REU Site: The Lehigh Smart Spaces Project

利哈伊大学的REU网站专注于让学生参与智能空间研究。学生项目包括住宅和商业空间节能技术的开发。研究还将支持以家庭为中心的辅助生活和医疗保健方法。这有可能使老年人和残疾人更长时间地保持他们的独立性。独立不仅带来了生活质量的提高，而且由于美国年龄人口结构的变化，还带来了重大的积极财务影响。对于参与者，将在全国范围内从本科生STEM研究机会有限的机构招生，重点是宾夕法尼亚州立大学系统(PASSHE)的地区性大学。重点是从传统上在计算机科学领域代表性不足的群体中招聘，包括低收入和第一代大学生、代表性不足的少数族裔和女性。最后，该项目将加强利哈伊大学自己的多样性倡议--具体地说，卡尔·格里尔学者计划和与当地社区大学的衔接协议--以增加工程学领域的女性和代表性不足的少数族裔的数量。每年，十名本科生都会参加一项研究体验，调查智能环境领域的问题。在网络环境中集成无处不在的计算、传感和执行器，学生们直接与计算机科学教师合作，以提高空间的效率和效力。其目标是促进本科生和部门内的研究，通过一系列相辅相成的专业发展研讨会改善学生毕业后的成果，并增加接受研究生教育的学生人数。该项目的学术价值既在于研究的跨学科性质，也在于场地本身。学生将直接与11名教职员工(包括6名NSF职业奖获得者)就一系列研究主题进行互动，包括：3-D增强现实、环境智能、能源感知空间的数据分析、计算机视觉、嵌入式设备、移动计算、网络和安全、机器人以及用户界面设计。利哈伊的山顶校区的物理场地的巨大规模也有助于它的研究潜力。它占地12万平方英尺，支持在真实环境中进行大规模开发，而不是将此类问题限制在模拟范围内。该实体场地的另一个独特方面是，项目可以整合到建筑的基础设施中，创造出同类中最大的智能空间之一。欲了解更多信息，请访问项目网站：http://www.cse.lehigh.edu/smartspaces.

The REU Site at Lehigh University focuses on engaging students in Smart Spaces research. Student projects include the development of technologies for saving energy in both residential and commercial spaces. Research will also support home-centered approaches to assisted living and healthcare. This has the potential to enable elderly and persons with disabilities to maintain their independence longer. Independence brings not only improved quality of life, but also significant positive financial implications due to the changing age demographic in the United States. For the participants, students will be recruited nationally from institutions where undergraduate STEM research opportunities are limited, with an emphasis on regional Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) universities. Emphasis is made to recruit from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in computer science, to include low-income and first-generation college students, underrepresented minorities, and women. Lastly, the project will reinforce Lehigh University's own diversity initiatives - specifically, the Carl Greer Scholars program and articulation agreements with local community colleges - to increase the number of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering. Each year, ten undergraduate students participate in a research experience investigating problems in the area of smart environments. Integrating ubiquitous computing, sensing, and actuators in a networked environment, students work directly with computer science faculty to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the space. The objectives are to foster both undergraduate and intra-departmental research, to improve students' post-graduation outcomes with a complementary professional development seminar series, and to increase the number of students pursuing graduate education. The intellectual merit of the project lies in both the interdisciplinary nature of the research and the physical site itself. Students will directly interact with eleven faculty members (including 6 NSF CAREER Award recipients) across a range of research topics, to include: 3-D augmented reality, ambient intelligence, data analytics for energy-aware spaces, computer vision, embedded devices, mobile computing, networking and security, robotics, and user interface design. The sheer size of the physical site at Lehigh's Mountaintop Campus also contributes to its research potential. At 120,000 square feet, it supports large-scale development in a real-world environment, rather than constraining such problems to simulation. Another unique aspect of the physical site is the potential for projects to be integrated into the building's infrastructure, creating one of the largest smart spaces of its kind. More information can be found at the project web site: http://www.cse.lehigh.edu/smartspaces.