HBCU-RISE: Enhancement of Research and Educational Infrastructure in Climate Change Impact Analysis for Critical Infrastructure Systems Protection Using Game Theory

在科技卓越研究中心(CREST)、历史黑人学院和大学(HBCU)科学与工程研究基础设施(RISE)计划的支持下，该项目旨在哥伦比亚特区大学(UDC)建立气候变化分析中心。该中心旨在创建一个重要的教育和研究平台，将本科生和研究生培养成多元化的下一代领导人，解决当代出现的气候变化问题。该中心的研究旨在通过使用博弈论来促进我们对气候变化对沿海社区和城市基础设施影响的基本理解。这项研究的核心思想是通过绘制潜在的未来气候情景图并确定最好地保护支持日常生活的关键基础设施系统的可靠决策策略，来提高气候驱动的海平面上升和极端风暴事件的影响的预测能力。在UDC建立气候变化分析中心将通过为教师、行业和机构合作伙伴创建一个统一的中心来实现多学科研究，以专注于解决围绕我们不断变化的气候的日益增长的担忧。该中心的主要目标是将气候变化问题纳入课程，提高UDC教师的研究能力，并发展跨行业的联系。该中心的研究目标包括(A)绘制未来潜在气候情景和相关概率图，(B)确定关键基础设施保护的关键阈值，(C)制定强有力的决策战略，以及(D)建立跨学科研究基础设施，以培训教师研究人员和不同的研究生和本科生群体。CREST HBCU-Rise奖项支持历史悠久的黑人学院和大学发展研究能力，这些学院和大学提供科学和工程学科的博士学位。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。

With support from the Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (RISE) program, this project aims to establish a Center of Climate Change Analytics at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). The center aims to create an important educational and research platform that will train undergraduate and graduate students to become diverse next-generation leaders that will address emerging contemporary issues of climate change. The research of this center aims to advance our basic understanding of the impacts of climate change on coastal communities and urban infrastructure through the use of game theory. The central idea of the research is to advance predictive capabilities of the effects of climate-driven sea level rise and extreme storm events by mapping potential future climate scenarios and identifying robust decision strategies that best protect the critical infrastructure systems that support everyday life.The establishment of a center of climate change analytics at UDC will enable multidisciplinary research by creating a unifying hub for faculty, industry, and agency partners to focus on addressing the growing concerns surrounding our changing climate. The key goals of the center are to integrate climate change issues into the curriculum, enhance UDC faculty research capabilities, and to develop cross-industry connections. The research objectives of the center include (a) mapping of potential future climate scenarios and associated probabilities, (b) identifying critical thresholds for critical infrastructure protection, (c) developing robust decision strategies, and (d) establishing an interdisciplinary research infrastructure to train faculty researchers and a diverse group of graduate and undergraduate students. The CREST HBCU-RISE awards support the development of research capability at Historically Black Colleges and Universities that offer doctoral degrees in science and engineering disciplines.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.