Student undergraduate research from years past

Computing Sciences students at Elon have had numerous opportunities to participate in experiential learning through research in recent years.

SURF presentations Spring 2011

• Creating a Virtual World and Navigating through It Using Gesture Recognition - presented by Dan Cresse; Dr. Shannon Duvall, mentor
• Catching Fireflies: A Persuasive Augmented Reality Game for Android Phones - presented by Amy Eubanks; Dr. Joel Hollingsworth, mentor 
• Augmented Collection of Code-Level Metrics for the Debian Package Repository - presented by Carter Kozak; Dr. Megan Squire, mentor
• Exploring Data Visualization - presented by Andrew Sutherland; Dr. Shannon Duvall, mentor
• Co-Located Collaborative Sensemaking on a Large High Resolution Display with Multiple Input Devices - presented by Kate Vogt; Dr. Duke Hutchings, mentor

SURF presentations Spring 2010

• Design and Evaluation of an Image-Based Authentication System for Small Touch-Screens - presented by Jonathan Citty; Dr. Duke Hutchings, mentor
• Collecting & Analyzing Data about Free, Libre, and Open Source Software - presented by Jamie Marie Schatz; Dr. Megan Squire, mentor 

SURF Presentations Spring 2009

• A Comparison of Student Use and the Understanding of Text Messaging Shorthand - presented by Johnie Blackwell, III; Dr. Lynn Heinrichs, mentor
• An Embodied Mobile Agent Framework for iPhone OS - presented by Vic McGlaughlin, senior Honors thesis; Prof. Joel Hollingsworth, mentor
• Position-Based and Keyword-Based Parsing for Automatic Retrieval of Web Page Information - presented by Brad Nock; Dr. Shannon Duvall, mentor
• Extending the ID3 Algorithm to Handle Confidence Values - presented by Tom Porter; Dr. Shannon Duvall, mentor
• 3D Virtualization: Learning German from a Video Game - presented by Tess Stamper, Kyle Schutt, Daniel Cresse and others; Dr. Shannon Duvall, mentor along with Dr. David Neville and Dr. LM Wood
• A visual password system for mobile devices - presented by Jonathan Citty; Dr. Duke Hutchings, mentor

SURF presentation Spring 2008

• Internet Communities - presented by Svetlin R. Tzolov, Dr. Alex Yap, faculty mentor

SURF presentations Spring 2007

• Making Data Input And Retrieval More Effective For The Elon University Office Of Sponsored Programs - presented by Maggie L. Presley, Dr. Lynn Heinrichs, faculty mentor
• A Framework For The Implementation Of Human Cognitive Assessments On A Handheld Device - presented by Christopher J. Weitzen, senior Honors thesis; Professor Joel Hollingsworth, faculty mentor
• Clarifications And Extensions To Tactical Waypoint Graph Algorithms For Video Games - presented by Dustin E. White, Dr. Shannon Duvall, faculty mentor
• Student Awareness And Understanding Of Acceptable Use At Elon - presented by Brendan T. Wolf Dr. Lynn Heinrichs, faculty mentor

SURF presentations Spring 2006

• EU22: Simplifying Classroom Scheduling for Elon University's Registrar's Office - presented by Eric Hydrick, Dr. David Powell, faculty mentor
• Disaster Recovery for Small Businesses - presented by Svetlin Tzolov, Dr. Lynn Heinrichs, faculty mentor

SURF presentations Spring 2005

• Server-side Spam Filtering - An Analysis - presented by Eric M. Hydrick, Dr. Lynn Heinrichs, faculty mentor
• Content Display for Multiple Internet Platforms - presented by Ryan P. Markel, Professor Michele Kleckner, faculty mentor
• Computers You Can Talk To: Applying Machine Learning Techniques To Natural Language Understanding - presented by Michael M. Richards, Professor Shannon Duvall, faculty mentor

SURF presentations Spring 2004

• Arbitrarily Extensible Ant Colony Optimization - presented by Ryan Barnard, Professor Joel Hollingsworth, faculty mentor
• A Visual Editor for the Creation of 3-Dimensional Game Environments - presented by Jeffrey Houston, Professor Joel Hollingsworth, faculty mentor
• Discovering Complex Networks in Open Source Project Development Teams - presented by Joseph Magyar, Dr. Megan Conklin, faculty mentor

Other student research

Several students have also presented their research at the ACM Southeast Region Chapter Meeting in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Students may also elect to participate in research opportunities off campus including ones supported by the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program (REU).

In 2004-05, the department offered research positions through a two year research contract from UNC. This program called "A Consortium to Promote Computational Science and High Performance Computing" started in June of 2004 and was led by Joel Hollingsworth and Dave Powell. During the summer of 2004, two students, Avery Edwards and Pramotte Malasitt, investigated the application of decision analysis tools to grid computing. Their work was leveraged in a special class taught in the Spring of 2005 called Intelligent Decision Making. Two full time summer research positions were available for the summer of 2005.

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