The virtual firefly: an interdisciplinary undergraduate research project

Authors:
Kevin Austin;Julie Dunlap;Matthew Glover;Joshua McKinnon;Duane Mohney;Michael Taft;Brian Vysocky;Christopher Cratsley
Affiliations:
Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA;Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA;Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA;Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA;Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA;Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA;Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA;Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA
Venue:
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Year:
2005

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Abstract

This paper describes an interdisciplinary undergraduate research project involving students and faculty from the Biology and Computer Science departments at our college. The goal of the project is to conduct innovative biological research using a unique device developed by our computer science students called the "Virtual Firefly". Students and faculty collaborated to develop a virtual firefly device that is able to generate, recognize and respond to flash signaling patterns of various firefly species. The device is also capable of recording experimental data for post-hoc analysis. The project provided our computer science undergraduates with an opportunity to be involved with a development project from the conceptual stages through device deployment. Our efforts resulted in a working product that was deployed and successfully used in experiments involving actual fireflies in the laboratory.