US -Turkey Collaborative Effort in Advancing Assistive Technology based Education via State of the Art Research, Istanbul, Turkey, March 2011

该项目将于2011年3月14日至16日支持一项美国-土耳其研讨会，旨在通过最先进的研究来推进基于辅助技术的教育。美国组织者是马萨诸塞州大学洛厄尔分校电子工程与计算机科学系的马丁·玛加拉博士。土耳其的组织者是：Yeditepe大学的Duygun E. Barkana博士和Sabanci大学的Gullu Kiziltas博士，他们都在土耳其伊斯坦布尔。讲习班的目的是使土耳其的科学界与美国科学家在辅助技术（AT）的新领域进行合作，即应用工程原理和技术使身体或精神残疾者受益。土耳其的合作者还包括来自其他三所大学的科学家，中东技术大学、比尔肯特大学和哈希特佩大学（都在安卡拉）。智力优势：提议的研讨会有可能加速将辅助技术（AT）引入土耳其高等教育界，建立在土耳其实施AT计划的框架，并使土耳其科学家与美国社区在该领域进行联合研究。研讨会计划将使双方在人工智能研究领域和教育领域建立新的工作关系。土耳其的顶尖大学都有很好的代表。计划土耳其的工程课程将引入AT，其中高级设计项目可以通过开发辅助设备来帮助残疾人，作为提供真实世界设计经验的一种手段。π吗?我们系在帮助残障人士开展本科高年级设计项目方面有着成功的记录，这将使他们能够在本次研讨会上以一种非常富有成效的方式与土耳其大学分享他们的经验。UML在印度也有这方面的经验。两国学生都将从这样的交流中受益。土耳其的参加者在人工智能领域具有丰富的经验。更广泛的影响：文化交流对于理解不同国家对残疾和残疾人的看法和态度至关重要。AT的应用可能因文化而异。这次讲习班的举办将对土耳其的残疾人产生影响，并将有助于提高对工程在社会中的作用的认识。通过将at作为一种服务学习方法，该研讨会将有助于改变土耳其大学的本科教育，还将有助于在美国和土耳其学术界之间建立联系和对等关系。讲习班将包括来自工程、管理和健康科学的学生和教师。在一个日益重要的地区，它将为许多美国与会者提供独特的个人体验。最重要的是，它将在美国和土耳其学术界之间建立一套新的点对点关系。本次研讨会旨在通过引入辅助技术作为服务学习的方法，改变美国和土耳其大学的本科和研究生工程教育。UML的一个团队已经访问了土耳其的大学，并讨论了AT合作的潜力。拟议的合作是高度跨学科的。它包括来自工程、管理和健康科学的学生和教师。合作项目的进展情况将由有关各方定期进行几次访问。此外，将在讲习班期间和讲习班结束后立即建立一个所有可能进行合作的研究领域的数据库。博士和硕士水平的项目将确定。该数据库将不断更新，有关项目的信息将在专门的网页上更新。该项目由化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统司（CBET）和国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）共同资助。

MargalaThis project supports a US-Turkey Workshop for Advancing Assistive Technology based Education via State of the Art Research, March 14-16, 2011. The US organizer is Dr. Martin Margala, Department of electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. The Turkish organizers are: Dr. Duygun E. Barkana of Yeditepe University and Dr. Gullu Kiziltas at Sabanci University, both in Istanbul, Turkey. The purpose of the workshop is to engage the scientific community in Turkey with US scientists in the new field of assistive technology (AT), the application of engineering principles and technologies to benefit physically or mentally disabled individuals. The Turkish collaborators also include scientists from three other universities, Middle East Technical University, Bilkent University, and Hacettepe University (all in Ankara.) Intellectual Merit: The proposed workshop has the potential to speed up introduction of Assistive Technology (AT) to the Turkish higher education community, to establish a framework for implementing AT programs in Turkey, and to engage Turkish scientists in joint research with the US community in this area. The workshop program would allow the two sides to establish new and working relationships in AT research areas and education. There is a very good representation from leading universities in Turkey. It is planned that engineering curricula in Turkey will introduce using AT where the senior design project can serve as a means for providing real world design experience by developing assistive devices to aid individuals with disabilities. The PI?s department has a successful record in conducting undergraduate senior design projects to aid individuals with disabilities, and this will allow them to share their experience with the Turkish universities in a very productive way during this workshop. UML's also has experience in India in this field. Students from both countries will benefit from such an exchange. The Turkish participants have significant experience in the field of AT.Broader impacts: Cultural exchanges are critical for understanding views and attitudes regarding disability and people with disability in different countries. The application of AT can vary depending on the culture. The conduct of this workshop will have an impact on the Turkish individuals with disabilities, and will help in increasing awareness of the role of engineering in society. The workshop can contribute to transforming the undergraduate education at the Turkish universities by introducing AT as an approach to service learning, and will also help in establishing contacts and peer-to-peer relationships among US and Turkish academics. The workshop will include students and faculty from engineering, management and health sciences. It will provide a unique, personal experience for many of the U.S. attendees with an increasingly important region. Most importantly, it will establish a set of new, peer-to-peer relationships among US and Turkey academics. This workshop aims to transform the undergraduate and graduate engineering education at US and Turkish universities by introducing Assistive Technology as an approach to service learning. A team from UML has already visited the Turkish universities and discussed the potential for AT collaboration. The proposed collaboration is highly interdisciplinary. It includes students and faculty from engineering, management, and health sciences. The progress of the collaborative projects will be tracked on a regular basis with several visits from involved parties. Moreover, a database of all the possible research areas for collaboration will be created during and immediately after the workshop. PhD and Masters level projects will be determined. This database will be continuously updated and information on the projects will be updated on the dedicated webpage.This project is co-funded by the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) and the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE).