CRA-E SPARC – Student Pathways to Research in Computing

Vinyas Harish, Queen’s University, Biomedical Computing, 2017
The field of medicine prides itself on being evidence-based, but where does that evidence come from? With aspirations for a career in medicine, this was one of the questions that fascinated Vinyas Harish, which would eventually lead him on a path from...

Louis Jenkins, Bloomsburg University, Bachelor of Science Computer Science, 2017
Planning for the summer after his sophomore year, Louis Jenkins had focused his efforts on securing an industry internship. However, in what he describes as “sheer coincidence,” Louis was forwarded a departmental email that would alter not only his summer...

Laurynas Kalesinskas, Loyola University, Bachelors of Science in Bioinformatics and Biology, 2017
Originally a pre-med student at Loyola University, Laurynas Kalesinskas had envisioned his undergraduate degree as a stepping-stone to attend medical school. An interest in research and a passion to create change in healthcare led him to computational...

Yisu Remy Wang, Tufts University, Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, 2017
Yisu Remy Wang was sophomore at Tufts University when he enrolled in Professor Kathleen Fisher’s programming languages course.  In that course, Professor Fisher exposed students to some areas of current research which sparked Yisu’s interest and curiosity...