Projects

3d-printed Computational Microscopy using Fourier Ptychography

The goal of this project is to develop a computational microscope using the UC2 system, a 3-D printed, reconfigurable optics platform that can be used to build compact and flexible optical systems.

2 sp. | 13 appl.

Spring - Part Time (+1)

A genetic screen in the African trypanosome

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2 sp. | 0 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Air Pollution Modeling via Mobile Sensor Networks

Air pollution modeling is a complex problem involving high dimensional data and sparsity of high quality sensor data. Due to its high cost, high quality sensors are deployed primarily by the

1 sp. | 7 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Optimization (+3)

AMISTAD Lab: Proving the Limits of ML, AI, and Search Systems!

Lab Page: https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~montanez/amistad.html Lab Projects: https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~montanez/projects/projects.html LAB Publications: https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~montanez/publications.html

5 sp. | 29 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Data Science (+4)

Atmospheric chemistry research in a French forest

Students working in this project will be part of a larger campaign called "ACROSS" - Atmospheric Chemistry of the Suburban Forest - taking place outside of Paris, France this summer. ACROSS is a

2 sp. | 23 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Earth Science (+4)

Audio localization using ad-hoc microphone arrays for education

The goal of this summer research project is to develop algorithms that can analyze audio recordings to be able to locate people (a teacher) in a noisy environment (classroom). Imagine a high school

1 sp. | 16 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Bacterial gene regulation in response to stress

Project Overview: Bacteria respond to stressful changes in their environment by changing their patterns of gene expression. The RpoS protein coordinates E. coli’s general stress response, allowing the

4 sp. | 1 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Biomedical Sciences (+1)

Biodiversity and biogeography of Indo-Pacific octocorals

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3 sp. | 0 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Building an eDNA reference library as a tool for deepwater exploration

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1 sp. | 0 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Construction and testing of third generation photovoltaics

We do fundamental materials chemistry research on photovoltaics, materials that convert sunlight to electricity, aiming to improve the efficiency of cells constructed from low-cost materials that can

2 sp. | 22 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Creating More Fluid, Intuitive Human-Robot Teams

In this work, we will explore what influences human’s perceptions of “team” to design better robotic teammates. In particular, we are interested in looking at how the scheduling of a robot teammate

3 sp. | 20 appl.

Summer - Full Time

CS Staff

This project will create new interfaces to support CS-class and CS-department experiences. Students joining our CS Staff team will build their webdev skills by designing and deploying small, custom

4 sp. | 42 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Computer Science

Design + Programming Languages + Shakespeare

The goal of this project is to create a tool that allows people to explore Shakespeare’s texts. Potential users of this tool include theatre professionals (such as actors, directors, and stage

1 sp. | 20 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts (+4)

Eco-friendly molecule making

Do you want to do chemistry that is good and beautiful, green and clever? Do you dream of making molecules no one has ever made before? Join us! We are developing eco-friendly reactions to rapidly

4 sp. | 18 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Sustainability (+3)

Electronic Properties of Quantum Materials

Our lab investigates how electrons behave in solids — such as crystals, glasses, metals, superconductors, van-der-Waals (2D) materials, spin-liquid magnets, charge-ordered oxides and amorphous

2 sp. | 19 appl.

Summer - Full Time (+1)

Engineering a tethering system in African trypanosome

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2 sp. | 0 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Honey bee communication and collective decision-making

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1 sp. | 0 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Image Compression Algorithm Profiling for Image Complexity Estimation

In this project we will experimentally compare several methods of profiling image compression and decompression. This work is inspired by "Image Characterization and Classification by Physical

2 sp. | 16 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Signal Processing (+3)

Interactive Simulations and Applets for Theoretical Mechanics

Develop new interactive applets and tools for junior-level Theoretical Mechanics class. Ideal for a rising sophomore or junior excited to learn the theory/applications of advanced mechanics

2 sp. | 22 appl.

Summer - Full Time (+1)

Human-centered Design (+5)

IOTTA Trace Repository

Enhance and extend a Web site of scientific data, working with the Ruby on Rails Web framework. Locate new data, acquire permission to post it, reformat it, and add it to the site.

2 sp. | 20 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Computer Science

Iterative Methods for Large-scale Systems of Linear Equations

Large-scale systems of linear equations arise in many areas of data science, including in machine learning and as subroutines of several optimization methods. When the systems are very large and

2 sp. | 17 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Algorithms (+4)

Mathematical models of opinion dynamics on networks

Online social media networks have become extremely influential sources of news and information. Given the large audience and the ease of sharing content online, the content that spreads on online

4 sp. | 28 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Mathematical Biology (+2)

Measuring quantum dot size via pulsed field gradient NMR

Quantum dots (QDs) are zero-dimensional semiconductors used in photovoltaics, displays, and medical treatment and imaging. Pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance (PFG-NMR) is a powerful

1 sp. | 5 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Materials Science (+1)

Measuring Quantum Entanglement

Experimentally demonstrate "entanglement witnesses," measurements to verify quantum entanglement in pairs of photons partially entangled in polarization. Optics, quantum information, experiment.

2 sp. | 24 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Mimicking and characterizing elastic biological materials

Synthesize and test biologically inspired elastic materials

2 sp. | 20 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Mitochondrial Protein Degradation in Health and Longevity

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2 sp. | 0 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Monitoring the Rizosphere with Optics

Light is a key factor for the growth of plant life. Most are familiar with the need for plants to be exposed to light for photosynthesis, but recent findings have found that light is not only

2 sp. | 6 appl.

Spring - Part Time

Natural Language Proof Checking

I'm interested in systems to verify proofs written for humans, the kind found in textbooks and research papers. The goal is to go beyond spell-checking and grammar-checking to logic-checking.

1 sp. | 20 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Natural Language Processing (+2)

New Techniques for Facilitating Improvisational Human-Robot Teams

When robots team up with humans, we want to give human teammates as many possibilities as we can for completing their activities. However, robustly reacting to and controlling for all the different

2 sp. | 11 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Algorithms (+4)

Numerical Linear Algebraic Analyses of Opinion Dynamics on Networks

Online social media networks have become extremely influential sources of news and information. Given the large audience and the ease of sharing content online, the content that spreads on online

2 sp. | 17 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Numerical Modeling (+3)

Operations Research Models for Public Policy

I have two possible projects for which I am seeking student research assistants for summer 2022: 1. Network Analysis of Fake News Propagation on Social Media: We are embedding our previously developed

2 sp. | 13 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Operations Research

Physics of Dark Matter & Hidden Particles

We are using simulations and data from particle physics experiments to look for dark matter, and studying theories with new particles and forces to understand their impact on cosmology

3 sp. | 30 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Data Science (+1)

Programming Language Design and Analysis Projects

I have four potential subprojects in the area of program analysis and one in proof analysis (though programs and proofs are extremely similar and are amenable to similar analysis techniques). Not all

5 sp. | 31 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Human-centered Design (+3)

Quantifying Space and Time Dependencies in Deep Networks

In this work we will explore how deep convolutional networks focus on and represent information in both spatial and temporal domains. Deep convolutional networks are widely used in the field of

2 sp. | 12 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Computer Vision (+2)

Scripting for All

Scripting is rightly appreciated as an automation engine. This project explores scripting's value as an exploration engine: Can it help in developing ideas that don't overlap with CS at all?

6 sp. | 35 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Computer Science

Storage Measurement, Performance, and Validation

In collaboration with Stony Brook University, we are working on ways to speed up storage, measure its performance, and validate its reliability.

4 sp. | 10 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Computer Science

Summer StartUp

Guiding a startup from idea to prototype is memorable, intense, and fun. Summer startup supports self-directed, team-based entrepreneurial projects.

8 sp. | 44 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Computer Science

Teaching Material Development in the Freshman Chemistry Core

The goal of this research project will be to propose and develop new teaching materials (e.g. laboratory experiment, in-class activity, etc.) for the freshman chemistry course at Harvey Mudd College

2 sp. | 8 appl.

Summer - Full Time (+1)

Tensor Models and Methods for Medical Imaging

Large-scale data, such as that from common medical imaging applications, is often naturally multi-modal and represented well by a tensor (a higher-order generalization of a matrix). The mathematics of

2 sp. | 19 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Data Science (+5)

Understanding Perceptions of Robots in Interactions

Design, run, and analyze an experiment with human subjects to probe perceptions of robots as social agents (with the opportunity for some robot ethics research on the side)!

2 sp. | 13 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Computer Science (+2)

Understanding the Earth’s atmosphere via machine learning

Understanding the composition of Earth’s atmosphere through machine learning: can machine learning give us insight into the mechanisms controlling air quality and climate? Through concentrated field

2 sp. | 14 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Earth Science (+5)

Using computer vision to eavesdrop on honey bee communications

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1 sp. | 0 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Using Imperfect Predictions to Make Good Decisions

Imagine learning to play a new video game. A natural approach would be to learn to make predictions about how the video game will respond to your actions (model learning) and to use those predictions

3 sp. | 15 appl.

Summer - Full Time

Artificial Intelligence (+1)