CAREER: Collective Innovation - Transforming the Realization of Complex Engineering Systems

该学院早期职业发展（CAREER）奖的研究目标是通过集体创新为复杂系统的实现奠定基础，其特征是个人自组织成分散的，无等级的社区。研究目标将通过使用生物进化和网络动力学原理来理解系统自下而上的进化和社区的自组织来实现。研究方法将结合联合收割机数学理论和计算方法，包括网络进化理论，社会网络分析和基于代理的建模。从这项研究中获得的有关系统和社区进化动力学的知识将用于开发集体创新的网络基础设施。教育目标是为集体系统创新准备新一代工程师。通过在研究生课程、本科课程和学生设计竞赛的设计项目生态系统中为学生提供集体创新体验，实现教育目标。如果成功，这项研究的结果将使工程企业能够使用组织内员工社区和组织外爱好者社区的重要但未充分利用的创新模式。网络基础设施（基于自下而上的系统和社区组合）将通过促进以社区为中心的创新战略来补充当前的产品生命周期管理平台。以设计项目生态系统为中心的教育方法将为集体创新提供独特的劳动力。教育活动旨在通过集体创新体验影响本科生和研究生，并通过设计竞赛和夏令营影响高中生。外展工作旨在通过当地科学中心提高公众意识，通过以设计为导向的服务学习项目支持当地社区，并通过本科研究增加妇女和少数民族的参与。研究结果将通过数据交换、研究任务合作、学生实习和定期会议传播给工业界。

The research objective of this Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award is to establish the foundations for the realization of complex systems through collective innovation, which is characterized by the self-organization of individuals into decentralized, non-hierarchical communities. The research objective will be achieved by using principles from biological evolution and network dynamics to understand the bottom-up evolution of systems and the self-organization of communities. The research approach will combine mathematical theories and computational approaches, including the theory of network evolution, social network analysis, and agent-based modeling. Knowledge pertaining to the evolutionary dynamics of systems and communities that will be gained from this research, will be used to develop cyberinfrastructure for collective innovation. The educational objective is to prepare a new generation of engineers for collective systems innovation. The educational objective will be achieved by providing collective innovation experiences to students within an ecosystem of design projects that spans across graduate courses, undergraduate courses, and student design competitions.If successful, the results of this research will enable engineering enterprises to use a significant but underutilized mode of innovation by communities of employees within organizations, and of enthusiasts outside the organizations. The cyberinfrastructure (based on a bottom-up combination of systems and communities) will complement the current product lifecycle management platforms by fostering community-centered innovation strategies. The educational approach centered on an ecosystem of design projects will provide a unique workforce prepared for collective innovation. The educational activities are designed to impact undergraduate and graduate students through collective innovation experiences, and high school students through design competitions and summer camps. The outreach efforts are designed to increase public awareness through local science centers, to support local communities through design-oriented service-learning projects, and to increase the participation of women and minorities through undergraduate research. The results will be disseminated to industry through data exchange, collaboration on research tasks, student internships, and regular meetings.