REU Site: Enhancing Undergraduate Experience in Next Generation Networking Technologies

这个网站是由国防部与NSF REU计划共同资助的。这笔资金在天普大学建立了一个新的本科生研究体验(REU)网站，专注于网络技术。学生将参与涉及移动计算、无线通信和云计算的研究项目。每年夏天，一群本科生将与坦普尔的教职员工以小组形式合作，设计、实施和评估一个研究项目。这些学生将参加专业发展活动，使他们更多地了解研究生和计算机职业生涯的专业方面。学生们将可以使用覆盖费城大都市区大部分地区的WiMAX试验床。学生还可以使用内部超级计算机和云集群。因此，学生将能够使用大学提供的出色设施，并与网络计算中心的教职员工合作，使用支撑下一代网络的技术进行具有挑战性的及时研究。该项目的智力优势在于强大的研究团队和对下一代网络技术的关注，这是学生感兴趣的领域，也是国家优先考虑的领域。学生们将与教职员工在一个研究项目上密切合作，该项目将引起更广泛的研究社区的兴趣，并有可能对日常生活产生实际影响。这项研究具有为计算学科的研究核心做出贡献的潜力。该项目的更广泛影响包括为本科生提供高质量的研究体验，特别是来自代表性不足群体和研究环境有限的机构的学生。因此，这个项目有可能产生新的计算机科学研究生和教职员工，并在促进学习的同时促进发现和理解。

This site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program. This funding establishes a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the Temple University focused on networking technologies. Students will participate in research projects that involve mobile computing, wireless communication, and cloud computing. Each summer a cohort of undergraduate students will work with Temple faculty in small groups to design, implement, and evaluate a research project. The students will participate in professional development activities that make them more aware of graduate school and professional aspects of a computing career. The students will have access to the WiMAX testbed that covers much of the metropolitan downtown area of Philadelphia. Students will also have access to an internal supercomputer and a cloud cluster. Thus the students will be able to use the outstanding facilities available at the university and work with the faculty at the Center of Networked Computing to conduct challenging and timely research using technologies that underpin next generation networks.The intellectual merit of this project lies with the strong research team and the focus on next generation networking technologies, an area of interest to students and a national priority. The students will work closely with faculty members on a research project that will be of interest to a wider research community and that has the potential for practical impact on everyday life. The research has the potential to contribute to the research core of the computing disciplines. The broader impacts of the project include providing a quality research experience to undergraduate students, particularly students from underrepresented groups and from institutions with limited research environments. 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.