CC* CIRA: Building Research Innovation at Community Colleges

两年制学院和规模较小的高等教育机构在塑造该国的经济和计算机劳动力方面发挥着重要作用。人们对云计算和智能制造等领域的兴趣日益高涨，为这些机构在研究和学术追求中采用先进的网络基础设施实践铺平了道路。社区学院建筑研究创新(BRICCs)方法扩展了从事校园计算各个方面的团体的集体经验，审查了此类机构环境中先进的网络基础设施的研究和教育需求。在网络团队的领导下，金砖四国提供了一个包容性平台，以发展这一领域的努力，并将其扩展到国家层面。金砖四国是在较小的机构和社区大学学习校园计算特征的独特机会。金砖四国采取了多管齐下的方法，重点是了解手头的问题，与机构合作以实现解决方案，最后将其发现传达给更广泛的研究界。促进知识渊博的网络基础设施专业人员与这些机构之间的伙伴关系是金砖四国的一个关键方面。为了实现这一目标，金砖四国将举办虚拟和面对面社区研讨会，探索扩大先进网络基础设施对各级校园计算的影响的途径。金砖四国将编制学习资源、研讨会报告、支持未来的资金努力，并提出与较小机构的研究和学术追求相一致的校园网络模式。作为计算专业知识的集合体，金砖四国作为一个协作空间，以应对在研究和教育环境中推进网络基础设施采用方面的类似挑战。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。

Two-year colleges and smaller institutions of higher education play an important role in shaping the country's economic and computing workforce. Burgeoning interest in fields such as cloud computing and smart manufacturing have paved the path for adoption of advanced cyberinfrastructure practices in research and academic pursuits at these institutions. Expanding on the collective experience of groups engaged in various aspects of campus computing, the Building Research Innovation at Community Colleges (BRICCs) approach examines the research and educational needs from advanced cyberinfrastructure in such institutional settings. Led by CyberTeams, BRICCs offers an inclusive platform to develop and extend efforts in this space to the national level. BRICCs is a unique opportunity to study campus computing characteristics at smaller institutions and community colleges. BRICCs adopts a multi-pronged approach that focuses on learning about the problems at hand, partnering with institutions to enable solutions, and finally communicating its findings to the broader research community. Fostering partnerships between knowledgeable cyberinfrastructure professionals and these institutions is a critical aspect of BRICCs. Toward achieving this, BRICCs will host virtual and in-person community workshops to explore avenues to broaden the impact of advanced cyberinfrastructure on campus computing at all levels. BRICCs will produce learning resources, workshop reports, support future funding efforts, and propose campus networking models that align with the research and academic pursuits of smaller institutions. As a collective of computing expertise, BRICCs serve as a collaborative space to address similar challenges in advancing cyberinfrastructure adoption in research and educational settings.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.