Planning IUCRC Stevens: Center for Cyber-SMART

该项目将开展活动，启动一个新的产学合作网络研究中心，由乔治敦大学、史蒂文斯理工学院和伦斯勒理工学院联合主办。该中心的愿景是促进多学科合作，以发挥网络安全、管理、应用、监管和培训(网络智能)的革命性作用。这些合作对于法律、政策和法规与新的网络技术创新同步发展和演变是必要的。Cyber Smart汇集了来自多所大学的商业、计算机科学、工程和法律研究人员，与公共和私营部门合作定义跨学科议程。史蒂文斯的跨学科团队包括经济学、金融工程、物理学、计算机科学、数学科学和人工智能等领域。这些团队将研究关键问题，共同的目标是通过与合作大学的合作，更好地了解技术变革对金融业的影响。史蒂文斯的网站旨在通过研究三种不同的技术来应对基础研究挑战：i)人工智能形式的人工智能辅助金融决策系统；ii)用于创建新型支付平台和交易所的分布式分类账和智能合同技术；iii)专注于改变网络安全和通信的基本流程的量子计算。该网站产生的研究将通过减少与引入新技术和新法规相关的不确定性而使经济受益。特别是，这项研究将帮助政策制定者和行业参与者更好地理解和管理风险和意外的市场干扰。它还将帮助行业参与者在面临技术和监管不确定性的情况下更好地做出决策。此外，它可能会扩大金融业对STEM学科的参与。它将通过史蒂文斯的工程和科学教育创新中心，让当地社区和来自代表不足的群体的学生从高中开始。这笔规划赠款将支持在史蒂文斯与RPI联合举办的研讨会，与Cyber Smart的潜在行业附属公司接触，探索共同感兴趣的研究项目。史蒂文斯毗邻曼哈顿，与金融业关系密切；RPI距离波士顿和纽约市等距离，与金融和科技行业有联系；乔治敦位于华盛顿特区，靠近监管机构。研讨会将有银行、保险公司、监管机构、交易所和金融科技公司参加。研讨会产生的内容，如议程、演示文稿，将永久托管在史蒂文斯的汉龙金融系统实验室。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。

The project will undertake activities to launch a new Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for cyber research, hosted jointly by Georgetown University, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The vision of the center is to foster multi-disciplinary collaborations for the revolutionizing roles of cyber security, management, applications, regulation, and training (Cyber SMART). These collaborations are necessary for the laws, policies, and regulations to develop and evolve in tandem with new cyber technological innovations. Cyber SMART brings researchers from business, computer science, engineering and law from multiple universities to collaborate with public and private sector affiliates to define the cross-disciplinary agenda.The cross-disciplinary teams at Stevens include the fields of economics, financial engineering, physics, computer science, mathematical sciences and artificial intelligence. The teams will examine critical issues with the shared goal of better understanding the effects of technological change on the financial industry through collaboration with the partnering universities. The Stevens site aims to address fundamental research challenges by examining three different technologies: i) artificial intelligence in the form of AI-assisted financial decision systems; ii) distributed ledgers and smart contract technologies used to create new types of payment platforms and exchanges; iii) quantum computing focused on transforming foundational processes in cyber-security and communication.The research resulting from this site will benefit the economy by reducing uncertainty related to introducing new technologies and new regulations. In particular, the research will help policy makers and industry participants in better understanding and managing risks and unintended market disruptions. It will also help industry participants learn better decision making in the face of technological and regulatory uncertainty. Moreover, it may broaden participation in STEM disciplines in the financial industry. It will involve local communities, and students from underrepresented groups starting at the high school level through Stevens’ Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education.This planning grant will support a workshop held at Stevens, jointly with RPI, to engage with potential industry affiliates of Cyber SMART to explore research projects of mutual interest. Stevens has proximity to Manhattan and ties with the financial industry; RPI is equidistant from Boston and New York City, and has ties with financial and technology industry; Georgetown is in Washington DC, in proximity to regulators. The workshop will involve participation from banks, insurers, regulators, exchanges, and FinTech companies. The content generated from the workshop, such as agenda, presentations, will be permanently hosted at Stevens’ Hanlon Financial Systems Lab.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.