Conference: Proposed Workshop on CPS Rising Stars

该项目将为将于2024年5月在弗吉尼亚大学工程学院内的CPS卓越中心Link实验室举行的“网络物理系统（CPS）新星”研讨会提供支持。研讨会的主要目标是确定和指导有兴趣在CPS领域从事职业的优秀博士生和最近的博士毕业生。研讨会的第二个但同样重要的目标是通过确定CPS的新星来扩大CPS的参与，特别注意机构多样性和非传统背景的选择。该研讨会为参与者提供了关于在CPS职业生涯的早期阶段导航的见解，特别是在学术界。参与者也有机会分享他们的研究成果，并与林克实验室的教师和来自全国各地的CPS新星建立联系。通过参加该研讨会，参与者可以与研究人员开展新的合作，并获得可以支持他们职业发展的专业导师。这将是连续第三次在林克实验室举办的CPS新星研讨会。今年的研讨会将以前两次成功的研讨会为蓝本。总的来说，这三个研讨会通过在CPS中建立一个早期职业研究人员的骨干来影响CPS。CPS新星正在学术界、政府和行业中担任有影响力的职位，不仅对核心CPS研究产生了积极影响，而且对应用CPS原则应对社会挑战的各种领域产生了积极影响。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。

This project will provide support for a “Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) Rising Stars” workshop to be held in May 2024 at the Link Lab, a center of excellence in CPS within the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering. The primary goal of the workshop is to identify and mentor outstanding Ph.D. students and recent PhD graduates who are interested in pursuing careers in CPS fields. A secondary but equally important goal of the workshop is to broaden participation in CPS by identifying CPS Rising Stars paying special attention to institutional diversity and non-traditional backgrounds in selection.The workshop provides participants with insights about navigating the early stages of CPS careers, particularly in academia. Participants also have opportunities to share their research and to network with faculty in Link Lab and peer CPS Rising Stars from across the country. By attending this workshop, participants can initiate new collaborations with researchers and gain professional mentors that can support them in their career advancement. This will be the third consecutive CPS Rising Stars Workshop hosted at the Link Lab. This year’s workshop will be modeled after the two prior successful workshops. Taken together, the three workshops are impacting CPS by building a cadre of early career researchers in CPS. CPS Rising Stars are taking impactful positions in academia, government, and industry, positively impacting not only core CPS research but also a variety of domains that apply CPS principles to challenges facing society.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.