NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) for FY 2013 in Australia

这项行动资助了明尼苏达大学的Nicholas Andrew Johnson于2013年夏天在澳大利亚堪培拉的澳大利亚国立大学开展计算机与信息科学与工程领域的研究项目。这个项目的题目是“面向特别机器人团队的多智能体系统中的实时学习”。主持会议的科学家是鲍勃·威廉姆森教授。通过使用实时学习，大大提高了异构机器人协同工作以完成任务的能力。机器人必须能够在其他具有不同能力的机器人面前有效地学习。这个项目开发的学习型机器人考虑了信任、合作、风险和后悔，以便让特设机器人团队高效、准确地完成任务。EAPSI奖学金的广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；介绍该地区的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施；以及对社会、文化和语言的了解。这些活动符合美国国家科学基金会的目标，即在其科学家、工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯早期培养国际合作，从而确保美国科学劳动力具有全球意识。此外，该项目的影响包括提高我们对协调具有异构能力的机器人团队的能力的理解；利用机器人团队的合作作为小学儿童的教学活动；通过使用机器人团队，提高反应的速度、准确性和安全性，并在紧急情况下限制对人类的危害。

This action funds Nicholas Andrew Johnson of the University of Minnesota to conduct a research project in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering area during the summer of 2013 at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. The project title is "Real-Time Learning in Multiagent Systems for Ad Hoc Robot Teams." The host scientist is Professor Bob Williamson.The capability of heterogeneous robots to work together in order to accomplish a task is greatly improved through the use of real-time learning. Robots must be able to learn efficiently in the presence of other robots that possess differing capabilities. This project develops learning robots that take into account trust, cooperation, risk, and regret in order to allow teams of ad hoc robots to work efficiently and accurately to accomplish a task.Broader impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce. Furthermore, impacts of this project include advancing our understanding of the ability to coordinate teams of robots with heterogeneous capabilities; using the cooperation of the robot teams as a teaching activity for elementary children; and improving the speed, accuracy, and safety of response and limiting human endangerment in emergency situations through the use of robot teams.