Travel Grant: Conference on New Frontiers in Networked Dynamical Systems: Assured Learning, Communication, and Control

随着无处不在的连接、大规模数据收集的出现，以及近年来数据驱动的人工智能（AI）取得的显著成功，我们已经来到了一个转折点。考虑先进的数据驱动的人工智能技术将如何影响涉及人类和机器代理以及物理基础设施的网络动态系统的时机已经成熟。本次研讨会将汇集来自学术界、政府和工业界的主要专家，以帮助确定这一联系的研究和教育的有希望的方向。研讨会将包括特邀演讲、小组讨论和头脑风暴会议。在数据驱动的创新和系统设计之间取得适当的平衡将是对话的重要组成部分。专题讨论会的成果将包括从小组讨论和头脑风暴会议中提炼出来的会议报告。该报告将帮助政府和行业管理者/利益相关者了解这一重要领域的新方向和重大挑战，这将直接影响未来几十年国家的竞争力和安全。该研讨会将有助于在NSF和国家研究事业的关键领域的十字路口确定新的研究方向。NSF工程局有多个与人工智能和人工智能支持系统相关的重大研究项目。小组讨论、会谈、头脑风暴会议和最终的研讨会报告将通知NSF和其他在这些关键领域赞助和开发研究的政府利益相关者。我们如何在相同的总学时数下有效地教授经验数据驱动和“硬科学”方法论？这是研讨会将讨论的关键问题之一，也是我们在重新设计工程课程以适应数据驱动的人工智能革命时面临的最重要问题之一。汇集世界一流的专家，就这一问题和其他相关问题进行讨论并提供见解，对下一代精通人工智能的系统和控制工程师来说具有巨大的价值。此外，主办单位将邀请部分学生参加研讨会，并特别关注女性和市区大学的代表。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。

With the advent of ubiquitous connectivity, large-scale data collection, and the remarkable successes of data driven artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years, we have come to a turning point. The time is ripe to consider how advanced data-driven AI technology will impact networked dynamical systems involving both human and machine agents together with physical infrastructure. This symposium will bring together leading experts from academia, government and industry to help identify promising directions in research and education at this nexus. The symposium will comprise invited talks, panel discussions, and brainstorming sessions. Striking the right balance between data-driven innovations and systematic design will be an important part of the conversation. The outcomes of the symposium will include a meeting report distilled out of the panel discussions and the brainstorming sessions. The report will help inform government and industry stewards / stakeholders about new directions and grand challenges in this important area that will directly impact the nation's competitiveness and security in the coming decades. The symposium will help identify new research directions at the crossroads of key areas of critical interest to NSF and the nation's research enterprise. NSF's Engineering Directorate has multiple major research programs related to AI and AI-enabled systems. The panel discussions, talks, brainstorming sessions, and the final symposium report will inform NSF and other government stakeholders who sponsor and exploit research and development in these critical areas. How do we effectively teach both empirical data-driven and “hard-science” methodology at the same overall number of credit hours? This is one of the key issues that will be discussed at the Symposium, and one of the most important questions we face as we redesign engineering curricula to accommodate the data-driven AI revolution. Bringing together world-class experts to discuss and offer insights on this and other related issues is of tremendous value for the next generation of AI-savvy systems and control engineers. In addition, the organizers will invite select students to participate in the Symposium, paying particular attention to female and URM representation.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.