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During the summer quarters, all IGERT students collaborate in small groups to produce a substantive research project. Groups typically consist of a total of two to five students from IGERT and Media Arts and Technology. This group project provides an opportunity for IGERT scholars to work with MAT students and with each other on a research project that is significant but limited in scope, relative to the eventual Ph.D. research. This will benefit the MAT student by providing a greater context for the master’s project, and it will benefit the IGERT students by giving them research experience that they may be able to continue towards their dissertation research. Alternatively, it can give them research experience in an area complementary to their eventual dissertation research. Furthermore, since every MAT student has to complete a master's thesis or project, the IGERT Project Requirement gives students the opportunity to cultivate mentor relationships with MAT students.

The goal of the project is to bring together a small, interdisciplinary team of students with diverse experience, to complete a research project that exemplifies interactive digital media, such as an interactive art installation, a digital performance, or a mobile multimedia database application. For example:

• A group with expertise in software engineering, signal processing, and composition collaborates on a new computer music performance.

• A group with image processing, computer vision, and visual art expertise creates a new interactive art exhibition.

• A group with backgrounds in database software, video compression, and visualization works together on new techniques for accessing and viewing large collections of video data.

The projects are overseen and approved by two faculty from different departments. Accordingly, projects will most likely be related to the current research of IGERT faculty advisors.