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September 24, 2025

CMD-IT October Webinar – Exploring Undergraduate Research

Join us Thursday, October 2, 2025, at 3:00 PM CST / 4:00 PM EST

Join us for a 1-hour virtual session focused on programs and curriculum components that expose undergraduate students to research opportunities and experiences.

Some topics to be covered include: What is research? How does research look across subfields of computing? Why participate in research as an undergrad? How to get into and succeed in undergraduate research.

Leilani Battle is the Robert E. Dinning Endowed Associate Professor in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, co-director of the UW Interactive Data Lab, and an active member of the UW Database Group. Her research interests focus on developing interactive data-intensive systems that can aid analysts in performing complex data exploration and analysis. Prof. Battle was named one of the 35 Innovators Under 35 by the MIT Technology Review in 2020 and was selected as a Sloan Fellow in 2023. Her research has been supported by several organizations, including Adobe, VMWare, Google, MotherDuck, the ORAU, and the National Science Foundation. She holds an MS (2013) and PhD (2017) in Computer Science from MIT and a BS in Computer Engineering from UW (2011).

Join us Thursday, October 2, 2025, at 3:00 PM CST / 4:00 PM EST. Register today to participate in the engaging webinar!

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