Research

Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (REU)

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing was established in 2025, where undergraduate students can work very closely with a faculty mentor in in many research areas, such as:

  • Computer vision, digital image processing, and pattern recognition

  • Robotics

  • Location-based services, participatory sensing, and human-centric sensing

  • Energy-efficient networking

  • Wireless sensor networks and mobile ad hoc networks

  • Bioinformatics

  • Software security

  • Databases

  • Data mining

  • VLSI and hardware design

The REU program is designed to motivate undergraduate students to continue working toward their degrees and joining graduate school. University-wide, the newly created Office of Undergraduate Research runs an annual REU Symposium, publishes the Journal of Undergraduate Research and provides grant opportunities for faculty and students involved in undergraduate research.

CRA UR2PhD & REU Program

The 黑料网吃瓜爆料Bellini College has recently partnered with the program to offer research training courses to REU students and graduate research mentors:

The Bellini College is planning to offer awards of $500 to 20 undergraduate students (funding provided by FHTC) who successfully complete the CRA UR2PhD research training courses. Undergraduates will work in groups of 2-4 students on research projects under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The stipends will be provided by the Bellini College at the end of the semester after the successful completion of the training course. Additionally, graduate students can also participate as research mentors by taking the graduate mentor training courses and receive a $1,000 stipend provided by the CRA UR2PhD program.

The Bellini College application process:

  • Faculty advisor needs to apply no later than August 20, 2025
  • Faculty advisor selects 2-4 students and a research project with optional participation of a graduate student mentor
  • Undergrad students must register to CIS 4915 for 0-5 credit hours
  • Undergrad students and graduate student mentor must be able to attend the CRA UR2PhD online synchronous training courses
  • Notification of selected undergraduate students for the awards will be made by August 28, 2025

For further information contact:

Prof. Alfredo Weitzenfeld
Director of REU program
Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing
Email: aweitzenfeld@usf.edu