Scrapy is an open-source web-crawling platform implemented in Python. As part of an
undergraduate research project, the lead author created a web crawler with Scrapy that …

Efforts to improve retention in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
majors frequently utilize peer mentors and/or leaders. At Authors' University, the STEM …

Recruiting and retaining STEM majors has been an ongoing challenge for colleges and
universities. This research paper describes two initiatives to recruit and retain Computer …

Research experiences for undergraduates (REUs) have many positive outcomes on
students' perception of and retention in Computer Science (CS). Yet nearly all REUs are …

The Early Research Scholars Program (ERSP) was launched in 2014 at UC San Diego as a
way to provide the benefits of research experiences to a large and diverse group of students …

Undergraduate research experiences have been shown to have many positive effects on
undergraduates including increased confidence, sense of belonging and retention …

While the computer science community has explored the importance of Undergraduate
Research Experiences (UREs) and, separately, collaboration in computing (eg pair …

Despite the documented importance of mentoring in undergraduate research, few studies
examine how students---especially early undergraduates in computing---perceive their …

Research experience garnered through summer student programs (SSPs) is critical for high
school and college student retention in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) …

This paper describes and advocates for the experiences of engaging undergraduate
students in collaborative faculty mentored scholarly research in cybersecurity. The benefits …