REU Site: CNS: Sensing and Smart Systems

这一奖项更新了佛罗里达大西洋大学本科生研究经验(REU)网站。传感和嵌入式网络系统工程研究所的教员将接待一批本科生，进行传感和智能系统领域的夏季研究。智能系统代表了一类新兴的计算系统，它们提供对条件、趋势和模式的实时感知，以支持改进的决策和自动化控制。智能系统提供了巨大的应用潜力，这使得它们的设计和应用对本科生研究人员具有吸引力。招募和遴选程序将确保该方案涉及不同的人口群体，包括相当数量的妇女和代表性不足的少数群体成员。许多参与者将从本科生研究机会有限的机构招聘。除了进行研究外，学生还将参加其他专业发展活动，如行业实地考察、专业研讨会、演讲和职业指导，以及研究生准备。一名外部评估者将衡量该网站的成功程度及其对学生的影响。REU网站由来自传感和嵌入式网络系统工程研究所(I-SENSE)的教师导师领导。I-Sense研究所的教师拥有丰富的研究专业知识，并提供最先进的设施，应该会为本科生提供引人注目的研究体验。本科生将被编入现有的研究小组和项目，这些研究小组和项目正在研究与现实世界有联系的当前和新兴的应用程序。这项研究将集中在应用专业知识的三个主要领域，包括基础设施系统、海洋和环境以及健康和行为。这些项目跨越了不同的探索和应用背景，统一于对传感和智能系统的关注。探索空间在传感、计算、信号处理、人工智能和网络物理控制的交汇处提出了无数挑战。现场焦点和相关的研究项目提供了一个绝佳的机会来催化跨学科的探索和发现，这将使学生感到兴奋，并在高水平上展示科学发现和探索。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。

This award renews a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Florida Atlantic University. Faculty in the Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering will host cohorts of undergraduate students for summer research in the area of sensing and smart systems. Smart systems represent an emerging class of computing systems that provide real-time awareness of conditions, trends, and patterns to support improved decision-making and automated control. Smart systems offer a significant application potential that makes their design and application appealing to undergraduate researchers. The recruitment and selection procedures will ensure that the program engages a diverse demographic, including a significant number of women and members of underrepresented minorities. Many of the participants will be recruited from institutions where there are limited research opportunities for undergraduates. In addition to conducting research the students will participate in other professional development activities such as industry field trips, professional seminars, speakers and career guidance, and graduate school preparation. An external evaluator will measure the success of the site and the impact on the students. The REU site is led by faculty mentors from the Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering (I-Sense). The faculty of the I-Sense Institute have significant research expertise and offer state-of-the-art facilities that should provide a compelling research experience to undergraduates. The undergraduates will be woven into existing research groups and projects that are working on current and emerging applications that have real-world connections. The research will focus on three main areas of application expertise including infrastructure systems, marine and environment, and health and behavior. The projects span diverse contexts of exploration and application, unified in their focus on sensing and smart systems. The exploration space presents myriad challenges at the confluence of sensing, computing, signal processing, artificial intelligence, and cyber-physical control. The site focus and associated research projects present an outstanding opportunity for catalyzing interdisciplinary exploration and discovery that will excite students and demonstrate scientific discovery and exploration at a high level.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.