CI-P: Development of Community Infrastructure for Body Sensor Network Research, Education, and Support

CI-P：身体传感器网络研究、教育和支持的社区基础设施开发

• 批准号: 0855197
• 负责人: John Lach
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0855197&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CI; Development; Community; Infrastructure; Body

Body sensor networks (BSNs) represent an emerging area of research with significant scientific and technical challenges but with tremendous potential to impact a variety of application domains--most notably healthcare and medical research. While significant advancements are being made in this area, most efforts are isolated and independent, limiting the collective progress and making it difficult for new researchers to enter the field. This planning project establishes a foundation for the development of community research, education, and support infrastructure to help advance the field of BSNs. The project activities include 1) soliciting input from a broad community of researchers, educators, and domain experts to establish the consensus needs of the BSN community; 2) developing initial models for BSN hardware, software, and support infrastructure; and 3) developing a business model to ensure that cost is not a barrier to BSN research, education, or application. The ultimate goals of this project are to 1) increase the relevance and practicality of BSN research and development by enabling engineers to experiment with standardized physical systems and achieve more practical results; 2) empower new researchers and educators to enter the field with an inexpensive, substantial, and ultimately self-sustaining support infrastructure; and 3) provide teachers at all levels of education the infrastructure and educational modules to incorporate BSNs into their classrooms and laboratories, providing hands-on experiences through which students can see how computer science and engineering can have a direct impact on human health and quality of life.

身体传感器网络(BSN)代表着一个新兴的研究领域，面临着重大的科学和技术挑战，但具有影响各种应用领域的巨大潜力--最明显的是医疗保健和医学研究。虽然在这一领域取得了重大进展，但大多数努力都是孤立和独立的，限制了集体进步，并使新的研究人员难以进入该领域。这一规划项目为社区研究、教育和辅助基础设施的发展奠定了基础，以帮助推进BSN领域的发展。项目活动包括1)从广泛的研究人员、教育工作者和领域专家社区征求意见，以建立BSN社区的共识需求；2)开发BSN硬件、软件和支持基础设施的初始模型；以及3)开发商业模式，以确保成本不会成为BSN研究、教育或应用的障碍。该项目的最终目标是：1)通过使工程师能够试验标准化的物理系统并取得更实际的结果，来提高BSN研究和开发的相关性和实用性；2)使新的研究人员和教育工作者能够以廉价、大量且最终可自我维持的支持基础设施进入该领域；以及3)为各级教育的教师提供基础设施和教育模块，以便将BSN纳入他们的课堂和实验室，提供实践体验，通过这些体验，学生可以了解计算机科学和工程如何对人类健康和生活质量产生直接影响。