Orientation week January 6-10, 2025
DePaul Jarvis College of Computing CDM 723 and CDM 436A
Monday, January 6: 9:30 am – 12 pm Location: CDM 723
- 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 7: 10 am – 12 pm Location: CDM 723
- 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
– 12:00 pm Study time: DS, AI, ML, papers related to the presented
projects (led by
Dr. Tchoua)
Wednesday, January 8: 10 am – 12 pm Location: CDM 723
- 10:00
– 10:45 am Research Presentation IV (Dr. Ilyas Ustun)
- 10:45
– 11:30 am Research Presentation V (Dr. Jacob Furst)
- 11:30
– 12:00 pm Study time: DS, AI, ML, papers related to the presented
projects (led by
Dr. Furst)
Thursday, January 9: 9 am – 11 am Location: CDM 436A
- 9:00
– 9:30 am Project and mentor assignment (all students and mentors, session
led by Dr. Furst) - 9:30
– 10:00 am How to review a research paper and search for research papers
using
DePaul library (Dr. Jacob Furst) - 10:00
– 11:00 am Basic Statistics Review (Dr. Thiru Ramaraj)
Friday, January 10: Review papers related to assigned projects, data access, meeting
with
the mentor
Weekly Research meetings: Larger weekly group research meetings with other
students (including Master’s and PhD students) starting week 2 (January 13 –
January 16) 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 17 | Paper presentation, review, and discussion | Dr. Jacob Furst |
January 24 | Progress Reports | Dr. Ilyas Ustun |
January 31 | Progress Reports- No Meeting | |
February 7 | How to formulate a research hypothesis/question | Dr. Jacob Furst |
February 14 | Progress Reports | Dr. Daniela Stan Raicu |
February 21 | Progress reports | Dr. Ilyas Ustun |
February 28 | Progress reports | Dr. Ilyas Ustun |
March 7 | Progress Reports | |
March 14 | No meeting (Finals week) | – |
March 21 | No meeting (Finals week) | – |
March 28 | No meeting (Spring break) | – |
Date | Activity | Mentor |
April 4 | Graduate School | Dr. Thiru Ramaraj |
April 11 | Best practices for writing a research paper | Dr. Jacob Furst |
April 18 | Good Friday – School Closed | – |
April 19 | Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium 2025 |
|
April 25 | Progress reports | |
May 2 | How to give a good research presentation | Dr. Roselyne Tchoua |
May 9 | The benefits of a research career path | Dr. Daniela Stan Raicu |
May 16 | Progress reports | |
May 23 | Progress reports | |
May 30 | Progress reports | |
June 6 | Spring quarter final presentations | All mentors |
June 13 | No meeting (Finals week) | – |