NSF Student Travel Grant for the 2023 Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems Summer Research Institute (CSST 2023)

解决人类最困难问题的研究人员、数据科学家和设计师需要跨学科思维和跨界训练。例如，寻找气候变化的解决方案需要了解能源生产系统的经济学、新兴技术的可能性以及建立社会和政治认可的方法。改善网络安全和隐私需要对加密和信任模型有深入的技术知识，以及对安全和自主等价值观的哲学和人类学理解。所有这些问题基本上都是社会技术问题，需要社会和技术知识。然而，跨越边界的研究人员经常在他们领域的边缘接受训练。跨学科研究人员很少能在自己的机构和领域找到成功、指导或支持的模式。没有这样的支持，跨学科的努力就不可能蓬勃发展。社会技术系统科学联合会暑期研究所通过将资深博士生、博士后、行业研究人员和早期职业教师与经验丰富的资深跨界研究人员聚集在一起，提供了一个关键的智力和专业支持系统，使跨界研究人员能够取得成功。每年夏季研究所的中心功能是维持和发展一个紧密联系的学者研究社区。每年秋季招募大约10名导师，并根据需要在春季招募额外的导师，以支持学员的特殊需求。每年的早春都会发布参与者的征召。由导师、组织者和其他资深审稿人组成的评审委员会选出大约30名参与者（高级博士生、博士后、行业研究人员和早期职业教师），对提交的材料进行全面的审查；这些审稿人将根据申请人提交的参与呼吁材料做出决定。学科、方法、机构、主题和个人多样性都将在最终录取决定中加以考虑。为期5天，4晚的活动将包括周一晚上的欢迎招待会；为期三天的小组指导会议、小组讨论和研讨会；并在周五上午举行全体闭幕会议。参与者将被邀请参加学院正式会议之外的非正式社交活动，并参加一个Slack工作空间，旨在在现场活动结束后为群体和社区提供支持。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 researchers, data scientists, and designers who will solve humanity’s most difficult problems need training in interdisciplinary thinking and boundary spanning. For example, finding solutions to climate change requires understanding the economics of energy production systems, the possibilities of emerging technologies, and methods for building social and political acceptance. Improving cybersecurity and privacy requires deep technical knowledge of encryption and trust models, as well as philosophical and anthropological understandings of values like safety and autonomy. All of these problems are fundamentally sociotechnical, demanding both social and technical knowledge. However, researchers who span boundaries too often are trained at the margins of their fields. Trans-disciplinary researchers infrequently find models of success, mentorship, or support in their home institutions and fields. Without such support, interdisciplinary efforts cannot be expected to thrive. The Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems Summer Research Institute provides this support by bringing together senior Ph.D. students, post-docs, industry researchers, and early career faculty with experienced, senior boundary-spanning researchers, providing a critical intellectual and professional support system that enables boundary-spanning researchers to succeed. The central function of the yearly summer research institute is to sustain and develop a densely connected research community of scholars. An initial cohort of approximately 10 mentors are recruited each fall, with additional mentors recruited as needed to support the particular needs of mentees in the spring. The call for participants is released in early spring each year. Approximately 30 participants (senior Ph.D. students, post-docs, industry researchers, and early career faculty) are chosen by a review committee comprised of mentors, organizers, and other senior reviewers as necessary to conduct a well-informed review of the submissions; these reviewers will make their decisions based on materials submitted by applicants in response to the Call for Participation. Disciplinary, methodological, institutional, topical, and personal diversity will all be considered in final acceptance decisions. The 5-day, 4-night event will include a welcome reception on Monday evening; three days of small-group mentoring sessions, panels, and workshops; and a plenary closing session on Friday morning. Participants will be invited to join informal social activities outside of the institute’s formal sessions and participate in a Slack workspace intended to support cohort and community beyond the conclusion of the in-person event.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.