NSF Convergence Accelerator Track E: A Globally Coordinated, Universally-Accessible Digital Twin Network for the Coral Reef Blue Economy

NSF 融合加速器轨道 E：全球协调、普遍可访问的珊瑚礁蓝色经济数字孪生网络

• 批准号: 2137882
• 负责人: Anne Cohen
• 金额: $ 74.76万
• 依托单位: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2137882&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Convergence; Accelerator; Track; Globally

OIA - 2137882 NSF Convergence Accelerator Track E: A Globally Coordinated, Universally-Accessible Digital Twin Network for the Coral Reef Blue EconomyThis project proposes to develop a “digital twin” technology to improve stewardship of coral reef ecosystems. Digital twins are virtual replicas and the use of this technology is growing in many sectors, providing opportunities to collaborate virtually, visualize entire systems, intake sensor data and update system status in real time, design what-if scenarios, predict results of proposed interventions, and create strategies to improve the real-world features that the twin represents virtually. This technology has not yet been applied to analysis and stewardship of coral reefs but has the potential to facilitate the collaboration among diverse interest groups that is needed to preserve these crucial ecosystems. The team has identified three critical gaps that limit the utility of scientific knowledge in the management, conservation, and restoration of coral reef ecosystems which they are confident can be addressed by the digital twin approach: i) lack of a whole systems approach, ii) absence of a global platform for data integration, analysis and visualization, and iii) lack of universal access to data and knowledge, which in turn prohibits sharing and collaboration. The end goal of the effort is a global-scale, interconnected network of digital reefs with the potential to transform the management, conservation, restoration, and sustainable harvest of coral ecosystems for the 21st century blue economy. Coral reef ecosystems play a central role in the global blue economy. In the US, coral reefs contribute billions of dollars to the blue economy each year, create jobs, and protect coastal infrastructure. However, coral reefs everywhere are declining at a pace and scale unprecedented in human history. This project incorporates valuable diversity and expertise, including includes the University of Guam, an accredited Asian American, native American, Pacific Islander-serving institution; the Marshall Islands Conservation Society (MICS), with strong stakeholder interests in coral reef sustainability; and the Nature Conservancy, whose coral reef program is established in over thirty countries around the world. All products generated as part of this research will be made publicly available via a project-specific website and existing portals as well as other media such as film, gamification, and collaborations with large public aquariums in the US. This strong network will help ensure co-development with a broad range of stakeholders and global utilization of the tools developed. The team will develop the prototype Coral Reef digital twin on Palmyra Atoll, a US territory in the Pacific, and then during Phase 2 will expand the digital twin model to priority sites identified by collaborators from federal agencies and conservation organizations. The 3-dimensional virtual replica of a living reef will facilitate the integration, analysis and accessibility of a diversity of geological, physical, chemical, biological and socio-economic data and models from anywhere in the world. The data will be incorporated into a holistic representation of the living reef that can be visualized in 3-D, analyzed at any point in space and time, and simulated under different, future scenarios. Connection between the physical reef and its digital replica, via sensors, robotics and satellites, will allow the digital twin to receive and integrate updates on coral reef status in near-real time, providing critical information to managers, restoration practitioners, and stakeholders, including tourism operators, fishermen and coastal communities.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.

OIA -2137882 NSF收敛加速器轨道E：针对珊瑚礁蓝色经济的全球协调，普遍访问的数字双网络，该项目的项目提案旨在开发“数字双胞胎”技术，以改善珊瑚礁生态系统的管理人员。数字双胞胎是虚拟复制品，该技术的使用在许多领域都在增长，提供了实时合作，可视化整个系统，可视化整个系统的机会，实时设计和更新系统状态，设计什么样情况，预测拟议的干预措施的结果，并创建策略来改善双胞胎实际上代表的现实世界特征。这项技术尚未应用于珊瑚礁的分析和管理，但有可能促进维护这些关键生态系统所需的潜在利益群体之间的合作。该团队已经确定了三个关键差距，这些差距限制了科学知识在管理，保护和恢复珊瑚礁生态系统中的实用性，它们可以通过数字双胞胎方法来解决他们的信心：i）缺乏整个系统方法，ii）缺乏全球数据集成，分析和可视化的全球平台，等等，以及III）缺乏通用数据和知识的访问，并在此方面进行了分享和协作，并在共享方面和合作。这项工作的最终目标是一个全球尺度，相互联系的数字礁网络，有可能改变21世纪蓝色经济的珊瑚生态系统的管理，保护，恢复和可持续收获。珊瑚礁在全球蓝色经济中起着核心作用。在美国，珊瑚礁每年为蓝色经济贡献数十亿美元，创造就业机会并保护沿海基础设施。但是，各地的珊瑚礁都以人类历史上前所未有的速度下降。该项目结合了宝贵的多样性和专业知识，包括关岛大学，这是一家经认可的亚裔美国人，美洲原住民，太平洋岛屿保护研究所；马歇尔群岛保护协会（MIC），对珊瑚礁可持续性具有强大的利益相关者利益；大自然保护区，其珊瑚礁计划在世界各地的三十多个国家建立。作为这项研究一部分生成的所有产品将通过特定于项目的网站和现有门户以及其他媒体（例如电影，游戏化以及与美国大型公共水族馆的合作）公开提供。强大的网络将有助于确保与广泛的利益相关者以及对开发工具的全球利用进行共同开发。该团队将在太平洋地区的美国领土Palmyra Atoll上开发原型珊瑚礁数字双胞胎，然后在第2阶段将将数字双胞胎模型扩展到联邦机构和保护组织的合作者确定的优先地点。活礁的三维虚拟复制品将促进各种地质，物理，化学，生物学和社会经济数据以及来自世界任何地方的地质，物理，化学，生物学和社会经济数据的多样性的整合，分析和可访问性。数据将被纳入活礁的整体表示，可以在3-D中可视化，在时空的任何时刻进行分析，并在不同的未来情况下进行模拟。 Connection between the physical reef and its digital replica, via sensors, robotics and satelites, will allow the digital twin to receive and integrate updates on coral reef status in near-real time, providing critical information to managers, restoration practitioners, and stakeholders, including tourism operators, fishermen and coastal communities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed precious of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit和更广泛的影响审查标准。