Peter B. Golbus and Sabrina Neuman launch research program aimed at increasing the number of CS PhD candidates from underrepresented groups
BU Computer Science is proud to be one of five inaugural institutional partners selected by the Computing Research Association to participate in the new UR2PhD National Virtual Computing Research Mentor Program. Peter Golbus and Sabrina Neuman are co-directing program at BU.
The goals of the program are to “increase the number of undergraduate research opportunities for women (especially Black, Latina, and Native women) by expanding universities’ capacities for high-quality undergraduate research; and close the gap between a first research experience and a successful PhD application.”
To work towards this goal, BU CS has agreed to recruit 20 new undergraduate student researchers for Fall 2023 (with a target of 80% “women or other gender-marginalized identities, with a disproportionate number from a marginalized race/ethnicity“). These students will work in groups of 2 or more on a research project, and take a special virtual seminar class to coach them on how to conduct research and apply to grad school (we are arranging for them to receive course credit for these activities). We have also agreed to recruit graduate students to take a weekly class on how to be good research mentors, and to mentor these students on their research projects.
Information on how faculty, PhD students and undergraduate students can take part in the program is available here.