REU Site: REU Site on Smart UAVs

这笔资金更新了奥本大学本科生CISE研究经验（REU）网站，专注于智能无人机（智能无人机）。 本科生设计算法和技术，以安全，可靠和有效地在有限的领域飞行一队自主无人机。一个全国性的招聘过程，特别强调美国东南部地区是用来选择本科生的队列参加在主办机构为期八周的夏季研究计划。该项目包括由经验丰富的计算机科学教师指导，技术研讨会和讲习班，学生演示，实地考察和其他专业发展机会。该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划合作支持。这个REU网站的目的是让本科生在自主无人飞行的令人兴奋和有前途的领域的高质量的研究经验。 该计划建立在经验丰富的教师导师团队的研究基础上，并使用在大学建立的无人机研究基础设施。 其目标是针对两类学生，一类是来自教学型大学的学生，主要是研究机会有限的本科生，另一类是来自代表性不足的少数民族的学生，如妇女和来自历史上的黑人学院和大学的学生。这将利用现有的目标群体学生人数众多的学校征聘网络来实现。该研究特别关注无人机防撞、安全通信、稳定飞行和节能飞行。这些主题是及时的，吸引本科生，并应提供一个高质量的研究经验的学生。

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.