REU Site: Robotics and Autonomous Systems

本科生研究体验(REU)网站将通过让学生参与真实的研究项目并使用有针对性的方法来促进研究社区的归属感来培训他们的研究方法。参与的教师导师涵盖了机器人学的尖端研究主题，并在各自领域建立了良好的基础。学生将参与交叉机器人和自主系统的多个领域的研究项目，包括社交辅助机器人、机器人学习、联网机器人和机器人数据处理。他们将在解决一些最具挑战性的现代机器人和自主性问题方面获得研究经验，并通过南加州大学其他教职员工的研讨会和外部实地访问，接触到REU网站范围以外的机器人研究，以帮助规划他们下一步的职业生涯。这个REU网站的目标是将来自三个群体的本科生参与者纳入专业研究社区：(1)来自传统上服务不足的学院和大学的有学术天赋的学生，(2)女性，和(3)代表不足的少数族裔。它将利用南加州大学维特比工程学院工程多样性中心的专业知识，明确促进REU学生群体的多样性。双重目标是在研究方法方面对精心挑选的学生进行培训，并通过提供引人注目的队列体验来激发他们对机器人研究的兴趣。学生将与教师导师和他们的博士生一起工作，与现有的维特比教师工程研究经验学院(RET)网站互动，并参与三次相关的外部研究访问。计划对结果进行严格评估。为了促进研究队列的感觉，并鼓励建立网络，校园内的公寓将提供住房，其他社会项目也将提供。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site will train students in research methodology by engaging them in authentic research projects and using a focused approach to promote a sense of belonging in the research community. The participating faculty mentors span the spectrum of cutting-edge research topics in robotics and are well established in their fields. Students will participate in research projects that cross-cut multiple areas of robotics and autonomous systems, including socially assistive robotics, robot learning, networked robotics, and robotics data processing. They will gain research experience in solving some of the most challenging modern robotics and autonomy problems and get exposure to robotics research beyond the scope of the REU site, through seminars by other University of Southern California faculty and external site visits, to aid in planning their next career steps. The intended impact is to have a significant proportion of the REU students go on to graduate school.The goal of this REU site is to incorporate into the professional research community a cohort of undergraduate student participants from three populations: (1) academically talented students from traditionally underserved colleges and universities, (2) women, and (3) underrepresented minorities. It will use expertise from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Center for Engineering Diversity to explicitly promote diversity in the REU student pool. The dual objective is to train carefully selected students in research methodology, and excite them about robotics research by providing a compelling cohort experience. Students will work with faculty mentors and their Ph.D. students, interact with an existing Viterbi School of Engineering Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site, and engage in three relevant external research visits. A rigorous assessment of outcomes is planned. To facilitate the sense of a research cohort and encourage networks, housing will be provided in on-campus apartments, as will additional social programs.