REU Site: Developing Smart and Autonomous Internet-of-Things Systems

由于互联网和无线网络的无处不在，移动设备越来越多地通过被称为物联网(IoT)的系统进行互联。再加上集成传感器技术的进步，物联网为设备、机器和人类之间的合作与协作创造了新一波机会，以创建智能系统。在物联网领域广泛机会的推动下，这个面向本科生的研究体验(REU)网站将以开发智能和自主的物联网系统为目标。REU网站让学生接触到新兴的计算机科学和工程领域，并为他们提供了在新兴智能技术方面进行实践研究、培训和体验的机会。这一研究经验，以及拟议的学生发展活动，鼓励学生继续深造。该计划特别从佐治亚州农村和低收入社区的校园和社区大学招收学生，因为这些学生通常是第一代大学参与者和/或使用最新技术的机会有限。REU网站的愿景是鼓励本科生在职业生涯的早期阶段进行竞争性研究，并激励他们继续接受高等教育，以便在未来进行高技能的研究和开发。该网站在每年REU年的夏季为10名参与者提供8周的支持。参与者在由REU网站的组织小组指导的特定项目上进行团队合作，该小组由五名教师导师、两名来自行业的导师和四名研究生导师组成。每个项目都将使用从传感器到移动设备再到无人机的各种硬件，并将为学生提供发展他们设计端到端物联网系统的技能的经验和机会。该计划的具体智力优势来自物联网和自主系统的不同项目。除了技术发展，学生还可以获得个人和专业发展方面的培训，如研究生学习建议，研究中的道德和专业精神入门读物，以及写作和展示技术工作的练习。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。

Due to the pervasiveness of the Internet and wireless networking, mobile devices are increasingly being interconnected through the system described as the Internet-of-Things (IoT). Coupled with advancements in integrated sensor technologies, IoT has generated a new wave of opportunities for cooperation and collaboration between devices, machines and humans to create smart systems. Motivated by the wide array of opportunities in the IoT space, this Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site will target developing smart and autonomous IoT systems. The REU site exposes students to emerging areas of computer science and engineering and provides them with the opportunities for hands-on research training and experience in emerging smart technologies. This research experience, along with the proposed student development activities, encourages students to continue on to further their education. The program particularly recruits students from campuses and community colleges in rural and low-income communities across Georgia, as these students often are first-generation college attendees and/or have limited opportunities to work with the latest technologies.The vision of the REU site is to encourage competitive research in early stages of undergraduate students' career and motivate them to pursue higher education to conduct highly skilled research and development in future. The site supports 10 participants for an 8-week period in the summer of each REU year. The participants work in teams on specific projects mentored by the REU site’s organizing group that consists of five faculty mentors, two mentors from industry and four graduate student mentors. Each of these projects will use a variety of hardware, ranging from sensors to mobile devices to drones, and will provide an experience and opportunity to the students in developing their skills to design end-to-end IoT systems. The specific intellectual merits of the program are derived from diverse projects in IoT and autonomous systems. In addition to the technical development, students get training on personal and professional development such as advise on pursuing graduate studies, primer on ethics and professionalism in research, and exercise in writing and presenting technical work.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.