REU Site: CNS: Sensing and Smart Systems

该奖项更新了佛罗里达大西洋大学的本科生研究经验（REU）网站。传感和嵌入式网络系统工程研究所的教师将接待本科生在传感和智能系统领域进行夏季研究。智能系统代表了一类新兴的计算系统，它提供对条件、趋势和模式的实时感知，以支持改进的决策和自动化控制。智能系统提供了一个显着的应用潜力，使他们的设计和应用吸引本科研究人员。 招聘和选拔程序将确保该方案涉及多样化的人口，包括大量妇女和代表性不足的少数民族成员。许多参与者将从本科生研究机会有限的机构招募。除了进行研究，学生将参加其他专业发展活动，如行业实地考察，专业研讨会，演讲者和职业指导，以及研究生院的准备。 外部评估人员将衡量网站的成功程度和对学生的影响。 REU网站由传感和嵌入式网络系统工程研究所（I-Sense）的教师导师领导。I-Sense Institute的教师拥有重要的研究专业知识，并提供最先进的设施，为本科生提供令人信服的研究体验。本科生将被编入现有的研究小组和项目，这些研究小组和项目正在研究与现实世界有联系的当前和新兴应用程序。 该研究将集中在三个主要的应用专业领域，包括基础设施系统，海洋和环境，以及健康和行为。这些项目跨越了不同的探索和应用背景，统一关注传感和智能系统。探索空间在传感、计算、信号处理、人工智能和网络物理控制的交汇处提出了无数挑战。 该网站的重点和相关的研究项目提供了一个催化跨学科的探索和发现，将激发学生和展示科学发现和探索在高水平的杰出机会。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

This award renews a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Florida Atlantic University. Faculty in the Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering will host cohorts of undergraduate students for summer research in the area of sensing and smart systems. Smart systems represent an emerging class of computing systems that provide real-time awareness of conditions, trends, and patterns to support improved decision-making and automated control. Smart systems offer a significant application potential that makes their design and application appealing to undergraduate researchers. The recruitment and selection procedures will ensure that the program engages a diverse demographic, including a significant number of women and members of underrepresented minorities. Many of the participants will be recruited from institutions where there are limited research opportunities for undergraduates. In addition to conducting research the students will participate in other professional development activities such as industry field trips, professional seminars, speakers and career guidance, and graduate school preparation. An external evaluator will measure the success of the site and the impact on the students. The REU site is led by faculty mentors from the Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering (I-Sense). The faculty of the I-Sense Institute have significant research expertise and offer state-of-the-art facilities that should provide a compelling research experience to undergraduates. The undergraduates will be woven into existing research groups and projects that are working on current and emerging applications that have real-world connections. The research will focus on three main areas of application expertise including infrastructure systems, marine and environment, and health and behavior. The projects span diverse contexts of exploration and application, unified in their focus on sensing and smart systems. The exploration space presents myriad challenges at the confluence of sensing, computing, signal processing, artificial intelligence, and cyber-physical control. The site focus and associated research projects present an outstanding opportunity for catalyzing interdisciplinary exploration and discovery that will excite students and demonstrate scientific discovery and exploration at a high level.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.