests, consider your background, and prioritize tasks
Be independent
Be responsible
Be patient and self motivated
Good communication with mentors and the group

12. Resources JPL SIRI Website: http://siri.jpl.nasa.gov/
Dr. Sang’s SIRI webpage:
Faculty advisors at Cal Poly:
For BIO majors, Dr. Wei-Jen Lin
For PHY majors, Dr. Ertan Salik or Dr. Rudolph
For ENG majors, Dr. Zeki Aliyazicioglu
For CS and all other majors, Dr. Sang (Coordinator)