Next Generation Biometrics: Achieving Strength in Molecular Recognition and Transport

西弗吉尼亚州高等教育政策委员会提交的提案旨在建立一个卓越的分子生物识别研究中心——通过处理、存储和比较来自可测量特征的数字记录来自动识别个人，这些特征对于给定的应用程序（例如指纹、虹膜、面部、DNA）来说是足够独特的。作为2002年RII （EPS 0314742）发起的生理生物识别技术研究的成果，拟议的研究投资旨在通过建立西弗吉尼亚大学纳米技术和生物识别技术研究的综合优势，提高该州的研发能力和在州、地区和国家层面的竞争力水平；马歇尔大学（MU）分子与细胞研究；并通过西弗吉尼亚州立大学（WVSU），一个HBCU，增加代表性不足的学生的参与。拟议的项目完全符合国家继续加强选定研究领域的学术和经济能力的优先事项。为了实现其目标，WV EPSCoR计划确定了四个具体目标：(1)围绕构建集成分子识别测试平台设备的功能构建块组织发现和创新；(2)通过战略性集群招聘、早期职业教师的发展以及在西弗吉尼亚大学和密歇根大学招聘博士后，建立和联系跨领域的教师团队；(3)与区域学术和行业合作伙伴建立战略合作关系，弥补能力空白，互补优势，加快针对性研究；(4)加强、制度化并持续改善共享设施和学术环境，以促进这些群体的发现和学习活动，以及这些群体所促成的机构倡议。教育、人力资源开发和推广组成部分被提议：(1)整合RII的研究和教育工作，(2)改变学术文化和环境，以提高STEM学生的保留率和毕业率，以及(3)提高教师在分子生物识别方面的教育技能，并将最成功的努力传播给其他WV机构。这一组成部分包括与WVSU （HBCU）的新伙伴关系，通过该伙伴关系，随着国家经济的发展，将为新兴技术劳动力招募代表性不足的学生和教师

The proposal submitted by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission seeks to create a center of excellence for research in molecular biometrics-the automatic recognition of individuals through processing, storage, and comparison of digital records derived from measurable traits, which are adequately unique for a given application (e.g., fingerprints, iris, face, DNA). An outgrowth of previous research on physiological biometrics initiated by the 2002 RII (EPS 0314742), the proposed research investment is aimed at increasing the State's R&D capacity and level of competitiveness at the state, regional, and national levels by building on the combined strengths of nanotechnology and biometrics research at West Virginia University (WVU); molecular and cellular research at Marshall University (MU); and increasing the participation of underrepresented students through West Virginia State University (WVSU), an HBCU. The proposed project is fully aligned with the continuing state priority of strengthening academic and economic capacity in the selected research area. In order to achieve its goal, the WV EPSCoR plan identifies four specific objectives: (1) to organize discovery and innovation around the functional building blocks with which to construct integrated molecular recognition testbed devices; (2) to build and link crosscutting faculty teams through strategic cluster hires, and development of early career faculty and hires of postdoctoral associates both at WVU and MU; (3) to build strategic collaborative relationships with regional academic and industry partners to bridge capability voids, complement their strengths, and accelerate targeted research; and (4) to enhance, institutionalize, and continually improve the shared facility and academic environments necessary to promote the discovery and learning activities of these groups and the institutional initiatives these groups have precipitated. An education, human resources development and outreach component is proposed to: (1) integrate RII research and education efforts, (2) transform the academic culture and environment in a way that increases retention and graduation rates of STEM students, and (3) enhance the educational skill-set of faculty in molecular biometrics, and promulgate the most successful efforts to other WV institutions. This component includes a new partnership with WVSU, a HBCU, through which underrepresented students and faculty will be recruited for the emerging technology workforce as the State's economy evolves