BPC-AE: Collaborative Research: The Alliance for the Advancement of African-American Researcher in Computing (A4RC)

北卡罗来纳农业技术州立大学与合作机构克莱姆森大学、普莱里维尤农工大学、科罗拉多大学、威斯康星大学、奥本大学、印第安纳大学、诺福克州立大学、弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学、塞特堡大学和杰克逊州立大学合作，提议扩大成功的非裔美国人计算机研究人员促进联盟(A4RC，发音为A-Force)。A4RC旨在增加获得计算机高级学位的非裔美国人的数量，特别是在博士水平。A4RC建立和发展了从HBCU到提供计算机高级学位的大学的学生管道。A4RC积累了大量的知识和经验，包括建立有效的HBCU/R1教员协作，发展包括研究生和本科生在内的富有成效的HBCU/R1研究团队，并为博士水平的研究做好本科生和硕士学生的准备。在HBCU/R1研究协作方面，A4RC使用了高效、灵活和有效的“研究吊舱”概念。通过这一扩展，A4RC计划扩大联盟，包括更多的HBCU/R1研究合作，并建立新的合作伙伴关系。一类新的合作伙伴--附属合作伙伴--将与更多的HBCU和国家实验室合作，A4RC将成为非常有效的BPC示范项目--计算科学中的非裔美国研究人员(AARCS)的正式合作伙伴。A4RC将与BPC明星和授权领导联盟以及ADMI：少数族裔机构计算研讨会建立合作。

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, together with collaborating institutions Clemson University, Prairie View A&M University, the University of Colorado, the University of Wisconsin, Auburn University, the University of Indiana, Norfolk State University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Fort Valley Sate University, and Jackson State University, proposes an extension of the successful Alliance for the Advancement of African-American Researchers in Computing (A4RC, pronounced "A-Force"). A4RC aims to increase the number of African-Americans obtaining advanced degrees in computing, particularly at the Ph.D. level. A4RC establishes and develops student pipelines from HBCUs to universities offering advanced degrees in Computing. A4RC has amassed a body of knowledge and experience with respect to what it takes to build effective HBCU/R1 faculty collaborations, develop productive HBCU/R1 research teams that include graduate and undergraduate students, and prepare undergraduate and master's students for research at the Ph.D. level. A4RC uses a "research pod" concept that is efficient, flexible, and effective in terms of HBCU/R1 research collaborations. With this extension, A4RC plans to expand the alliance to include a greater number of HBCU/R1 research collaborations, and to build new partnerships. A new category of partners -- Affiliate Partners -- will engage additional HBCUs and national labs and A4RC will become formal partners with the very effective BPC Demonstration Project, African-American Researchers in Computing Sciences (AARCS). A4RC will build collaborations with the BPC STARS and Empowering Leadership Alliances, and ADMI: The Symposium on Computing at Minority Institutions.