If you are a high school student and are interested in expanding your Computer Science experience, consider enrolling in one of the summer research programs at Stony Brook. It is a great opportunity to experience the atmosphere at a top research university. It may also help you with college applications and may become the start of a successful application for an Intel scholarship.

This summer there is the Simmons Fellowship program for high school student research involvement which will last 7 weeks. It is open to outstanding high school students (primarily Juniors) who would like to undertake some computer science research. Details of the program are outlined below.

THE SIMONS PROGRAM
http://www.stonybrook.edu/simons/

Established and supported by the Simons Foundation in 1984, the Simons Program provides select high school juniors with the opportunity to come to Stony Brook for the summer to engage in supervised research in a science, math or engineering discipline during the summer. (See their website at http://www.sunysb.edu/simons/ for more information, including a listing of past students, SBU faculty mentors and projects.) The project does not necessarily have to be geared for the National Siemens Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition, the Intel Science Talent Search Program or other science competitions--although many of the students are drawn to these forums. All the Simons students undergo a competitive application process: only 25 are chosen by a faculty committee (from an elite pool of over ~140 applicants).

The 2006 program will run for seven weeks from June 26th to August 11th. The Simons Foundation budget provides stipend support ($1,000) for the students; students can opt to reside on-campus for a fee ( ~$1,000).

For more information, please contact Karen Kernan (kkernan@notes.cc.sunysb.edu) or Dimitris Samaras in the Computer Science Department.