Planning IUCRC RPI: Cyber SMART at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

该项目将开展活动，启动一个新的产学合作网络研究中心，由乔治敦大学、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，以发挥网络安全、管理、应用、监管和培训(网络智能)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、工程和法律研究人员与公共和私营部门附属机构合作，定义跨学科议程。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、数据科学和量化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、分布式分类账技术和网络分析方面的方法论努力将被用于支持支付、贷款、融资、保险和交易/投资方面的创新。RPI的网络智慧还将在实体经济的重要领域发展创新，如医疗保健、供应链和绿色金融。RPI的网络智能将进行研究，开发和评估创新及其应用，以支持监管需求。RPI团队的网络智能因种族、性别和学科而异，每个成员都致力于加强学生多样性和跨学科培训。该中心项目的成果将被整合到RPI各部门的课程中，以培训学生在网络系统、金融技术和应用方面的风险和进展。将利用RPI校园的资源和与专业组织的合作，为本科生发展研究经验，推广K-12，并改善学生群体的少数民族和性别多样性。RPI的Cyber Smart将与行业附属公司合作，让监管机构参与指导Cyber和金融科技的政策。这笔规划赠款将支持与RPI在史蒂文斯联合举办的研讨会，与Cyber Smart的潜在行业附属公司接触，探索共同感兴趣的研究项目。史蒂文斯毗邻曼哈顿，与金融业关系密切；RPI距离波士顿和纽约市等距离，与金融和科技行业有联系；乔治敦位于华盛顿特区，靠近监管机构。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。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龙金融系统实验室。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 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.