I/UCRC Phase II Renewal: Center for Visual and Decision Informatics (CVDI)

该奖项将帮助德雷塞尔大学将其IUCRC视觉与决策信息学中心（CVDI）过渡到未来5年的第二阶段运营。在第二阶段开始时，IUCRC的CVDI将从3个地点扩大到5个地点，并增加了两个新地点。该中心寻求在加强和发展行业伙伴关系方面继续其持续成就的记录，通过知识产权和出版物提供创新，通过增加教师参与扩大研究能力，并通过参与行业资助的研究扩大学生的教育经验。该中心的研究项目侧重于开发下一代视觉和决策支持工具和技术，使决策者能够从根本上改善组织信息的解释和利用方式。CVDI的研究领域与行业相关，吸引会员，并有可能提高美国在这一领域的竞争力。该中心的活动将通过解决卫生、能源、网络和国土安全等国家优先领域的问题，产生社会效益。大数据研究的创新将通过为政府和行业创造价值来影响国民经济。通过德雷克塞尔合作项目（Drexel Co-op Program）、大费城路易斯斯托克斯少数族裔参与（Greater Philadelphia Louis Stokes for Minority Participation）等外展活动，调查人员将与K-12学生和教师建立联系，特别强调招募女性和代表性不足的少数族裔进入STEM学科。

This award will help Drexel University transition its IUCRC Center for Visual and Decision Informatics (CVDI) into Phase 2 operation for the next 5 years. At the start of Phase 2, the CVDI IUCRC is expanding from three sites to 5 sites, with the addition of two new sites. The Center seeks to continue its record of sustained accomplishments in terms of strengthening and growing industry partnerships, delivering innovation through intellectual property and publications, expanding research competencies through increased faculty participation, and broadening educational experience of students through participation in industry funded research.The research program of the Center focuses on developing next-generation visual and decision support tools and techniques that enable decision makers to fundamentally improve the way an organization's information is interpreted and exploited. CVDI's area of research is industry-relevant, attracts membership and has the potential to improve US competitiveness in this area. The center's activities will generate societal benefits by addressing areas of national priority such as health, energy, cyber- and homeland-security. The innovations in big data research will impact national economy by delivering value to both government and industry. Through outreach activities such as Drexel Co-op Program, Greater Philadelphia Louis Stokes for Minority Participation, the investigators will connect with K-12 students and teachers, with particular emphasis on recruiting women and underrepresented minorities into the STEM disciplines.