NRT: Citizen-Centered Smart Cities and Smart Living

随着城市人口的快速增长，城市面临着新的需求。正在制定智能城市倡议，以解决移动性、基础设施、安全和安全问题，同时提高公民的生活质量。一刀切的解决方案是不可行的。相反，必须考虑城市居民的多样性，包括生活经历、文化背景、需求和行为，以实现变革性的、以公民为中心的解决方案。工程师、科学家、政策制定者、企业家和思想领袖必须做好准备，以应对未来的智能城市挑战，并解决知识障碍，以了解不同年龄、职业、经济状况、残疾和技术熟练程度的公民的需求。这项授予亚利桑那州立大学的国家科学基金会研究培训(NRT)奖通过培训下一代MS和博士生在智能城市相关领域的职业来满足这一需求。该项目预计将培训38名MS和博士生，其中包括24名资助的实习生，这些学生来自以下学位课程：科学技术的人文和社会层面；公共事务；计算机科学；土木、环境和可持续工程；机械和航空航天工程；以及应用工程课程。除学员外，预计还将有300多名STEM专业的硕士和博士生参与此次培训提供的机会。通过该项目开发的知识和技术将有助于通过跨学科的、以公民为中心的智慧城市解决方案来提高全社会的生活质量。将采用以公民为中心的智慧城市解决方案的技术、社会和环境研究方面的综合教育-研究-实践模式，通过跨学科课程向学员灌输跨学科技能和知识；参与领先的协作、受使用启发的研究项目的经验；通过与合作伙伴的实习和教学机会进行应用学习；通过服务性学习和领导能力获得研究经验；以及创业教育。学员将从事以公民为中心的设计、智能城市基础设施和动态以及社会环境实践和政策方面的研究。这些努力被嵌入到综合优先应用领域，如交通运输和无障碍；安全、安保和降低风险；以及参与和教育。研究工作将显著促进数据支持的公民参与；城市信息学；物联网技术；包容性和可获得性；城市基础设施；交通系统；网络安全；群体机器人；城市可持续性；公民的生活质量和公平；危害管理和降低风险；以及新兴智慧城市技术的社会关切和伦理。将集中努力招聘未被充分代表的少数族裔、妇女和残疾人，以挖掘未得到充分利用的人才，使他们具备满足社区需求的能力，并增加这些群体对智慧城市相关领域的参与。NSF研究培训(NRT)计划旨在鼓励开发和实施大胆的、具有潜在变革性的STEM研究生教育培训模式。该计划致力于通过创新的、基于证据的、与不断变化的劳动力和研究需求保持一致的综合培训模式，在高度优先的跨学科研究领域对STEM研究生进行有效培训。该项目由先进的非正式STEM学习计划(AISL)共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF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。

Cities are facing new demands as their urban populations rapidly grow. Smart City initiatives are being developed to address issues of mobility, infrastructure, security, and safety, while enhancing the quality of life of citizens. One-size-fits-all solutions are not viable. Instead, the diversity of a city's residents, including life experiences, cultural backgrounds, needs, and behaviors, must be taken into account to achieve transformative, citizen-centered solutions. Engineers, scientists, policy makers, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders must be prepared to tackle future Smart City challenges, and address knowledge barriers in understanding the needs of citizens across age, occupation, financial standing, disability, and technology savviness. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) award to the Arizona State University addresses this need by training the next generation of MS and PhD students for careers in Smart Cities-related fields. The project anticipates training thirty-eight (38) MS and PhD students, including twenty-four (24) funded trainees, from the following degree programs: Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology; Public Affairs; Computer Science; Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering; Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering; and Applied Engineering Programs. In addition to trainees, it is envisioned that over 300 other MS and PhD students in STEM disciplines will participate in opportunities made available through this traineeship. The knowledge and technologies developed from this project will contribute toward improving the quality of life for all of society through interdisciplinary, citizen-centered Smart City solutions.An integrated education-research-practice model focused on the technological, societal, and environmental research aspects of citizen-centered solutions for Smart Cities will be employed to instill trainees with transdisciplinary skills and knowledge through cross-disciplinary courses; experience with leading collaborative, use-inspired research projects; applied learning through internships with partners and teaching opportunities; research experiences through service learning and leadership; and entrepreneurial education. Trainees will pursue research thrusts in Citizen-Centered Design; Smart City Infrastructure and Dynamics; and Socio-Environmental Practices and Policies. These thrusts are embedded in integrative priority application areas of Transportation and Accessibility; Safety, Security, and Risk Reduction; and Engagement and Education. Research efforts will significantly advance data-enabled citizen engagement; urban informatics; Internet-of-Things technologies; inclusion and accessibility; urban infrastructure; transportation systems; cybersecurity; swarm robotics; urban sustainability; quality of life and equity for citizens; hazards management and risk reduction; and societal concerns and ethics of emerging Smart City technologies. Focused efforts will be made to recruit underrepresented minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities, in order to tap underutilized talent, equip them to address the needs of their communities, and increase involvement of these groups in Smart Cities-related fields.The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary research areas through comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs. This project was co-funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program.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.