<p>I've had trouble finding them. How can I tell if research is available for undergraduates as opposed to graduates?</p>
<p>Research in what? Email the professors, and ask if they have any undergrads who work in their groups.</p>
<p>Ask them? Call? Search their website?</p>
<p><a href=“Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) | U-M LSA”>http://www.lsa.umich.edu/urop/</a>
<a href=“Undergraduate degree programs”>http://www.engin.umich.edu/college/research/undergrad</a></p>
<p>Schools will tell you anything you want to hear. You need to speak to the professors who sponsor u/g research and the students who participate. If your schools don’t have an Office of Undergraduate Research, then call the department of interest. Ask to speak to the professors in that department who sponsor u/g research and the students who take advantage of it. When you go to visit, where appropriate, ask to see the facilities and library and local resources students use for their research. Ask about money for supporting research–the elite schools will have some funds.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. </p>
<p>happymomof1: I’m looking into research in AI. </p>
<p>MrMom: Do you know of a efficient way to search their websites?</p>
<p>MrMom and jkeil911, isn’t there some sort of easier way to find out? I don’t need any in-depth information, I’m just looking to see if any undergraduate research in AI exists in the colleges I’m considering applying to. </p>
<p>Google?</p>
<p>A quick Google search like this:
<a href=“Google”>Google;
<p>Turned up this, which is far more knowledgable on the subject than I am:
<a href=“http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3596850/problems-in-artificial-intelligence-research”>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3596850/problems-in-artificial-intelligence-research</a></p>
<p>easier = less accurate, OP.</p>
<p>Mr.Mom: The stackoverflow post IIRC didn’t mention which colleges had undergraduate AI research.</p>
<p>Anyways, I actually managed to succeed by googling [<name of="" college=""> computer science] and then navigating to the department’s research section and finding AI research there. Previously, I kept having “AI” in my search, which was for some reason made the search fail.</name></p>
<p>Go out and look at the bios for professors at the colleges you are interested in. If any are involved in AI research, email and ask them if they have undergrads helping with research.</p>
<p>Approach profs, advisor, other students, ask away. </p>
<p>My D got sole undergrad slot in one prof’s lab next spring at Tufts from making appointments to discuss options and chatting up friends in same major. Career services at your college is a resource, too. And as mentioned, scour school sites for professor bios and fields of study.</p>
<p>The stackoverflow post doesn’t mention specific schools but does make mention of the fact that asking about AI research is too broad a question, since the field has many, many sub-branches that you may or may not be interested in. You need to get more specific. Asking about AI research is a little like asking who does medical research - everyone and no one.</p>
<p>The real question I would have would be is AI research really accessible to an undergrad, as until you get up to speed, it’s not like there’s a lot of low level research an undergrad can do - it’s not like there are cultures to count or lab rats to be fed. I would imagine you’re going to have to have at least junior or senior standing to get into anything even remotely decent, unless you’re one of those geniuses who should really be at a much higher level school.</p>
<p>MrMom: From my experience, I found that I was actually asking to specific a question. I had much more success looking into computer science research in the schools rather than AI. I suspect this is because much AI research isn’t termed AI research; it’s given the name of whatever subfield it’s in.</p>
<p>I think we got to the same answer from different directions.</p>