REU Site: Cultivating Next Generation Software Engineering Researchers

这个项目是为罗切斯特理工学院（RIT）的一个新的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。它将为10名本科生提供机会，与教师一起在一个日益发展的软件工程领域进行为期10周的研究。全国范围内的招生过程将用于选择本科生群体。主要目标是针对代表性不足的群体（妇女、少数民族和残疾人）、第一代大学生和研究机会有限的本科院校学生。除了进行研究，学生们还将参加其他专业发展活动，如行业实地考察、专业研讨会、特邀演讲系列、职业指导和研究生院准备。因此，该项目将激励学生在计算机科学方面追求更高的学位和研究事业。最后，软件系统已经成为社会的关键基础设施，对包括健康、能源、网络安全等在内的国家利益越来越重要。该项目将培养一大批在软件工程领域受过训练的个人，以满足日益增长的国家需要。10名才华横溢的本科生将以小组形式进行精心策划的研究体验。该项目主要关注三个主题：开发人员的生产力、沟通与协作、设计与创造力，并涵盖整个软件开发生命周期。计划中的研究项目将集中于(1)发展新颖的软件工程工具和技术，以协助开发人员进行日常工作，提高生产力；(2)软件开发的人文和社会方面，特别是软件开发团队成员之间的互动，以及这些互动如何改善团队合作；(3)软件工程各个方面的创新，包括设想产品、引出需求、分析需求以及设计满足特定需求和质量属性的软件系统。该项目将鼓励学生通过在同行评议的场所演讲和出版来传播他们的研究成果。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project is for a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). It will provide 10 undergraduate students with the opportunity to conduct research for 10 weeks with faculty members in an increasingly growing field of software engineering. A nationwide recruitment process will be used to select cohorts of undergraduate students. The key goal is to target underrepresented groups (women, minorities, and persons with disabilities), first generation college students, and students from undergraduate institutions with limited research opportunities. In addition to conducting research, the students will participate in other professional development activities such as industry field trips, professional seminars, invited speaker series, career guidance, and graduate school preparation. Thus, the project will inspire the students to pursue advanced degree programs and research career in computer science. Finally, software systems have become the critical infrastructure of the society and are increasingly important to national interests including health, energy, cybersecurity, and so on. The project will prepare a large pool of individuals trained in the field of software engineering to address the increasing national needs.The 10 talented undergraduate students will work in small teams on carefully planned research experiences. The project focuses on three main themes, Developers' Productivity, Communication and Collaboration, and Design and Creativity, and spans the entire software development life cycle. The planned research projects will focus on (1) the development of novel software engineering tools and techniques for assisting developers in daily activities, enhancing productivity; (2) human and social aspects of software development, particularly, the interaction among software development team members and how those interactions improve teamwork; and (3) innovation in every aspect of software engineering, including envisioning products, eliciting requirements, analyzing requirements, and designing software systems that satisfy specified requirements and quality attributes. The project will encourage the students to disseminate their research findings through presenting and publishing in peer-reviewed venues.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.