Fostering Community-Based Technological Innovation

促进基于社区的技术创新

• 批准号: 1551584
• 负责人: Brian Butler
• 金额: $ 4.76万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1551584&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Fostering; Community; Based; Technological; Innovation

US Ignite (NSF 15-508) lays a foundation for the rapid deployment of next generation networking to all Americans. It originated with the recognition that next generation networking is a fundamental tool for addressing both US societal problems and continued US economic growth. The primary goal of US Ignite is to break a fundamental deadlock: there is insufficient investment in gigabit applications that can take advantage of advanced network infrastructure because such infrastructure is rare and dispersed. Both well-established research literatures and recent efforts to promote development of gigabit applications suggest that individuals, organizations and groups within local communities are a potentially important source of innovative activity that may be harnessed to address this challenge. A key lesson learned from previous efforts to build effective technology infrastructures is that, while centralized investment in standards and core infrastructure technologies is valuable, much of the innovation with respect to application and use of the infrastructure arises from individuals and groups embedded in the local environments. There is already a long-tradition of studying and encouraging local innovation in a diverse collection of disciplines,including: Technology and innovation management, entrepreneurship, information systems and many other fields of knowledge. In order to broadly replicate successes, the US Ignite projects need to be studied by experts in relevant fields.This project funds a workshop to be held at the University of Maryland on understanding, managing, learning from, and evaluating efforts to foster local communities as sources of technology innovation regarding next-generation broadband infrastructure. The workshop's purpose is to: (1) assess the state of current knowledge, (2) articulate a research agenda for critical future work; and (3) begin the process of forming cross-disciplinary, collaboration networks in this multi-disciplinary area. A more systematic understanding of efforts to promote community-based technology innovation will allow us to better design, evaluate, and learn from the ongoing investments. This will ultimately break the deadlock that hinders large-scale development of advanced network infrastructures and allow the potential economic and social benefits for these foundational technologies to be realized at the individual, local, and national levels.

US Ignite (NSF 15-508) 为向所有美国人快速部署下一代网络奠定了基础。 它起源于人们认识到下一代网络是解决美国社会问题和持续美国经济增长的基本工具。 US Ignite的主要目标是打破一个根本性的僵局：对能够利用先进网络基础设施的千兆位应用的投资不足，因为此类基础设施稀缺且分散。 成熟的研究文献和最近促进千兆位应用发展的努力都表明，当地社区内的个人、组织和团体是创新活动的潜在重要来源，可用于应对这一挑战。从以往构建有效技术基础设施的努力中吸取的一个重要教训是，虽然对标准和核心基础设施技术的集中投资很有价值，但基础设施的应用和使用方面的大部分创新来自于嵌入当地环境的个人和团体。 There is already a long-tradition of studying and encouraging local innovation in a diverse collection of disciplines,including: Technology and innovation management, entrepreneurship, information systems and many other fields of knowledge. 为了广泛复制成功经验，美国Ignite项目需要相关领域的专家进行研究。该项目资助在马里兰大学举办一个研讨会，讨论理解、管理、学习和评估促进当地社区作为下一代宽带基础设施技术创新来源的努力。研讨会的目的是：(1) 评估当前知识状况，(2) 阐明未来关键工作的研究议程； (3) 开始在这个多学科领域形成跨学科的合作网络。对促进基于社区的技术创新的努力进行更系统的了解将使我们能够更好地设计、评估正在进行的投资并从中学习。这将最终打破阻碍先进网络基础设施大规模发展的僵局，并使这些基础技术的潜在经济和社会效益在个人、地方和国家层面得以实现。