{"51293":{"#nid":"51293","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CoC Undergrad Wins Undergraduate Research Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Rutter, a senior Computer Science major, has been selected by the College of Computing as this year\u0027s Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher in the CoC. The award includes a $500 award sponsored by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKaren Harwell, of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), said selection for this award was based on Rutter\u2019s long-term, high-quality research work and for recognition of his work outside Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERosa Arriaga, Senior Research Scientist at the School of Interactive Computing, has been supervising Rutter on an ongoing research project titled Mathematical Models for Categorization and nominated him for this award.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHe embodies all of the intellectual curiosity and acumen that we value in an undergraduate researcher,\u201d Arriaga wrote in her nomination letter.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his work on the project, Arriaga said, Rutter designed software to conduct experimental studies, had many creative ideas in the design of the stimuli used in the experiments, and came up with his own qualitative analysis of the human data collected.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI have had the privilege to work with undergraduates from top institutions (such as Berkeley, MIT and Harvard) in similar circumstances,\u201d she said, \u201cand can say that (Rutter) is the most creative and industrious undergraduate I have come across.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUROP will host a reception and ceremony April 3 to honor all winners of the 2008 Undergraduate Research Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERead More About:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThe Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca class=\u0022generated\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Rutter, a senior Computer Science major, has been selected by the College of Computing as this year\u0027s Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher. The award includes a certificate and a monetary stipend sponsored by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Selection for this award was based on David\u2019s long-term, high-quality research work and for recognition of his work outside Georgia Tech.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-02-09 21:41:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:40","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}