Collaborative Research: BPC-DP: C.A.R.E.: Computer and Robotics Education for African American Students

斯佩尔曼学院与卡内基梅隆大学一起提出了一套综合的三个教育计划，以扩大非裔美国人在计算方面的参与。第一个是为非裔美国中学生举办的一系列为期两周的计算机和机器人教育夏令营，并在学年期间开展后续活动。第二个是每年一度的非裔美国大学生计算机奥林匹克竞赛，这将建立在已经在斯佩尔曼举行的成功的奥林匹克竞赛的基础上。该计划将扩大到一系列区域秋季奥运会，然后在春季举行全国奥运会。第三个是与卡内基梅隆大学联合开发的“认知机器人”方面的CARE机器人课程。该课程将通过提供最先进的机器人设备（索尼AIBO机器狗），讲义和其他课程材料，沿着必要的教师培训和技术支持，启动HBCU的机器人教育。该课程将使用卡内基梅隆大学正在开发的Tekkotsu软件框架。为期一天的Tekkotsu研讨会也将在全国奥林匹克运动会期间提供，以熟悉更多的HBCU教师和选定的学生与这种新技术。奥林匹克竞赛和课程都将在拟议的赠款过程中传播给其他HBCU。

Spelman College together with Carnegie Mellon University propose an integrated set of three educational programs to broaden the participation of African Americans in computing. The first is a series of two-week Computer And Robotics Education (CARE) summer camps for African American middle school students, with follow-up activities during the school year. The second is an annual CARE Computer Olympiad for African American undergraduates, which will build on successful Olympiads already held at Spelman. This program will expand into a series of regional fall Olympiads followed by a national Olympiad in the spring. The third is a CARE Robotics course in "cognitive robotics" to be jointly developed with Carnegie Mellon University. The course will jump start robotics education at HBCU's by providing state of the art robotics equipment (Sony AIBO robot dogs), lecture notes and other curriculum materials, along with the necessary faculty training and technical support. The course will use the Tekkotsu software framework under development at Carnegie Mellon. One-day Tekkotsu workshops will also be offered during the National Olympiads to familiarize additional HBCU faculty and selected students with this new technology. Both the Olympiad competition and the course will be disseminated to other HBCU's over the course of the proposed grant.