Workshop: Promoting Broader Impacts of Research on Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems; Holiday Inn Hotel, Arlington, Virginia, May 12-13, 2016

自1997年以来，美国国家科学基金会（NSF）要求所有申请资助的提案都要明确提出两个审查标准：知识价值和更广泛的影响。如果NSF要实现其“促进国家健康、繁荣和福利；巩固国防；还有其他目的。”在开发和审查项目时，经常分别考虑这两个标准。了解这两项标准的不同层面及其潜在的协同作用的概念框架，可能会导致具有更大社会价值的项目。本次会议将汇集电气工程领域的主要教师，以解决由美国国家科学基金会工程理事会电气，通信和网络系统（ECCS）部门资助的研究经费中与更广泛影响活动相关的要求和挑战。研讨会的参与者包括教职员工，其中许多人是ECCS部门的现任或前任首席研究员，以及政府和电气工程行业的领导者。研讨会的目标是：1)描述ECCS领域的研究和教育活动的经济和社会价值；2)创建有意义的指标和激励措施，以评估和促进EECS项目的更广泛影响；3)激发关于更广泛影响的新思维和制度举措，从而有效提高所提供资源的人力资本和社会价值。研讨会的成果将是一份报告，该报告将提供明确的路线图，以及一致的衡量标准和激励措施，以推进和催化ECCS研究中的更广泛影响创新。该报告将通过在专业会议、社交媒体、网站和相关杂志上发表的演讲，向公众提供，并用于向研究界和各利益攸关方传播和推广。

Since 1997, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has required that all proposals submitted for funding explicitly address two review criteria: intellectual merit and broader impacts. Advances in both intellectual merit and broader impacts are essential if NSF is to achieve its mission "to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes." The two criteria are often considered separately in developing and reviewing projects. A conceptual framework for understanding the various dimensions of the two criteria and their potential synergy may lead to projects with greater societal value. This conference will bring together leading faculty members in the field of Electrical Engineering to address the requirements and challenges associated with Broader Impacts activities in research grants funded by the Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Division of the Engineering Directorate of NSF. Participants of the workshop include faculty members, many of whom are current or past principal investigators of the ECCS division, as well as government and industry leaders in Electrical Engineering. The goals of the workshop are to: 1) delineate the economical and societal value of research and education activities in the fields of ECCS; 2) create meaningful metrics and incentives to assess and promote the Broader Impacts of EECS projects; and, 3) stimulate new thinking and institutional initiatives on Broader Impacts that can effectively enhance the human capital and societal value from the resources provided. The outcome of the workshop will be a report that provides a clear roadmap, as well as consistent metric and incentives, to advance and catalyze Broader Impacts innovations in ECCS research. This report will be publically available and used for dissemination and outreach to research communities and various stakeholders, via presentations at professional meetings, social media, website and publication on relevant magazines.