I/UCRC Phase II Renewal: Center for Visual and Decision Informatics (CVDI)

该奖项将帮助路易斯安那大学拉斐特分校将其IUCRC视觉和决策信息学中心（CVDI）过渡到未来5年的第2阶段运营。在第二阶段开始时，CVDI IUCRC将从三个站点扩展到五个站点，增加了两个新站点，路易斯安那大学拉斐特分校将作为该阶段中心的管理牵头站点。该中心旨在继续其在加强和发展行业合作伙伴关系，通过知识产权和出版物提供创新，通过增加教师的参与，扩大研究能力方面的持续成就的记录，并通过参与行业资助的研究来拓宽学生的教育经验。该中心的研究计划侧重于开发下一个-生成可视化和决策支持工具和技术，使决策者能够从根本上改善组织信息的解释和利用方式。CVDI的研究领域与行业相关，吸引了会员，并有潜力提高美国在这一领域的竞争力。该中心打算通过参与大学课程来扩大参与。通过参与路易斯·斯托克斯路易斯安那州少数民族参与计划联盟，其中PI是协调员，该网站将介绍本科少数民族学生行业驱动的研究。CVDI将从邻近的历史上黑人学院和大学招收学生加入我们的研究生课程。该网站还将参与面向K-12学生的大学外展计划，例如年度工程和技术博览周和科学日。

This award will help the University of Louisiana at Lafayette transition its IUCRC Center for Visual and Decision Informatics (CVDI) into Phase 2 operation for the next 5 years. At the start of Phase 2, the CVDI IUCRC is expanding from three sites to 5 sites, with the addition of two new sites, and University of Louisiana at Lafayette will serve as the managing lead site of the Center for this phase. The Center seeks to continue its record of sustained accomplishments in terms of strengthening and growing industry partnerships, delivering innovation through intellectual property and publications, expanding research competencies through increased faculty participation, and broadening educational experience of students through participation in industry funded research.The research program of the Center focuses on developing next-generation visual and decision support tools and techniques that enable decision makers to fundamentally improve the way an organization's information is interpreted and exploited. CVDI's area of research is industry-relevant, attracts membership and has the potential to improve US competitiveness in this area. The center intends to broaden participation through center engagement in university programs. Through participation in the Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation Program, of which the PI is the co-coordinator, this site will introduce undergraduate minority students to industry-driven research. CVDI will recruit students from neighboring Historically Black Colleges and Universities to join our graduate programs. The site will also participate in university outreach programs for K-12 students, such as the annual Engineering and Technology Expo Week and the Science Day.