Planning IUCRC University of Southern California for Networked Embedded Smart and Trusted Things (NESTT)

南加州大学计划与亚利桑那州立大学、亚利桑那大学、南伊利诺伊大学和康涅狄格大学合作，成立一个新的NSF工业大学合作研究中心(IUCRC)，研究联网嵌入式、智能和可信事物(NESTT)。NESTT中心的愿景是为发展一个公平、安全和有保障的互联世界做出贡献，专注于通过将技术学科与法律、商业和人文等其他领域的专业知识相结合来创建整体物联网(IoT)解决方案。该规划基金的目标是组织研讨会和与行业合作伙伴的规划会议，以形成NESTT的研究议程，并探讨行业对拟议中心的承诺。在这些研讨会和规划会议上，南加州大学教师将展示和讨论他们与物联网有关的研究，涵盖一系列技术水平，包括网络、分布式边缘和云计算、区块链、正式方法、机器学习、数据分析和安全，以及应用垂直领域，包括交通、能源、智能建筑和智能城市，以及与来自商业、政策和教育的非工程专家的跨学科合作。拟建的NESTT中心旨在进行尖端的基础和应用研究，通过智能城市、交通和能源等不同领域的整体多学科设计和创新，降低采用物联网技术的门槛。这些研究活动将带来更广泛的经济、社会和环境效益，并有助于新的科学发现。规划工作还将寻求有效的方法，让拟建中心扩大代表不足的学生对STEM学科的参与。关于NESTT IUCRC规划会议和相关研讨会的信息将在南加州大学维特比网络物理系统和物联网中心的赞助下发布在南加州大学(网站：http://cci.usc.edu/).This奖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智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The University of Southern California plans to work together with Arizona State University, University of Arizona, Southern Illinois University and University of Connecticut to form a new NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) for Networked Embedded, Smart and Trusted Things (NESTT). The vision of the NESTT center is to contribute to the development of an equitable, safe and secure connected world, focusing on creating holistic Internet of things (IoT) solutions by integrating technology disciplines with expertise in other areas such as law, business, and humanities. This planning grant's objective is to organize workshops and a planning meeting with industry partners to form the research agenda for NESTT and to explore industry commitment to the proposed center. At these workshops and the planning meeting, USC faculty will present and discuss their research pertaining to IoT, spanning a range of technology horizontals, including networking, distributed edge and cloud computing, blockchain, formal methods, machine learning, data analytics and security, as well as application verticals, including transportation, energy, smart buildings, and smart cities, and interdisciplinary collaborations with non-engineering experts from business, policy, and education. The proposed NESTT center aims to undertake cutting edge fundamental and applied research that will lower the barriers to the adoption of IoT technologies through holistic multidisciplinary design and innovation in diverse domains such as smart cities, transportation, and energy. These research activities would lead to broader economic, societal and environmental benefits and contribute to new scientific discoveries. The planning effort will also seek effective ways for the proposed center to broaden the participation of underrepresented students in STEM disciplines.Information about the NESTT IUCRC planning meeting and associated workshops will be posted online at USC under the auspices of the USC Viterbi Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things (website: http://cci.usc.edu/).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.