REU Site: Cultivating the IoT-enabled Smart Community (IoT-SITY)

该奖项在加州大学欧文分校建立了一个新的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。 REU网站将接待来自全国各地的学生，在夏季与教师导师就智能社区物联网（IoT）相关主题进行研究。物联网是一个不断发展的连接领域，涉及物理设备、传感器和其他组件的网络，以及可以通过互联网进行无线通信的软件。物联网使小型廉价设备的普及成为可能，这些设备可以操纵和控制家庭和办公室等智能空间以及医院和机场等关键基础设施。REU学生将研究令人兴奋的应用程序，并探索如何可靠，安全地应用和部署物联网系统，以开发未来的智能互联社区。REU网站计划每年夏天招募一批多样化的本科生，包括来自传统上在计算领域代表性不足的群体的学生。 除了他们的研究活动，学生将参加其他专业发展活动，这将使他们做好准备，追求令人兴奋的职业生涯在计算机科学和工程，包括领导未来的技术研究和开发。REU网站是由来自信息和计算机科学学院和工程学院在加州大学欧文分校完成教师导师团队。附属的研究实验室为学生提供使用最先进的设备和设施的机会，以探索当前和及时的主题。这些教师将共同提供一个令人兴奋和丰富的环境，培养学生的研究技能和兴趣，同时培养对学习的探究和兴奋。IOT-SITY参与者将能够将计算机科学和工程应用于下一代物联网技术，用于智能社区，智能空间和智能基础设施。学生将获得创建物联网设备的知识基础，并了解物理世界和物联网研究之间的设计考虑，约束和接口。该项目有可能为计算机科学的新兴研究做出贡献，为学生未来的计算劳动力做好准备。

This award establishes a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at The University of California - Irvine. The REU Site will host students from across the nation to conduct research during the summer with faculty mentors on topics related to the Internet of Things (IoT) for Smart Communities (IoT-SITY). The Internet of Things is an evolving field of connectivity involving networks of physical devices, sensors and other components, and software that can communicate wirelessly over the Internet. The IoT has enabled the proliferation of small, inexpensive devices that can manipulate and control smart spaces such as homes and offices as well as critical infrastructures such as hospitals and airports. The REU students will investigate exciting applications and explore ways in which we can reliably and safely apply and deploy IoT systems to develop the Smart and Connected Communities of the future. The REU Site plans to recruit a diverse cohort of undergraduate students each summer, including students from groups traditionally under-represented in computing. In addition to their research activities, the students will participate in other professional development activities that will prepare them to pursue exciting careers in computer science and engineering including leading the technology research and development of the future.The REU site is led a team of accomplished faculty mentors from the School of Information and Computer Sciences and the School of Engineering at the University of California-Irvine. The affiliated research laboratories provide students with opportunities to use state-of-the-art equipment and facilities to explore topics that are current and timely. Together, these faculty members will provide an exciting and enriching environment which cultivates inquiry and excitement about learning while developing the students' research skills and interests. IoT-SITY participants will be able to apply computer science and engineering to the next generation of IoT technologies for smart communities, smart spaces, and smart infrastructures. The students will gain the knowledge base for creating IoT devices and understanding design considerations, constraints, and interfaces between the physical world and IoT research. The project has the potential to contribute to the body of emerging research in computer science will preparing students for the computing workforce of tomorrow.