AccelNet: Catalyzing international convergence research networks to transform human-computer relationships for the future of work

美国的劳动力正在发生变化，而技术也在快速发展。随着美国人口结构的变化，美国劳动力正在发生转变，包括更多的少数族裔多样性和年龄较大的工人。越来越多的员工远程参与工作并在分散的小组中工作，工作场所的任务正在发生变化，越来越多的人依赖技术来支持工作。随着技术的发展，新技术有许多未被开发的机会来重组工作场所和工作任务，以支持日益多样化的人口发展新技能，并比以往任何时候都更轻松和更圆满地完成更复杂的任务。这个AccelNet项目的目标是加速科学发现，使美国劳动力受益。在创建工作中的人机关系(HCR@W)网络时，PI小组将汇集国际成员网络，包括促进旨在支持具有不同需求的人的包容性技术的网络、为高度复杂的任务设计的先进技术以及旨在支持学习新知识和技能的教育技术。他们将通过学生和研究员以及常驻学者计划，集体创建目标场景，创建和测试以高级人机关系为中心的工作和劳动力准备的新颖交互和环境的原型，建立跨学科的强大联系。在这个催化Accelnet项目中，PI团队参与促进反思的过程，以确定共同的障碍，并开发一套社区范围的目标场景，以创建共同的战略愿景和定义关键的研究优先事项。这个网络网络的参与者通过在一系列会议研讨会和学者常驻方案中的合作来推进这些研究优先事项。在会议研讨会上，与会者聚集在一起，协作解决被确定为进步所必需的关键主题。通过常驻学者计划，研究生、博士后和早期职业研究人员跨越国际和学科边界进行广泛的研究访问，以开发和测试从网络协作中产生的想法。此外，促进的在线同行指导计划为研究员提供职业发展机会，支持强大的社交网络的发展，并促进融合研究和网络领导力的知识。PI团队利用网络领导力和公平协作的循证实践，结合社交网络分析方法，跟踪不断增长的网络，识别进一步的协调机会，并解决网络差距和挑战。成果将包括新的国际合作，推动未来劳动力的研究，以及包容人类多样性的新技术和人机界面，并能够支持人类学习和进行复杂的工作。此外，该项目还为学生、博士后和职业早期研究人员提供了有效的网络领导力实践以及网络领导力和融合研究的专业发展方面的社区知识。加速通过国际网络到网络合作的研究(AccelNet)计划旨在加速科学发现的进程，并为多团队国际合作培养下一代美国研究人员。AccelNet计划支持美国研究网络和海外互补网络之间的战略联系，这些网络将利用研究和教育资源来应对需要重大协调国际努力的重大科学挑战。该项目由动力学、控制和系统诊断计划(ENG/CMMI)共同资助。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 US workforce is changing, while technology is evolving at a rapid pace. The US workforce is shifting to include greater minority diversity and older workers, consistent with the changing demographics of the country. More workers are engaging in work remotely and working in distributed groups, workplace tasks are changing, and there is increasing reliance on technology to support work efforts. As technology evolves, there are many under-explored opportunities for new technologies to restructure workplaces and work tasks to support an increasingly diverse population in developing new skills and accomplishing more complex tasks with greater ease and fulfillment than ever before. This AccelNet project has the goal of accelerating scientific discovery to benefit the US workforce. In creating the Human-Computer Relationships at Work (HCR@W) network-of-networks the PI team will bring together international member networks including networks advancing inclusive technologies designed to support people with diverse needs, advanced technologies designed for highly sophisticated tasks, and educational technologies designed to support the learning of new knowledge and skills. They will establish strong connections across disciplines through student and researcher Fellows and Scholar-in-Residence programs, the collective creation of target scenarios, and creating and testing prototypes of novel interactions and contexts for work and workforce preparation in which advanced human-computer relationships are central.In this Catalytic Accelnet project, the PI-team engages in a facilitated process of reflection to identify common barriers and develop a set of community-wide target scenarios to create a shared strategic vision and define critical research priorities. The participants in this network-of-networks advance these research priorities through collaboration at a series of conference workshops and a Scholars-in-Residence program. At conference workshops, participants gather to collaboratively address key topics identified as necessary for advancements. Through the Scholars-in-Residence program, graduate students, postdocs, and early career researchers cross international and disciplinary borders on extended research visits to develop and test ideas that emerge from network-of-network collaborations. Additionally, a facilitated online peer mentoring program provides professional development opportunities for Fellows, supporting the development of a strong social network and advancing knowledge of convergence research and network leadership. Utilizing evidence-based practices of network leadership and fair collaboration coupled with social network analysis methods, the PI team tracks the growing network-of-networks, identify further opportunities for alignment, and address network gaps and challenges. Outcomes will include new international collaborations advancing research for the future workforce, and novel technologies and human-computer interfaces that are inclusive to the full spectrum of human diversity and capable of supporting humans in learning and conducting complex work. Additionally, this project advances the community's knowledge of effective network-of-network leadership practices and professional development of network leadership and convergence research for students, postdocs, and early-career researchers.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 was co-funded by the Dynamics, Control and Systems Diagnostics program (ENG/CMMI).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.