US 2012 - Tenth GECCO Undergraduate Student Workshop

The tenth annual Undergraduate Student Workshop at a GECCO conference will occur on Saturday, July 7, 2012 as part of the GECCO-2012 conference in Philadelphia, USA. The workshop will provide an opportunity for undergraduate students to present their research in evolutionary computation. Typically, presentations will describe senior-level research projects supervised by a faculty mentor; however, summer research projects or exceptional course projects may also be appropriate.
The workshop will be a half-day event, during which approximately eight undergraduate students will present their work to each other, to participating students' faculty mentors, and to GECCO participants interested in undergraduate research. Students should plan on 20-minute presentations, followed by five minutes of questions and discussion.
Students invited to the workshop will also participate in the conference poster session. Students will display posters summarizing their work, allowing the larger GECCO community to see what's being done by undergraduates in evolutionary computation. The poster session will also be a great opportunity for networking!
The goals of the Undergraduate Student Workshop are to:
Provide a forum allowing undergraduate students to put a capstone on their undergraduate research activities, by presenting their work at an international conference;
Encourage teaching faculty to consider undergraduate research opportunities for their students in the EC field;
Prepare undergraduate students for graduate work in EC areas;
Encourage sharing and networking amongst teaching faculty with students participating in undergraduate research projects in EC;
Provide networking opportunities for graduate school faculty and undergraduate students interested in pursuing advanced degrees;
Encourage more emphasis on education at the GECCO conference.