INSPIRE Track 1: Collaborative Research: Transforming Remotely-conducted Research through Ethnography, Education and Rapidly-Evolving Technologies

该INSPIRE奖的部分资金来自地球科学局海洋科学部门的海洋中心和设施计划、教育和人力资源局本科教育部门的STEM本科教育转型计划以及计算机和信息科学与工程局信息和智能系统部门的稳健情报计划。该项目旨在扩大科学家在海洋研究平台上进行野外工作的方式。为此，该团队将召集一个由12名本科生组成的队列，他们将参与一次基于远程呈现的研究巡航，他们的任务是调查海底的温室气体呼出。学生将积极参与项目计划、执行和结束的所有阶段。这些学生将由PI以及一群职业生涯早期的科学家进行指导。除海洋科学目标外，PIS还将对招收和招收STEM本科生的活动的成效进行评估。他们还将评估这一经历对学生学习体验的影响。他们还将提高研究人员利用日益先进的机器人系统进行这一活动以及未来的能力。该项目的另一个重要方面是纳入人种学的组成部分，其定义是研究一个社区通过哪些实践创造意义。PI将比较基于船舶的交互和网真交互，关注冲突发生的地方以及如何解决冲突。他们将为这一活动评估人机交互所涉及的文化过程。他们将协助制定这种科学方法的最佳做法，并帮助广泛传播结果。

This INSPIRE award is partially funded by the Oceanographic Centers and Facilities Program in the Division of Ocean Sciences in the Directorate for Geosciences, the Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM Program in the Division of Undergraduate Education in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, and the Robust Intelligence Program in the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.This project is aimed at expanding the ways scientists conduct field work from oceanographic research platforms. To do so, the team will assemble a cohort of 12 undergraduate students who will be involved in a telepresence-based research cruise, whose mission is to investigate greenhouse gas exhalation from the seafloor. The students will be active in all phases of the planning, execution and conclusion of the project. The students will be mentored by the PIs as well as a group of early-career scientists. In addition to the ocean science objectives, the PIs will conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the activity for recruiting and entraining undergraduate students in STEM. They will also assess the impact the experience has on the learning experience of the students. They will also improve the capability of researchers to utilize increasingly advanced robotic systems for this activity, and in the future. Another important aspect of the project is integrating an ethnography component, defined as the study of the practices through which a community makes meaning. The PIs will compare ship-based versus telepresence interactions, paying attention to where conflicts arise and how they are resolved. They will evaluate the cultural processes involved in human-machine interactions for this activity. They will assist in developing the best practices for this approach to science and help communicate the outcomes broadly.