REU Site: Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Training in Wearable Computing

本科生研究体验(REU)网站的目标是在国家重点领域为本科生提供独特的培训、研究和教育机会，即研究多学科技术开发以增强医疗体系。该项目将每年招募8名本科生，为期8周，主要来自传统上计算机服务不足的社区，开展可穿戴计算领域的实践研究。这项工作将针对医疗保健和福祉应用领域的计算研究，例如监测、预防和/或管理慢性病。与会者将探讨普适计算、机器学习、数据挖掘、电路和系统设计等主题。本科生将获得有关计算机研究的知识，以及如何通过提供健康援助和促进临床决策来开发新技术来改善健康和福祉。该计划将让REU参与者参与新兴的国家利益的研究课题；他们将与来自计算机科学、工程和健康科学的教师、博士后以及学生一起在多学科团队中工作并向他们学习。该项目受益于大学支持的、全校范围的本科生学者社区。该计划将促进学者的社区感，以增强参与者在计划中的体验。学者社区将在他们之间以及与REU其他项目的学生在校园内生活、工作和社交。参与者将定期参加团队会议、研讨会、团队工作和指导，以及社会活动。这个REU网站将促进新一代学生的培训，他们拥有应对重大医疗挑战的计算研究方面的专业知识。预计该计划将对增加攻读研究生学位的学生数量产生积极影响。研究结果、项目特点和对参与学生的益处将通过项目网站和学术场所的出版物和演示文稿进行传播。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The goal of this Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site is to provide undergraduates with unique training, research, and education opportunities in an area of national priority, i.e., research in multidisciplinary technology development to enhance the healthcare system. The project will recruit eight undergraduates for eight weeks each year, primarily from communities traditionally underserved in computing, to carry out hands-on research in the field of wearable computing. The work will target computing research in the application areas of healthcare and wellbeing, such as monitoring, prevention, and/or management of chronic diseases. The participants will explore topics in pervasive computing, machine learning, data mining, circuits and system design. The undergraduates will gain knowledge about computing research, as well as how new technologies can be developed to improve health and wellbeing by providing health assistance and facilitating clinical decision making.The program will engage REU participants in research topics of emerging national interest; they will work in and learn from multidisciplinary teams with faculty, postdocs, and students from computer science and engineering and health sciences. The program benefits from a university-supported, campus-wide community of undergraduate scholars. The program will promote a feeling of community of scholars to enhance participants' experiences in the program. The community of scholars will live, work, and socialize among themselves as well as with students from other REU programs on campus. The participants will be engaged in regular team meetings, seminars, team work and mentoring, and social activities. This REU site will facilitate the training of a new generation of students with expertise in computing research for addressing significant healthcare challenges. The program is expected to have a positive impact on increasing the number of students who will pursue graduate degrees. The research results, program features, and benefits to the participating students will be disseminated via the program website and through publications and presentations in scholarly venues.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.