Planning IUCRC RPI: Cyber SMART at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

该项目将开展活动，启动一个新的产学研合作网络研究中心，由乔治城大学、史蒂文斯理工学院和伦斯勒理工学院联合主办。该中心的愿景是促进多学科合作，以实现网络安全、管理、应用、监管和培训（cyber SMART）的革命性作用。这些合作对于法律、政策和法规与新的网络技术创新同步发展和演变是必要的。Cyber SMART将来自多所大学的商业、计算机科学、工程和法律领域的研究人员与公共和私营部门的附属机构合作，以确定跨学科议程。RPI的Cyber SMART为Cyber SMART带来了一系列互补能力，整合了RPI在计算机科学、数据科学和定量金融方面的成熟优势。RPI在机器学习/人工智能、自然语言处理、分布式账本技术和网络分析方面的方法论重点将用于支持支付、贷款、融资、保险和交易/投资方面的创新。RPI的Cyber SMART还将在实体经济的重要领域开发创新，如医疗保健、供应链和绿色金融。RPI的Cyber SMART将研究开发和评估创新及其应用，以支持监管需求。Cyber SMART在RPI的团队是不同种族、性别和学科的，每个成员都致力于提高学生的多样性和跨学科培训。该中心项目的成果将整合到RPI各部门的课程中，以培训学生了解网络系统、金融技术和应用的风险和进步。RPI校园的资源以及与专业组织的合作将用于开发本科生的研究经验，K-12的推广，以及改善少数民族和性别学生群体的多样性。RPI的Cyber SMART将与行业附属机构合作，让监管机构参与指导网络和金融科技政策。这项计划拨款将支持在史蒂文斯与RPI联合举办的研讨会，与潜在的网络智能行业分支机构合作，探索共同感兴趣的研究项目。史蒂文斯靠近曼哈顿，与金融业关系密切；RPI距离波士顿和纽约等远，与金融和科技行业有联系；乔治敦大学位于华盛顿特区，离监管机构很近。研讨会将邀请银行、保险公司、监管机构、交易所和金融科技公司参加。从研讨会产生的内容，如议程，演示文稿，将永久托管在史蒂文斯的汉隆金融系统实验室。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。

The project will undertake activities to launch a new Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for cyber research, hosted jointly by Georgetown University, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The vision of the center is to foster multi-disciplinary collaborations for the revolutionizing roles of cyber security, management, applications, regulation, and training (Cyber SMART). These collaborations are necessary for the laws, policies, and regulations to develop and evolve in tandem with new cyber technological innovations. Cyber SMART brings researchers from business, computer science, engineering and law from multiple universities to collaborate with public and private sector affiliates to define the cross-disciplinary agenda.Cyber SMART at RPI brings a range of complementary capabilities to Cyber SMART, integrating RPI’s well-established strengths in computer science, data sciences, and quantitative finance. The methodological thrusts at RPI in machine learning/artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed ledger technologies, and network analytics, will be utilized to support innovations in payments, lending, financing, insurance, and trading/investing. Cyber SMART at RPI will also develop innovations in important segments of the real economy, such as, health care, supply chains, and green finance. Cyber SMART at RPI will conduct research on developing and evaluating innovations and their applications to support the regulatory needs.Cyber SMART at RPI team is diverse by ethnicity, gender and discipline, with each member being committed to enhance student diversity and cross-disciplinary training. Results of the center’s projects will be integrated into curriculum of departments across RPI to train students on risks and advances in cyber systems, financial technologies and applications. Resources at RPI campus and collaborations with professional organizations will be utilized for developing research experience for undergraduates, K-12 outreach, and improving minority and gender diversity of student body. Cyber SMART at RPI will work with industry affiliates to engage regulators in guiding cyber and FinTech policies.This planning grant will support a workshop held at Stevens, jointly with RPI, to engage with potential industry affiliates of Cyber SMART to explore research projects of mutual interest. Stevens has proximity to Manhattan and ties with the financial industry; RPI is equidistant from Boston and New York City, and has ties with financial and technology industry; Georgetown is in Washington DC, with proximity to regulators. The workshop will invite participation from banks, insurers, regulators, exchanges, and FinTech companies. The content generated from the workshop, such as agenda, presentations, will be permanently hosted at Stevens’ Hanlon Financial Systems Lab.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.