Independent research in computer science culminating in the development of prototype or early draft of a computational artifact. Must be taken on a letter-grade basis. Students are invited to use their own departmentally approved laptop in this course; a limited number of laptops are available for use during class and lab sessions.

• Develop a viable and appropriate proposal for an independent and open-source research project.
• Describe a research process, its methods, and outcomes in writing in the form of an incremental research notebook and two chapters of a formal thesis document.
• Present and communicate complex ideas in a variety of media through both informal discussions, peer reviews and formal presentations.
• Produce and document a working prototype of computational artifact.
• Evaluate the produced prototype and reflect on theoretical, practical, ethical and social impact of the proposed artifact.
• Produce an original project that includes integration of theory and practice or software and hardware.

Independent research in data science culminating in the development of a prototype or early draft of a computational artifact. Must be taken on a letter-grade basis. Students are invited to use their own departmentally approved laptop in this course; a limited number of laptops are available for use during class and lab sessions.

• Develop a viable and appropriate proposal for an independent and open-source research project.
• Describe a research process, its methods, and outcomes in writing in the form of an incremental research notebook and two chapters of a formal thesis document.
• Present and communicate complex ideas in a variety of media through both informal discussions, peer reviews and formal presentations.
• Produce and document a working prototype of a data-oriented artifact.
• Evaluate the produced prototype and reflect on theoretical, practical, ethical and social impact of the proposed artifact.
• Produce an original project that uses a large, complex data set to create a web dashboard or extend an existing data science framework via analysis.

Independent research in informatics culminating in the development of a prototype or early draft of a computational artifact. Must be taken on a letter-grade basis. Students are invited to use their own departmentally approved laptop in this course; a limited number of laptops are available for use during class and lab sessions.

• Develop a viable and appropriate proposal for an independent and open-source research project.
• Describe a research process, its methods, and outcomes in writing in the form of an incremental research notebook and two chapters of a formal thesis document.
• Present and communicate complex ideas in a variety of media through both informal discussions, peer reviews and formal presentations.
• Produce and document a working prototype of an information-informed artifact.
• Evaluate the produced prototype and reflect on theoretical, practical, ethical and social impact of the proposed artifact.
• Produce an original project that integrates multiple disciplines and provides critical engagement of impact of technology on various communities.

Independent research in software engineering culminating in the development of a prototype or early draft of a computational artifact. Must be taken on a letter-grade basis. Students are invited to use their own departmentally approved laptop in this course; a limited number of laptops are available for use during class and lab sessions.

• Develop a viable and appropriate proposal for an independent and open-source research project.
• Describe a research process, its methods, and outcomes in writing in the form of an incremental research notebook and two chapters of a formal thesis document.
• Present and communicate complex ideas in a variety of media through both informal discussions, peer reviews, and formal presentations.
• Produce and document a working prototype of an engineered software artifact.
• Evaluate the produced prototype and reflect on theoretical, practical, ethical, and social impact of the produced artifact.
• Produce an original software project that is working, well-tested, and deployed into production use.