Collaborative Research: CISE-MSI: RCBP-ED: CCRI: TechHouse Partnership to Increase the Computer Engineering Research Expansion at Morehouse College

该奖项扩大了排名前五的工程项目佐治亚理工学院和排名前五的HBCU莫尔豪斯学院之间的共生、可持续联盟，其主要最终目标是增加拥有计算机科学和计算机工程知识的非裔美国学生的数量，以帮助解决半导体制造等国家需求。随着《2022年芯片和科学法案》的通过，增加就业和加强供应链不仅是国家的目标，也是国家安全的目标。许多这些新兴的工作都需要电气和计算机工程的高级学位。考虑到设备、实验室和教授研究生课程的教师的成本，战略合作伙伴关系最大限度地提高了从事这些工作所需的工程师和研究人员的产量。为了实现这一目标，这笔拨款主要用于增加莫尔豪斯学院计算机科学系的研究基础设施。支持将来自佐治亚理工学院的集体努力。然而，电气与计算机工程学院将作为佐治亚理工学院支持这项工作的主要学院。项目活动包括组织参观佐治亚理工学院的研究实验室、定期讨论合作目标的会议、大一新生暑期研究项目整合、会议旅行以及为参与莫尔豪斯学院的学生提供学术支持。该合作伙伴关系旨在培养莫尔豪斯的学生，这些学生在完成佐治亚理工学院的研究生学位后，可能会考虑回到莫尔豪斯担任博士后研究员、研究科学家或教职员工。来自另外两所亚特兰大hbcu（斯佩尔曼学院和克拉克亚特兰大大学）的两名计算机科学教职员工也将被邀请参加会议，最终就未来的NSF提案进行合作。参加该计划活动的毕业生可以在乔治亚理工学院以外的地方攻读双学位和研究生课程，从而形成一个全国性的CHIPS人才渠道。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 award expands a symbiotic, sustainable alliance between a top-five engineering program, Georgia Tech, and a top-five HBCU, Morehouse College, with a primary end goal of increasing the number of African American students who possess knowledge of both computer science AND computer engineering to help address national needs like semiconductor manufacturing. With the passing of the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, it is not only a goal of the nation to increase jobs and strengthen supply chains but of national security. Many of these emerging jobs will require advanced degrees in electrical and computer engineering. With the cost of equipment, labs, and faculty to teach in graduate programs, strategic partnership maximizes the yield of engineers and researchers needed to work in these roles. To achieve this goal, the grant is centered around increasing the research infrastructure in the Department of Computer Science at Morehouse College. Support will come from a collective effort from Georgia Tech. However, the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering will serve as the primary college at Georgia Tech supporting this effort.Project activities included in the grant are organized visits to Georgia Tech research labs, regular meetings to discuss collaboration goals, pre-freshman summer research program integration, conference travel, and academic support for participating Morehouse students. The partnership aims to train Morehouse students who may consider returning to Morehouse as postdoctoral researchers, research scientists, or faculty after completing their graduate degree at Georgia Tech. Two computer science faculty members from two other Atlanta HBCUs (Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University) will also be invited to participate in meetings for eventual collaboration on future NSF proposals. Graduating students who participated in the program’s activities may go on to dual degree and graduate programs outside of Georgia Tech, creating a nationwide funnel of CHIPS talent.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.