Computing for Community Collaboratory (C3)

Launching in Fall 2024, the Computing for Community Collaboratory (C3) offers undergraduates an exciting opportunity to join interdisciplinary research teams that use computing to tackle the real-world challenges facing communities. By getting involved with C3, you’ll work on impactful research projects and participate in hands-on events where you can build innovative solutions for social good.

Join us to make a difference while gaining valuable experience and research skills!

Get Involved

To get involved with C3, join our mailing list, and get updates on future events, email Dr. Katie Jarriel ( kjarriel@purdue.edu).

Mission

Find your team - C3 helps students discover and form teams with peers who are passionate about solving community-based problems through computing.

Serve communities – C3’s affiliated research projects feature faculty and student teams who work together with communities, leveraging computing to tackle real-world issues.

Build your toolkit – Understanding that complex social issues are best solved through interdisciplinary collaboration, C3 hosts project-based events and courses that give students the opportunity to get hands-on with these vital research skills:

1. Technical skills – through opportunities for hands-on project development, C3 helps students gain technical computing skills.
2. Community engagement – through projects that have a service focus, students learn what it means to work with communities to address real-world problems.
3. Collaboration skills – team-based projects and partner events teach students how to effectively collaborate with faculty and peers.

Current Research Projects

Project oCEANIC – In collaboration with the University of Hawai’i, Project oCEANIC (Computing Environmental Adaptation and Navigation in Island Communities) collaborates with local communities in Hawai’i, Yap, and the Marshall Islands to develop computational models of traditional seafaring practices. The aim is to assist communities in rebuilding sustainable travel and community networks in a post-COVID world.

In summer 2024, the research team traveled to the University of Hawai’i at Hilo to talk with navigators, work with our research partners, and present their research.

Teamwork LevelUp! – In a joint project with the JMHC Leadership Unit, TLU is developing a video game that teaches vital collaboration skills for young adults. They are researching the degree to which video games as a medium can be used for transferable skill development.

In fall 2023, the TLU team presented their research at the National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Meeting in Chicago, where their poster won first prize!

About Dr. Jarriel

Director of C3

Dr. Katie Jarriel is a computational archaeologist. Her wide-ranging interests include modeling community interaction in the Aegean Bronze Age, integrating Indigenous and local environmental knowledge with computational methods, collaborative skill development, and teaching through video and roleplaying games. To contact Dr. Jarriel, email kjarriel@purdue.edu.