Collaborative Research: AccelNet: ICNet Global

合作研究：AccelNet：ICNet Global

• 批准号: 1927170
• 负责人: Rajib Mallick
• 金额: $ 1.62万
• 依托单位: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-10-01 至 2021-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1927170&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; AccelNet; ICNet; Global

1927351 (Jacobs), 1927170 (Mallick), 1927175 (Tye), 1927180 (Arroyo), 1927516 (Hayhoe), and 1927543 (Harvey). Changes in sea level, extreme rainfall, heat extremes, and winter temperatures are already affecting the performance and integrity of transportation infrastructure around the world. These changes have serious ramifications for infrastructure safety, environmental sustainability, economic vitality, mobility and system reliability, particularly for vulnerable populations and urban locations. They also compromise resilience of the larger interconnected physical, cyber, and social infrastructure networks. Increasing resilience of transportation infrastructure to current and future weather and climate extremes is a global challenge. The complexity of this challenge requires a convergence approach to foster collaboration and innovation among technically and socially diverse researchers and practitioners. To address this challenge, this project will create a multi-institution ICNet Global Network of Networks that unites domestic and international research and practice networks to facilitate integrated engineering, climate science, and policy research that can advance the development of resilient transportation infrastructure and systems. The project's PIs and key collaborators represent networks based in Korea, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States that have the maturity, size, complementary foci, and bandwidth necessary to jumpstart this catalytic level network of networks. ICNet Global will link researchers at the forefront of scientific, engineering, and policy research frontiers, drawing expertise from many disciplines and nations to share and enhance best practices for transportation resilience.ICNet Global's long-term mission is to prepare the world's existing and future transportation infrastructure for a changing climate. To that end, ICNet Global will: (1) build a network of existing research networks that are tackling the challenges climate change poses to transportation infrastructure; (2) establish a common base-level knowledge, capacity, and vision to support the convergence of novel and diverse ideas, approaches, and technologies for creating climate resilient transportation infrastructure; and (3) grow the next generation of critical and diverse thinkers with the expertise to address and solve climate-related infrastructure challenges. Key activities for achieving these goals include network mapping and engagement (both in-person and virtual); convergence and training webinars; education and training material collation; and next generation mentoring. ICNet Global will link the institutional networks needed to accelerate and advance methods for making global transportation infrastructure resilient to a changing climate. It will also advance the science of resilient infrastructure design and will bring together different research and practice communities (e.g., climate scientists, engineers, policy makers) to develop a new global community of research and practice capable of engaging in community-based participatory research. By creating a space to connect, share information and learn from one another, ICNet Global will advance innovation in the field of resilient infrastructure design while helping to grow and sustain individual participating networks. The knowledge-linking strategies explored through ICNet Global will build conduits among researchers and practitioners responsible for transportation infrastructure standards and policies, and will help identify approaches transferable to other countries and challenges. ICNet Global will work with its partners' established diversity programs, such as those at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, to broaden participation of underrepresented groups as it advances the next generation of researchers. ICNet Global will also provide opportunities for, and already reflects in its leadership and members, early career scholars and women in engineering and science.The Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) program is designed to accelerate the process of scientific discovery and prepare the next generation of U.S. researchers for multiteam international collaborations. The AccelNet program supports strategic linkages among U.S. research networks and complementary networks abroad that will leverage research and educational resources to tackle grand scientific challenges that require significant coordinated international efforts. This project is co-funded by the Environmental Sustainability (ENG/CBET) program.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.

1927351（雅各布斯）、1927170（马利克）、1927175（泰伊）、1927180（阿罗约）、1927516（海霍）和1927543（哈维）。海平面、极端降雨、极端高温和冬季气温的变化已经影响到世界各地交通基础设施的性能和完整性。这些变化对基础设施安全、环境可持续性、经济活力、流动性和系统可靠性产生了严重影响，特别是对弱势群体和城市地区。它们还损害了更大的互联物理、网络和社会基础设施网络的弹性。提高交通基础设施对当前和未来极端天气和气候的适应能力是一项全球性挑战。这一挑战的复杂性需要一种趋同的方法来促进技术和社会多样化的研究人员和实践者之间的合作和创新。为了应对这一挑战，该项目将创建一个多机构的ICNet全球网络，将国内和国际研究和实践网络联合起来，促进综合工程、气候科学和政策研究，从而推动弹性交通基础设施和系统的发展。该项目的pi和主要合作伙伴代表了位于韩国、欧洲、英国和美国的网络，这些网络具有快速启动这一催化级网络所需的成熟度、规模、互补重点和带宽。ICNet Global将把科学、工程和政策研究前沿的研究人员联系起来，吸收来自多个学科和国家的专业知识，分享和加强交通弹性的最佳实践。ICNet Global的长期使命是为全球现有和未来的交通基础设施做好应对气候变化的准备。为此，ICNet全球将：(1)建立一个现有研究网络的网络，以应对气候变化给交通基础设施带来的挑战；(2)建立共同的基础知识、能力和愿景，以支持新颖和多样化的思想、方法和技术的融合，以创建气候适应型交通基础设施；(3)培养具有应对和解决气候相关基础设施挑战的专业知识的批判性和多元化思想家的下一代。实现这些目标的主要活动包括绘制网络地图和参与（面对面和虚拟）；汇聚和培训网络研讨会；教育培训资料整理；以及下一代的指导。ICNet Global将连接所需的机构网络，以加速和推进使全球交通基础设施适应气候变化的方法。它还将推进弹性基础设施设计科学，并将不同的研究和实践团体（如气候科学家、工程师、政策制定者）聚集在一起，发展一个新的全球研究和实践社区，能够参与以社区为基础的参与性研究。通过创建一个相互连接、共享信息和相互学习的空间，ICNet Global将推动弹性基础设施设计领域的创新，同时帮助发展和维持各个参与网络。通过全球交通信息网络探索的知识联系战略将在负责交通基础设施标准和政策的研究人员和实践者之间建立渠道，并将有助于确定可转移到其他国家和应对挑战的方法。ICNet Global将与其合作伙伴已建立的多样性项目（如国家大气研究中心的项目）合作，在促进下一代研究人员的同时，扩大代表性不足的群体的参与。ICNet Global还将为工程和科学领域的早期职业学者和女性提供机会，这已经反映在其领导层和成员中。通过国际网络对网络合作加速研究（AccelNet）计划旨在加速科学发现的进程，并为下一代美国研究人员进行多团队国际合作做好准备。AccelNet项目支持美国研究网络与国外互补网络之间的战略联系，将利用研究和教育资源来应对需要重大国际协调努力的重大科学挑战。本项目由环境可持续发展（ENG/CBET）项目共同资助。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。