2018 NSF Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) Program Aspiring PI Workshop

该项目支持组织将于2018年9月在密苏里州堪萨斯城举行的首届智能互联社区(S和CC)计划抱负首席研究员(PI)研讨会，并为其提供旅费补助。研讨会将与第四届IEEE国际智能城市会议(ISC2)同时举行，ISC2是由电气和电子工程师协会(IEEE)智能城市技术社区主办的旗舰会议，该社区是IEEE内部多个技术学会的联盟。S与CC有抱负的PI研讨会将汇集一群具有不同学科和行业背景的有抱负的PI，从经济学家和社会学家到计算机科学家和工程师，再到城市和社区利益相关者。研讨会将特别侧重于探索S与CC项目目标的综合研究和社区参与方面。研讨会将包括国家科学基金会(NSF)项目主任以及当前项目获奖者的演讲和小组讨论。议程还将包括一次小组讨论，由有抱负的私人投资主管和小组成员就研究概念进行指导。研讨会将帮助职业生涯早期和中期的研究人员制定有效促进科学发展的研究议程，同时帮助社区改善安全、保障、经济繁荣、福祉和生活质量。研讨会将通过强调早期和中期教师和代表不足的少数族裔(URM)的招聘和参与，促进S和CC社区的发展。将根据事先提交的一至两页立场说明的智力价值和更广泛的影响来选择获得旅费补助金的人。通过从计算机网络、西班牙裔服务机构、历史上的黑人学院和大学(主要是本科生机构)以及对S和社区CC项目感兴趣的城市和社区利益相关者中招聘，将加强职业生涯早期和中期教师和URM的参与。S与CC雄心勃勃的PI研讨会和IEEE ISC2的共址将产生强大的协同影响。这次会议将吸引潜在的私人投资机构及其合作者的兴趣。研讨会还将推动IEEE ISC2成为一个有影响力的场所，让当前和未来的美国国家科学基金会S和CC PI向国际受众传播他们的项目成果。研讨会的结果，包括演示材料以及提交和验收信息，将在研讨会结束后分享。这一奖项反映了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。

This project supports organization of, and travel grants to, the inaugural Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) Program Aspiring Principal Investigator (PI) Workshop that will be held in Kansas City, MO in September 2018. The workshop will be co-located with the 4th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), the flagship conference sponsored by Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Smart Cities Technical Community, which is the coalition of multiple technical societies within the IEEE. The S&CC Aspiring PI workshop will assemble a group of aspiring PIs with diverse backgrounds across disciplines and sectors, ranging from economists and sociologists to computer scientists and engineers to city and community stakeholders. The workshop will place particular emphasis on exploring the integrative research and community engagement aspects of the S&CC program goals. The workshop will include talks and panels by National Science Foundation (NSF) Program Directors as well as the current program awardees. The agenda will also include a session for small group discussions among aspiring PIs and panelists for mentoring on research concepts. The workshop will aid early- and mid-career researchers in developing a research agenda that effectively advances science, while aiding communities in improving safety, security, economic prosperity, wellbeing, and quality of life. The workshop will foster the growth of the S&CC community by emphasizing recruitment and participation of early- and mid-career faculty and underrepresented minorities (URMs). Recipients of travel grants will be selected based upon the Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts of one to two-page position statements submitted in advance. The participation of early- and mid-career faculty and URMs will be strengthened by recruiting from multiple women in computing networks, Hispanic serving institutions, historically black colleges and universities, primarily undergraduate institutions, as well as city and community stakeholders interested in the S&CC program. The co-location of the S&CC Aspiring PI Workshop and IEEE ISC2 will have a strong synergistic impact. The conference will attract the interests of potential PIs and their collaborators. The workshop will also promote IEEE ISC2 to become an influential venue for current and future NSF S&CC PIs to disseminate their project results to an international audience. The outcomes of the workshop, including presentation materials and submission and acceptance information, will be shared following the workshop.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.