Orientation week January 8-12, 2024
DePaul Jarvis College of Computing CDM 723
Monday, January 8: 9:30 am – 12 pm
• 9:30 – 9:40 am Welcome remarks and overview of the program (Dr. Ilyas Ustun)
• 9:40 – 10:00 am Expectations and outcomes for the program (Dr. Daniela Raicu)
• 10:00 – 10:30 am Faculty Mentors and student introductions
• 10:30 – 11:15 am Introduction to Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine
Learning (Dr. Daniela Raicu)
• 11:15 – 12:00 pm Research Presentation I: Dr. Thiru Ramaraj
Tuesday, January 9: 10 am – 12 pm
• 10:00 – 10:45 am Research Presentation II (Drs. Daniela Raicu/Orheanu)
• 10:45 – 11:30 am Research Presentation III: (Dr. Roselyne Tchoua)
• 11:30-12:00pm Study time: DS, AI, ML, papers related to the presented projects (led by
Dr. Tchoua)
Wednesday, January 10: 10 am – 12 pm
• 10:00 – 10:45 am Research Presentation IV (Dr. Ilyas Ustun)
• 10:45 – 11:30 am Research Presentation V (Dr. Jacob Furst)
• 11:30-12:00pm Study time: DS, AI, ML, papers related to the presented projects (led by
Dr. Furst)
Thursday, January 11: 10 am – 12 pm
• 10:00-11:00am Basic Statistics Review (Dr. Thiru Ramaraj)
• 11:00 – 11:30 am Project and mentor assignment (all students and mentors, session
led by Dr. Furst)
• 11:30 – 12:00pm How to review a research paper and search for research papers using
DePaul library (Dr. Jacob Furst)
Friday, January 12 – study time: papers related to assigned projects, data access, meeting with
the mentor
Research meetings: Larger weekly group research meetings with other students (including Master’s and PhD
students) starting week 2 (January 15 – January 18) of the program:
Mondays, 12 – 2 pm (room CDM 723)
Thursday, 12 – 2 pm (room CDM 723)
Note: Students will attend only one of these meetings depending on the assigned projects
Weekly Friday meetings: Starting week 2, the students will give updates on their
projects. Fridays, 2 pm – 3 pm (room CDM 723
Date | Activity | Mentor |
January 19 | Paper presentation, review, and discussion | Dr. Jacob Furst |
January 26 | Progress reports: No meeting in person, but students submit a 1-page summary report to all mentors | |
February 2 | Progress reports/Panel on previous Motorola Scholars’ Experiences | Dr. Tchoua |
February 9 | How to formulate a research hypothesis/question | Dr. Jacob Furst |
February 16 | Progress Reports | Dr. Daniela Stan Raicu |
February 23 | Progress reports | Dr. Ilyas Ustun |
March 1 | Progress reports | Dr. Ilyas Ustun |
March 8 | Progress Reports | Dr. Ilyas Ustun |
March 15 | No meeting (Finals week) | – |
March 22 | No meeting (Spring break) | – |
March 29 | No meeting (Good Friday) | – |
Date | Activity | Mentor |
April 5 | Graduate School | Dr. Thiru Ramaraj |
April 12 | Best practices for writing a research paper | Dr. Jacob Furst |
April 19 | Progress reports | Dr. Ilyas Ustun |
April 26 | Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium 2024 | – |
May 3 | How to give a good research presentation | Dr. Roselyne Tchoua |
May 10 | The benefits of a research career path | Dr. Daniela Stan Raicu |
May 17 | Progress reports | Dr. Ilyas Ustun |
May 24 | Progress reports | – |
May 31 | Progress reports | – |
June 7 | Spring quarter final presentations | All mentors |
June 14 | No meeting (Finals week) | – |