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

该INSPIRE奖部分由地球科学理事会海洋科学部的海洋学中心和设施计划，教育和人力资源理事会本科教育部的STEM课程改革本科教育，以及计算机和信息科学局信息和智能系统司的鲁棒智能计划，工程学：该项目旨在扩大科学家从海洋学研究平台开展实地工作的方式。为此，该团队将召集12名本科生，他们将参与一次基于远程呈现的研究巡航，其使命是调查海底的温室气体呼出。学生将积极参与项目的规划，执行和结束的各个阶段。学生将由PI以及一组早期职业科学家指导。除了海洋科学目标外，PI还将对招募和吸引STEM本科生的活动的有效性进行评估。他们还将评估经验对学生学习经验的影响。它们还将提高研究人员利用日益先进的机器人系统进行这项活动的能力。该项目的另一个重要方面是纳入民族志组成部分，其定义是对社区创造意义的做法的研究。PI将比较基于船的与远程呈现的交互，关注冲突发生的地方以及如何解决冲突。他们将评估这项活动中人机交互所涉及的文化过程。它们将协助制定这种科学方法的最佳做法，并帮助广泛传播成果。

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.