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Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Sustainable Urban Ecosystems

规划资助：可持续城市生态系统工程研究中心

基本信息

批准号：
1937135
负责人：
Adolfo Matamoros
金额：
$ 10万
依托单位：
University of Texas at San Antonio
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：
2019-09-01 至 2020-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1937135&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Planning Grant Engineering Research Center

项目摘要

Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Sustainable Urban EcosystemsProposal Abstract-Part 1: The Engineering Research Center for Sustainable Urban Ecosystems will develop transforming technologies for one of the most important societal problems we presently face: managing the growth of large population centers so it remains sustainable and does not harm the safety and wellbeing of residents. To achieve this mission, the center will develop science and engineering systems needed by authorities and the private sector to make decisions that yield the most benefit to urban residents. Sustainable growth of large population centers is a very complex societal problem that will require advances in data science and engineering to improve efficiency, minimize the consumption of natural resources, and enhance the ability to adapt to disruptions of different types and magnitudes. The research center will address this need by developing distributed technologies such as instrument arrays, cloud computing, intelligent systems, and connected devices that enhance performance, eliminate inefficiencies, and allow large urban centers to cope with increasing demand for services, particularly during strenuous circumstances. . -Part 2: The Engineering Research Center for Sustainable Urban Ecosystems will develop transforming technologies for one of the most important societal problems we presently face: engineering of urban ecosystems to achieve sustainable growth without harming the safety and wellbeing of residents. Sustainability compels dual objectives of minimizing consumption of natural resources under normal operating conditions and possessing the ability to adapt rapidly and efficiently to disruptions of different orders of magnitude and duration. To achieve this mission, the center will develop the underlying science needed to create a distributed sensor and data science framework to assist authorities and the private sector make decisions most beneficial to urban residents. The proposed center will enable research and technology to improve urban infrastructure resilience through real-time data processing, storage, and dissemination, accelerating processing of large datasets in digital communities. Data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence experts will advance fundamental knowledge in their collective domains. Computing researchers will have access to the complete data flow chain and be able to study networking weaknesses against cyber-attacks. The networking will include narrowband and broadband wireless and wired data communication, networking with traditional and emerging sensor cloud environments, and various interfaces. Researchers will develop urban ecosystem and health informatics applications capable of exploring interdependences between these domains. Infrastructure researchers will leverage these advances to improve efficiency and resilience of urban infrastructures using real-time data during normal operating conditions, and during different types of disruptions such as cyberattacks, hurricanes, floods, and chemical spills. Through this planning grant, a diverse group on stakeholders will join forces to develop consensus on advances in science and engineering needed to achieve sustainable growth of urban ecosystems through convergent research. The outcomes of the planning will provide a roadmap to guide future research efforts and foster new collaborations not previously considered. Research on sustainable urban ecosystems will have a broad impact on society due to the large percentage of the population it affects (90% by 2050). The impact of inadequate services and disruptions is unevenly distributed among communities due to different exposures and vulnerabilities, with the highest levels of vulnerability and low adaptive capacity linked to underserved and underinvested communities. The planning grant will benefit large communities by strengthening collaboration between stakeholders to improve quality of life and resilience of urban ecosystems.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.

规划补助金：可持续城市生态系统工程研究中心提案摘要-第1部分：可持续城市生态系统工程研究中心将为我们目前面临的最重要的社会问题之一开发转化技术：管理大型人口中心的增长，使其保持可持续性，不会损害居民的安全和福祉。为了实现这一使命，该中心将开发当局和私营部门所需的科学和工程系统，以做出为城市居民带来最大利益的决策。大型人口中心的可持续增长是一个非常复杂的社会问题，需要数据科学和工程的进步来提高效率，最大限度地减少自然资源的消耗，并增强适应不同类型和规模的中断的能力。该研究中心将通过开发分布式技术来满足这一需求，如仪器阵列、云计算、智能系统和连接设备，这些技术可以提高性能，消除效率低下，并使大型城市中心能够科普日益增长的服务需求，特别是在艰苦的环境中。.第二部分：可持续城市生态系统工程研究中心将为我们目前面临的最重要的社会问题之一开发转型技术：城市生态系统工程，以实现可持续增长，而不损害居民的安全和福祉。可持续性要求实现双重目标，即在正常运营条件下最大限度地减少自然资源的消耗，并拥有快速有效地适应不同数量级和持续时间的中断的能力。为了实现这一使命，该中心将开发创建分布式传感器和数据科学框架所需的基础科学，以协助当局和私营部门做出最有利于城市居民的决策。该中心将通过实时数据处理、存储和传播，加速数字社区中大型数据集的处理，使研究和技术能够提高城市基础设施的弹性。数据分析、机器学习和人工智能专家将在他们的集体领域推进基础知识。计算研究人员将能够访问完整的数据流链，并能够研究网络攻击的弱点。网络将包括窄带和宽带无线和有线数据通信，与传统和新兴传感器云环境的网络连接以及各种接口。研究人员将开发城市生态系统和健康信息学应用程序，能够探索这些领域之间的相互依赖关系。基础设施研究人员将利用这些进展，在正常运行条件下以及在网络攻击、飓风、洪水和化学品泄漏等不同类型的中断期间使用实时数据来提高城市基础设施的效率和弹性。通过这项规划拨款，一个多元化的利益相关者团体将联合起来，就通过趋同研究实现城市生态系统可持续发展所需的科学和工程进步达成共识。规划的结果将提供一个路线图，以指导未来的研究工作，并促进以前没有考虑过的新合作。对可持续城市生态系统的研究将对社会产生广泛的影响，因为它影响到人口的很大比例（到2050年将达到90%）。由于受到的影响和脆弱性不同，服务不足和中断的影响在各社区之间分布不均，脆弱性最高和适应能力低的社区与服务不足和投资不足有关。该规划补助金将通过加强利益相关者之间的合作来改善生活质量和城市生态系统的恢复力，从而使大型社区受益。该奖项反映了NSF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。