Intel Undergraduate Research Program

UC Berkeley EECS Dept.Sheila M. Humphreys

Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing, 3/30/2009

Emphasis on diversity

• Active Students + Graduates=53

• Women= 32/53 (60%)

• Ethnic Minority= 11/53 (20%)

• 32 IUR students graduated

• 100% retention to graduation!

• 29 in graduate school or accepted to grad school: UCB, Cornell, Stanford, MIT, GaTech, UT Austin, UCLA

IUR Program at Cal

• Poster sessions: 3 per year with prizes• Graduate School Workshops with Faculty:

Fall, Spring and Summer Statements of Purpose, Fellowships,

Letters of recommendation, Choosing a Program

• Academic Advising for graduate school• Graduate School Fair: IUR and IEEE• Web site with online resources

Berkeley IUR Resources

• Guidelines for Grad Student Mentors

• Faculty Videos on Grad School

• URL: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Programs/ugrad/UgradResearch/Intel/spring2009.html

• How to Do Research in 8 Weeks

• How to Make a Poster

• Conferences: technical + TAPIA, Hopper

Students Perceive Benefits!

• “It gave me a tremendous confidence when applying to graduate school, and even now in graduate school, because I'm not so afraid of what research is.”

• “Without this motivation to continue research, I wouldn't have been confident or encouraged to continue (because there is a lot of stress being just a student).”

Future Directions

• Form closer link with Intel Research Lab at Berkeley

• Develop more online resources

• Broaden IUR to include freshmen and sophomores

• Diversify funding base

• Track IUR alumni in graduate school