Before I started the CURF I thought that research was about getting things done fast. I would try to get my code to work, but I didn’t give it much thought. I didn’t think about the design of my system, or any of my system’s goals. Before the CURF, my approach was “I have an idea, so let’s get it working as fast…

This semester, I decided to work on a research project, but I needed someone to mentor me. I am interested in computer security and embedded systems, so it had to be someone who shared those interests. To look for a mentor, I scrolled the faculty page of the CS department. I read about each professor…

My name is Friedrich Doku, and I am an undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh, majoring in computer science. This spring, I am working with Dr. Adam J. Lee to develop a system that collects information about a space without invading the privacy of individuals. Our approach to this problem is designing a video processing…