The Computer Science Department of the Whiting School of Engineering is responsible for the minor in Computer Integrated Surgery (CIS). In order to minor in CIS, a student will require a minor adviser from the National Science Foundation funded Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology (ERC CISST). Current faculty members available as advisers include: Professors Russell Taylor (CS), Greg Hager (CS), Jerry Prince (ECE), Ralph Etienne-Cummings (ECE), and Allison Okamura (ME).

To satisfy the requirements for the Minor in CIS, a student must have a fundamental background in computer programming and computer science, sufficient mathematical background and also take a minimum of six courses (with a total of at least 18 credits, earning at least a C- in each course) directly related to concepts relevant to CIS. These six CIS courses must include three core courses, which provide the student with the fundamental basis for CIS, and three upper level courses (300 level or above), to allow the student to pursue an advanced CIS topic in depth.

Contact Info: Cyndi Ramey, (410) 516-6841, cramey@jhu.edu.

CIS Minor Guidelines [word doc]
CIS Minor Permissions Form [word doc]

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

REU participants learn how their research can improve tools used in the OR.

The REU program is an intensive, ten-week program of instruction and laboratory research, beginning in early June and concluding in mid-August. In addition to a comprehensive overview of computer-integrated surgery, the program places heavy emphasis on the student receiving hands-on laboratory research experience under the guidance of faculty and graduate student mentors. The program will bring all of the students and faculty together at Johns Hopkins for orientation, building a common knowledge base about engineering principles and the CISST ERC mission and activities, participation in courses on ethics in research, technical communication, and discussion of progress and results for the research projects. During the other portions of the program, students will be conducting research in different labs across the Johns Hopkins University campus as they carry out their individual assignments. Students will also take field trips to local government laboratories and private companies as well as touring and participating in demonstrations of research labs on-campus in the different engineering fields. They will also tour medical research labs at the hospital and have the opportunity to participate in a surgery at the Minimally Invasive Surgical Training Center (MISTC) where physicians are trained on the da Vinci® Surgical System.

Contact Info: Cyndi Ramey, (410) 516-6841, cramey@jhu.edu .

• 2007 Abstracts [word doc]
• 2006 Abstracts [word doc]
• 2005 Abstracts [word doc]
• 2004 Abstracts [word doc]

The education team attends conferences that help the Center recruit students for the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program and ERC graduate students, from minority serving institutions.

To read more about the conferences please visit:
http://www.cisst.org/diversity-events-activities/