Collaborative Research: Conference: NSF/TIH PI Meeting and Workshop for Indo-US Research Collaboration

机器人和网络物理系统领域对美国具有重要的经济意义，但在世界各地都在扩张。几乎每个联邦机构都有一个涵盖这些领域的研究计划，因为它们影响着从医疗保健到制造业再到农业等不同领域的美国工人和美国企业的效率和生产率。虽然美国的创新创造了这些行业的大部分核心发明，并在历史上推动了它们的大部分扩张，但美国科学家和他们的外国同行之间需要加强合作，以跟上这些重要领域的步伐。2022年初，美国国家科学基金会(NSF)和印度科技部(DST)与印度技术创新中心(TIH)宣布了一项协议，将共同资助机器人和网络物理系统等广泛领域的合作项目。这次NSF/TIH PI会议和研讨会的目标是讨论这些项目的科学成果，并探索改善外国合作和技术转让的方法。2023年5月22日至23日，在巴尔的摩举行的为期两天的研讨会将讨论和评估35个单独项目的成功，并强调远程国际合作的潜在好处。工业日将是该计划的一部分，旨在刺激创新和将想法传播到其他应用和研究领域，并引发新开发的商业化。会议将探讨这些新的合作所带来的问题和机会，并将向所有与会者传播增强成功的关键要素。研讨会将就如何利用合作实现互利提供建议和指导，并将为参与的学生、博士后研究员提供专业发展。和初级教员。最后，研讨会将向高等教育机构、全球行业观察员和联邦机构介绍项目的结果，并为推进新的倡议提供蓝图。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。

The fields of robotics and cyber-physical systems are economically important to the United States but are expanding all over the world. Nearly every federal agency has a research program covering these areas as they impact the efficiency and productivity of American workers and American businesses in diverse fields from healthcare to manufacturing to agriculture. While American innovation created much of the core inventions of these industries and historically has driven the bulk of their expansion, there is a need for increased collaboration between American scientists and their foreign counterparts to stay abreast of these important fields. In early 2022 the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST) with the Indian Technology Innovation Hubs (TIH) announced an agreement to co-fund collaborative projects in the broad area of robotics and cyber-physical systems. The goals of this proposed NSF/TIH PI meeting and workshop is to discuss the scientific results of these projects and to explore ways to improve foreign collaboration and technology transfer.The 2-day workshop on May 22-23, 2023, in Baltimore will discuss and evaluate the success of the thirty-five individual projects and highlight the potential benefits of remote international collaboration. An Industry Day will be the part of the program to spur innovation and dissemination of ideas into other applications and research fields and to spark commercialization of new developments. The meeting will explore problems and opportunities that these new collaborations developed and will disseminate key ingredients for enhanced success to all participants. The workshop will advise and instruct participants on leveraging collaborations for mutual benefit and will provide professional development for participating students, postdoctoral fellows. and junior faculty. Finally, the workshop will introduce the results of the projects to the institutions of higher education, global industry observers and federal agencies and provide a blueprint for moving forward with new initiatives.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.