Planning IUCRC Stevens: Center for Cyber-SMART

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。史蒂文斯的跨学科团队包括经济学、金融工程、物理学、计算机科学、数学科学和人工智能领域。这些团队将研究关键问题，通过与合作大学的合作，更好地了解技术变革对金融业的影响。史蒂文斯网站旨在通过研究三种不同的技术来解决基础研究挑战：i)人工智能辅助金融决策系统形式的人工智能；Ii)用于创建新型支付平台和交易所的分布式账本和智能合约技术；第三，量子计算致力于改变网络安全和通信的基础过程。通过减少与引入新技术和新法规相关的不确定性，该网站的研究成果将有利于经济发展。特别是，这项研究将有助于政策制定者和行业参与者更好地了解和管理风险和意外的市场中断。它还将帮助行业参与者在面对技术和监管不确定性时更好地做出决策。此外，它可能会扩大金融行业对STEM学科的参与。它将通过史蒂文斯工程与科学教育创新中心（Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education）从高中开始，让当地社区和来自代表性不足群体的学生参与进来。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。研讨会将涉及银行、保险公司、监管机构、交易所和金融科技公司。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.The cross-disciplinary teams at Stevens include the fields of economics, financial engineering, physics, computer science, mathematical sciences and artificial intelligence. The teams will examine critical issues with the shared goal of better understanding the effects of technological change on the financial industry through collaboration with the partnering universities. The Stevens site aims to address fundamental research challenges by examining three different technologies: i) artificial intelligence in the form of AI-assisted financial decision systems; ii) distributed ledgers and smart contract technologies used to create new types of payment platforms and exchanges; iii) quantum computing focused on transforming foundational processes in cyber-security and communication.The research resulting from this site will benefit the economy by reducing uncertainty related to introducing new technologies and new regulations. In particular, the research will help policy makers and industry participants in better understanding and managing risks and unintended market disruptions. It will also help industry participants learn better decision making in the face of technological and regulatory uncertainty. Moreover, it may broaden participation in STEM disciplines in the financial industry. It will involve local communities, and students from underrepresented groups starting at the high school level through Stevens’ Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education.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, in proximity to regulators. The workshop will involve 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.