MII: Research and Teaching Infrastructure

该项目调查了一系列以软件工程和人工智能为中心的研究课题，建议建立一个共同的基础设施，以扩大教育计划，包括培养高质量的博士生，并继续进行具有全国竞争力的研究。此外，该项目寻求扩大网络专业知识。具体目标包括：发展计算机科学博士课程，培养富有成效的研究人员来招收博士生，改善教师的研究，特别是与学生共同撰写的研究，招募和留住优秀的研究生和本科生，增加学生的支持，从而鼓励学生留在学校，增加对研究生的指导和改进跟踪，改善部门实验室和研究设施，与外部评估团队一起监督部门实现项目目标的进度。最初，以下项目将直接受益于提议的基础设施：软件重用度量、可靠性建模、需求仿真、软件性能工程、分布式系统数据的实时安全处理、高级知识获取和传播以及容错。教育和拓展活动包括教师发展、指导、课程变化和积极招聘。HBCU的CS博士课程应该为CISE领域培养更多的非裔美国学生，并满足对少数族裔教师的一些高需求。目前，没有HBCU提供CISE领域的博士学位。

This project, investigating a spectrum of research topics centered in software engineering and AI, proposes building a common infrastructure that would enable expanding the educational program to include the production of high-quality PhD students and to continue to conduct nationally competitive research. Additionally, the project seeks expansion in networking expertise. Specific goals include: Develop a PhD program in Computer Science, Prepare productive research faculty to take on PhD students, Improve faculty research, especially research with student co-authors, Recruit and retain excellent graduate and undergraduate students, Increase student support, thereby encouraging students to stay in school, Increase mentoring and improve tracking of graduate students, Improve departmental laboratory and research facilities, and Monitor department progress towards the program goals with an external evaluation team.Initially the following projects will directly benefit from the infrastructure proposed: Software Reuse Measurement, Reliability Modeling, Requirement Simulation, Software Performance Engineering, Real-Time Secure Processing of Data on Distributed Systems, Advanced Knowledge Acquisition and Dissemination, and Fault-Tolerance.Educational and outreach activities involve faculty development, mentoring, curricular changes, and active recruitment. A PhD program in CS at an HBCU should prepare more African American students in CISE areas and fulfill some of the high demand for minority faculty. At the moment, no HBCU offers a PhD in CISE areas.