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

合作研究：BPC-DP：C.A.R.E.：非裔美国学生的计算机和机器人教育

• 批准号: 0540560
• 负责人: Andrew Williams
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Spelman College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-03-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0540560&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; BPC; DP; C.A.R.E.

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.

斯佩尔曼学院和卡内基梅隆大学提出了一套由三个教育项目组成的综合方案，以扩大非裔美国人对计算机的参与。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(CARE)夏令营，并在学年期间开展后续活动。第二个是为非裔美国本科生举办的年度关怀计算机奥林匹克竞赛，它将在斯佩尔曼奥运会已经成功举办的基础上再接再厉。该计划将扩展为一系列地区性秋季奥运会，随后将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课程。该课程将通过提供最先进的机器人设备(索尼AIBO机器人狗)、课堂讲稿和其他课程材料，以及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。在全国奥林匹克运动会期间，还将提供为期一天的Tekkotsu研讨会，以使更多的HBCU教职员工和选定的学生熟悉这项新技术。奥运会比赛和课程都将在拟议的拨款过程中传播给HBCU的其他机构。