Experience with translational or applied research pursued in an industrial or laboratory setting is important for in-the-field graduate training. To provide this training, graduate students may complete a lab rotation that provides them with the opportunity to (1) explore lab settings and industrial collaborations that may be relevant to their thesis work; (2) experience the diversity of applied and in-the-field research styles in computing and data sciences; and (3) expand their external network of potential research collaborators. Before beginning an external lab rotation, students are expected to develop a plan for the scope and expected outcomes of the work to be pursued under the supervision of a named lab rotation advisor. This plan must be pre-approved by the student's academic, research, or thesis advisor in CDS. While desirable, it is neither required nor expected that the rotation will result in completion of a substantial body of work. Lab rotation credits will be noted on the student transcript as a 4-credit pass/fail independent study course numbered as DS-990.

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