REU Site: MetroBotics: undergraduate robot research at an urban public college

摘要/ abstract摘要：城市公共学院的本科机器人研究项目作者：Elizabeth Sklar，纽约市立大学布鲁克林学院该奖项由2009年美国复苏与再投资法案（公法111-5）资助。该奖项为纽约市立大学布鲁克林学院的一个新的本科生研究经验网站提供资金，该网站专注于基于代理的系统。在本学年的课程中，本科生在布鲁克林学院的代理实验室环境中进行多代理和多机器人系统的实践实验。该项目由一个有本科生参与研究历史的教师团队领导。一个由大纽约市地区的教师组成的咨询委员会为进入纽约市地区公立大学的学生的招聘提供监督和帮助。目标是提供有意义的研究经验和专业发展的机会，以不同的学生群体，一直无法参与传统的夏季居民研究项目。本课题的智力优势在于研究的焦点是基于智能体的系统，这是一个当前热门和重要的课题，对本科生也很有吸引力。经验丰富的领导团队正在为本科生提供一个研究环境和指导，这可能会导致影响机器人和多智能体系统领域的新发现和结果。该项目更广泛的影响包括为包括社区学院学生在内的不同群体的本科生提供高质量的研究经验。参与的教师致力于在他们的研究中包括代表性不足的少数民族学生。因此，这个项目有可能产生新的计算机科学研究生和教师，并在促进学习的同时推进发现和理解。

AbstractCNS 0851901REU Site: REU Site: MetroBotics: Undergraduate Robot Research at an Urban Public CollegePI: Elizabeth Sklar, CUNY Brooklyn CollegeThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This award provides funding for a new Research Experiences for Undergraduate site focused on agent-based systems at CUNY Brooklyn College. In this academic year program undergraduate students perform hands-on experiments dealing with multi-agent and multi-robot systems while working in the Agents Lab environment at Brooklyn College. The project is lead by a faculty team with a history of involvement of undergraduates in research. An Advisory Board of faculty across the greater New York City area provides oversight and assistance with recruitment of students who attend New York City area public colleges. The goal is to provide meaningful research experiences and professional development opportunities to a diverse student population that has been unable to participate in traditional summer resident research programs.The intellectual merit of this project lies in the research focus of agent-based systems, a topic that is of current interest and importance and that is also attractive to undergraduates. The experienced leadership team is providing a research environment and guidance to the undergraduates that could lead to new discoveries and results that impact the field of robotics and multi-agent systems.The broader impacts of the project include providing a quality research experience to a diverse group of undergraduate students, including students from community colleges. The participating faculty members are committed to including under-represented minority students in their research. Thus this project has the potential to produce new computer science graduate students and faculty members and to advance discovery and understanding while promoting learning.