REU Site: REU Site on Smart UAVs

这笔资金更新了奥本大学专注于智能无人机(智能无人机)的CEISE本科生研究经验(REU)网站。本科生设计算法和技术，在有限的领域内安全、可靠和高效地驾驶一支自动无人机机队。一项特别注重美国东南部地区的全国性招生程序被用来挑选一批本科生，让他们参加主办机构为期八周的暑期研究项目。该项目包括由经验丰富的计算机科学教员进行指导、技术研讨会和工作坊、学生演示、实地考察和其他职业发展机会。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作提供支持。这个REU网站的目标是让本科生参与到令人兴奋和有前途的自主无人驾驶飞行领域的高质量研究体验中。该项目建立在经验丰富的教师导师团队的研究基础上，并使用该大学建立的无人机研究基础设施。目标是针对两个群体的学生，主要是以教学为主的本科院校的学生，研究机会有限的学生，以及来自少数族裔的学生，如女性和历史上的黑人学院和大学的学生。这将利用目标群体中有大量学生的现有学校招聘网络来实现。研究的重点是无人机的防撞、安全通信、稳定飞行和节能飞行。这些主题对本科生来说是及时和有吸引力的，应该会为学生提供高质量的研究体验。

This funding renews a CISE Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Auburn University focused on smart unmanned aerial vehicles (smart UAVs). Undergraduate students design algorithms and techniques to safely, securely, and efficiently fly a fleet of autonomous UAVs in a limited field. A nationwide recruitment process with particular emphasis on the southeast region of the United States is used to select cohorts of undergraduate students to participate in an eight-week summer research program at the host institution. The project includes mentoring by the experienced computer science faculty members, technical seminars and workshops, student presentations, field trips and other professional development opportunities. This site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program. The objective of this REU Site is to involve undergraduate students in quality research experiences in the exciting and promising field of autonomous unmanned flight. The program builds on the research of an experienced team of faculty mentors and uses the UAV research infrastructure established at the university. The goals are to target students from two groups, students from teaching-oriented primarily undergraduate colleges with limited research possibilities and students from underrepresented minorities such as women and students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. This will be accomplished using an existing recruitment network of schools with significant student populations in the target groups. The research is particularly focused on UAV collision avoidance, secure communications, stable flight, and energy efficient flight. These topics are timely and appealing to undergraduates and should offer a quality research experience to the students.