REU Site: An REU Site on Ubiquitous Sensing

这项CISE本科生研究经验(REU)网站奖为南佛罗里达大学的REU网站提供资金。该网站将从全国范围内招募本科生参与与泛在传感相关的研究课题，其中包括当前的主题，如固定和移动传感网络、基于位置的服务、参与式传感和以人为中心的传感应用。无处不在的感知是当前感兴趣的一个领域，非常适合本科生的研究效率。学生们将与教师导师及其研究小组互动，以简单、快速和经济高效的方式解决医疗保健、交通系统和生物识别等领域的大型社区问题。这个网站应该有助于培养一批计算机专业人员，他们可以开发影响社会的未来系统，提高我们的生活质量。REU的经历为学生提供了在快速发展和影响我们所有公民的领域从事计算职业和研究的基础和灵感。拟议的REU网站提供最先进的设施和专业导师，指导本科生探索与无处不在的传感相关的问题。学生将学习如何使用当前的工具和技术来解决那些对人有直接影响的问题。该团队将使用经过验证的战略，从传统上在计算机科学领域代表性不足的群体中招收本科生，包括来自波多黎各和佛罗里达州一批机构的拉美裔学生，以及来自其合作机构的非裔美国学生。这些学生将参加研究和职业发展活动，所有这些活动都是为了实现留住和毕业计算机科学和工程专业的本科生，从计算机领域传统上代表性不足的群体招收学生，以及增加研究生项目的招生人数。

This CISE Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site award funds a REU site at the University of South Florida. The site will recruit undergraduates from across the nation to participate in research topics related to ubiquitous sensing, which includes current topics such as fixed and mobile sensing networks, location-based services, participatory sensing, and human-centric sensing applications. Ubiquitous sensing is an area of current interest that is well-suited to undergraduate research productivity. The students will interact with faculty mentors and their research groups to solve large community problems in areas such as health care, transportation systems, and biometrics, in a simple, fast, and cost-effective manner. This site should help develop a group of computing professionals who can develop the systems of the future that impact society and enhance our quality of life. The REU experience provides students with the foundations and inspiration to pursue computing careers and research in areas that are rapidly evolving and impacting all of our citizens.The proposed REU site offers state-of-the art facilities and professional mentors to guide undergraduates in explorations of problems related to ubiquitous sensing. Students will learn how to use current tools and techniques to solve those problems that have direct impact on people. The team will use proven strategies to recruit undergraduate students from groups traditionally under-represented in computer science including Hispanic students from a group of institutions in Puerto Rico and Florida as well as African-American students from their partner institutions. The students will participate in research and professional development activities all designed to achieve the goals of retaining and graduating undergraduate students in computer science and engineering, recruiting students from groups traditionally under-represented in computing fields, and increasing recruitment of students into graduate programs.