NSF EPSCoR Workshop: Artificial Intelligence (AI) with No-Boundary Thinking (NBT) to Foster Collaborations in Research, Education and Training

有许多优秀的研究人员从众多的科学领域分散在EPSCoR管辖区。该研讨会旨在将这些科学家聚集在一个旨在刺激和促进人工智能（AI）专家与计算科学之外的领域科学家/研究人员之间的竞争性研究合作的环境中。该研讨会将为来自EPSCoR管辖区的研究人员提供宝贵的机会，以学习和了解同行的当前研究和成就，并讨论建立跨管辖区，跨学科合作的机会。研讨会规划委员会将确保NSF EPSCoR管辖区、服务不足群体和HBCU的广泛参与。该研讨会将为科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM），健康和医学，人文和社会科学的人工智能举办会议。在研讨会期间，将有来自不同研究领域的著名主旨演讲者，简短的研究报告，小组讨论和海报会议。会议议程还将包括专门设计的培训课程，以实践所讨论的原则，并为来自各学科的学生和研究人员提供培训机会。研讨会将汇集研究人员，讨论当前的前沿研究以及人工智能在应对各学科科学挑战方面的潜力和局限性。这些学科包括STEM、统计学、商业、艺术、法律、新闻学、社会科学、语言学、历史等。研讨会的重点是定义问题并挑战来自不同领域的科学问题，将人工智能知识与领域知识结合在一起至关重要。“无边界思维（NBT）是一种定义在时间链上的无边界问题，以解决真实的科学挑战”。预计研讨会的成果包括：（1）与人工智能专家和领域科学家开发合作研究项目;（2）规划开发EPSCoR国家人工智能校园，用于人工智能培训和教育;（3）在NSF EPSCoR管辖区之间建立强有力的合作和联系，继续促进NSF EPSCoR管辖区之间的研究合作（4）增加学生发展人工智能知识和技术的机会，以及在智力、技术和地理上扩大他们的职业发展机会。将建立一个研讨会网站，以便利参与，并使公众能够跟踪研讨会期间讨论的资源。还将与其他EPSCoR管辖区的团体进行联系和链接。所有参与的教师将被邀请提交一份两页的摘要，重点介绍他们的研究方法，以及他们目前资助和未资助的研究工作的研究和教育成就。这些摘要将在会前会议记录中发表，分发给所有与会者。此外，所有会议发言将在会后汇编。我们将收集和编辑研讨会上合作研究活动的新闻、照片和视频，并向公众提供信息。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

There are many excellent researchers from numerous scientific fields scattered across the EPSCoR jurisdictions. This workshop aims to bring these scientists together in an environment designed to stimulate and foster competitive research collaborations between artificial intelligence (AI) experts and domain scientists/researchers outside computational science. This workshop will provide invaluable opportunities for researchers from EPSCoR jurisdictions to learn and understand the current research and accomplishments of their peers, and discuss opportunities for establishing cross-jurisdictional, inter-disciplinary collaborations. The workshop planning committee will ensure broad participation of NSF EPSCoR jurisdictions, underserved groups, and HBCUs. The workshop will have sessions for AI in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), health and medicine, humanities and social science. During the workshop, there will be prestigious keynote speakers from a diversity of research fields, short research presentations, panel discussions and a poster session. The agenda will also include specifically designed training sessions to practice the principles discussed and provide opportunities for training students and researchers from all disciplines.The workshop will bring researchers together to discuss current frontier research as well as potentials and limitations of AI in addressing science challenges from various disciplines. These disciplines include STEM, statistics, business, art, law, journalism, social science, linguistics, history, etc. The workshop focus is defining problems and challenging science questions from varied domains where it is critical to bring AI knowledge together with domain knowledge. “No-Boundary Thinking (NBT) is no-boundary problem defining on time-chain to address real science challenges”. The anticipated workshop outcomes include: (1) Development of collaborative research projects with AI experts and domain scientists; (2) Planning for the development of an EPSCoR National AI-Campus for AI training and education; (3) Building strong collaborations and connections among NSF EPSCoR jurisdictions, continuing to foster research collaborations among NSF EPSCoR jurisdictions (and beyond); (4) Enhancing opportunities for students to develop AI knowledge and technology, as well as to intellectually, technically, and geographically broaden their opportunities for career development. A workshop website will be established to facilitate participation and allow the public to track the resources addressed during the workshop. There will also be contacts and links to the groups of other EPSCoR jurisdictions. All participating faculty will be invited to submit a two-page summary highlighting their research methodology, and both research and educational achievements of their current funded and unfunded research work. These summaries will be published in pre-conference proceedings to be distributed to all conference attendees. Furthermore, all conference presentations will be compiled in a post-conference proceeding. We will gather and compile news, photos and videos of the collaborative research activities at the workshop and to make the information available to the public.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.