Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information Technology (SURF-IT) offers opportunities for both UCSC students and non-UCSC students. SURF-IT will provide an intensive and personalized summer program with a focus on women, minority, and disadvantaged undergraduates. SURF-IT includes a research experience supervised by a UCSC faculty member in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or bioinformatics. Students will also have weekly meetings focused on graduate school preparation, how to present research results, research ethics, as well as field trips to local neighboring Silicon Valley research laboratories, such as Google and IBM Almaden, and of course a number of social activities.

SURF-IT is an National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site. A complete list of REU Sites can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/

PI: Prof. Richard Hughey
Co-PI: Prof. Roberto Manduchi
Coordinator: Colt J. Hangen
Program deadline: February 15
Email: surf-it@soe.ucsc.edu

Program home page: http://surf-it.soe.ucsc.edu