Planning Grant: Joining I/UCRC Safety, Security, and Rescue Research Center

北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校计划加入工业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)，名为“安全、安保和救援研究中心(SSR-RC)”，这是一个由明尼苏达大学(牵头机构)、丹佛大学和宾夕法尼亚大学组成的多所大学中心。该中心专注于在自主系统中进行综合、多学科的研究，以改善国土安全和应急响应。拟议的网站将支持面向行业和以应用为基础的研究项目，并将提供非同寻常的机会，利用北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校计算与信息学院(CCI)、工程学院(COE)和健康与人类服务学院(CHHS)的机器人学、计算机视觉、多媒体数据处理、网络、交互可视化、网络安全和护理方面的教师的研究实力和不同的专业知识。因此，拟议的新网站将使其使命与现有的SSR中心使命保持一致，并将SSR的范围扩展到医疗保健和制造业，重点是伤害预防、患者护理和老年人的辅助护理。拟建场地将开发对关键行业有用的SSR技术，并促进快速技术转移。通过拟议的选址与行业建立的伙伴关系将直接影响经济发展和创造就业机会。私人投资机构表示，他们将通过IUCRC网站的工业研究项目为学生培训创造机会；并通过现有的STAR联盟、REU网站计划以及向高中和一般社区延伸，扩大参与。

The University of North Carolina at Charoltte is planning to join the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) entitled "Center for Safety, Security, and Rescue Research Center (SSR-RC)" which is a multi- university center comprised of the University of Minnesota (lead institution), the University of Denver and the University of Pennsylvania. The Center focuses on conducting integrative, multi-disciplinary research in autonomous systems to improve homeland security and emergency response. The proposed site will enable industry-oriented and application-grounded research projects, and will pose unusual opportunities for leveraging the research strengths and diverse expertise of the faculty in robotics, computer vision, multimedia data processing, networking, interactive visualization, cyber security, and nursing care in the College of Computing and Informatics (CCI), College of Engineering (COE), and College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) at UNC Charlotte. The proposed new site will, therefore, align its mission with the existing centers mission on SSR and also extend the scope of SSR to healthcare and manufacturing, focusing on injury prevention, patient care, and assistive care for the elderly. The proposed site will develop SSR technologies useful for key industries, and facilitate fast technology transfer. The partnerships forged via the proposed site with industries will directly impact economic development and job creation. The PIs state they would create opportunities for student training through the IUCRC site's industrial research projects; and broaden participation via existing STAR Alliance, REU Site programs and outreach to high schools and the general community at large.