Educational Innovation: Integrating Intelligent Agent and Wireless Computing Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum

教育创新：将智能代理和无线计算研究整合到本科课程中本项目的研究基础是人工智能(AI)，特别是理性代理开发。该项目为本科生提供了访问大规模分布式移动代理实验室的机会，该实验室包含真实代理和模拟代理。该项目的重点是人工智能、移动计算、多媒体和机器人课程的新课程材料，这些课程允许学生在真实和虚拟环境中测试他们的知识，以及人机交互和无线多媒体计算的新课程。PI已经展示了人工智能模拟器的成功研究和开发，该模拟器为学生提供了在决策、多智能体合作和学习中测试智能体设计思想的环境。PIS扩展的代理环境包括涉及分布式决策、与人类和计算机代理的合作以及无线通信的真实任务。该项目通过对物理和模拟协作环境的实践体验，提高了学生在这一领域的兴趣和专业知识。特别是，该项目在该机构的计算机科学领域使用了一种名为无线智能模拟器环境(WISE)的无线通信系统，它允许人类、软件和机器人代理在分布式环境中进行交互。WISE环境除了支持该大学现有课程的新功能(人工智能、移动网络和计算、多媒体、机器人学和高级Capstone设计课程)外，还支持人机交互和无线多媒体计算的新课程。

EIA- 0086260Cook, Diane J.University of Texas at ArlingtonCISE Educational Innovation: Integrating Intelligent Agent and Wireless Computing Research into the Undergraduate CurriculumThe research-base for this project is Artificial Intelligence (AI), in particular, rational agent development. The project provides undergraduate students with access to a large-scale distributed mobile agent laboratory containing both real and simulated agents. The focus of the project is new curriculum material for AI, mobile computing, multimedia, and robotics courses that allow students to test their knowledge in a real and virtual environment as well as new courses in human-computer interaction and wireless-multimedia computing. The PIs have demonstrated successful research and development of AI simulators that provide students with environments for testing agent design ideas in decision making, multi-agent cooperation, and learning. The PIs expanded agent environment includes real-world tasks involving distributed decision-making, cooperation with both human and computer agents, and wireless communication. The project increases students' interest and expertise in this area through hands-on experiences with physical and simulated collaborative environments. In particular, the project uses a wireless communication system, called Wireless Intelligent Simulator Environment (WISE), in this institution's Computer Science area that permits human, software, and robot agents to interact over a distributed environment. The WISE environment, in addition to supporting new features of this university's existing courses (in AI, Mobile Networking and Computing, Multimedia, Robotics, and Senior Capstone Design Courses), supports new courses in Human-Computer Interaction and Wireless Multimedia Computing.