REU Site: Smart and Secure Future Computing

北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校的本科生研究体验(REU)网站每年夏天都会邀请10名本科生参加为期9周的密集研究体验。智能和安全未来计算的现场研究主题是让学生参与跨学科研究，重点是智能家居、交通、医疗保健和其他先进系统等尖端领域的应用。REU Site项目体验的目标是通过接触和培训网络安全和人工智能等重点领域的跨学科研究，培养学生的研究技能和信心。为了实现这些目标，REU参与者与教职员工、研究生和同行在研究项目上通力合作。研究项目工作为参与者提供了应用和扩展知识的第一手机会，更好地了解研究的社会和全球影响，将这些经验带回本国机构，并应用所学到的经验，为尖端计算应用做出贡献。该REU网站的目标是创建一个协作社区，支持并吸引不同的本科生群体进行研究，以推动网络安全和人工智能领域的最先进水平。REU现场指导方法旨在通过定期的研究技能培训、对教职员工、研究生和同行的分级指导以及交流和共享研究成果来培养学习社区。北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特REU网站强调，来自代表性不足群体的有前途的学生参与计算机领域，以及来自研究项目有限的机构。从整个地区和国家招募本科生参加该项目。这一经历将进一步帮助学生为研究生院和计算机研究做准备，并改善他们对计算作为职业的看法，同时为网络安全和人工智能方面的研究项目做出贡献。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 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte engages a diverse group of 10 undergraduate students each summer in an intensive 9-week research experience. The Site research theme of Smart and Secure Future Computing engages students in interdisciplinary research focusing on applications in cutting edge domains such as smart homes, transportation, healthcare, and other advanced systems. The goals of the REU Site program experience are to develop students’ research skills and confidence through exposure and training in interdisciplinary research in the focus areas of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. To achieve these goals, the REU participants work together with faculty, graduate students, and peers on research projects. Research project work provides participants with a firsthand opportunity to apply and expand their knowledge, to better understand the societal and global impacts of research, to bring these experiences back to their home institutions and to apply lessons learned to contribute to cutting-edge computing applications. The objective of this REU Site is to create a collaborative community that supports and engages a diverse group of undergraduate students in research to advance the state of the art in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. The REU Site mentoring approach aims to cultivate a community of learning through regular training in research skills; tiered mentoring of faculty, graduate students, and peers; and communicating and sharing research results. The UNC Charlotte REU Site emphasizes participation of promising students from underrepresented groups in computing and from institutions that have limited research programs. Undergraduate students are recruited from throughout the region and country to participate in the program. This experience will further prepare students for graduate school and computing research, and improve their perceptions of computing as a career, all while contributing to research projects in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.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.