IUCRC Planning Grant New Mexico State University: Center for Aviation Big Data Analytics [ABDA]

IUCRC的这一规划项目将调查多地点航空大数据分析中心(ABDA)的可行性，旨在解决两个基本问题：航空大数据获取机会有限；以及缺乏具有综合大数据分析和航空能力的强大劳动力。拟建的ABDA中心将通过大数据分析和航空的融合，通过发现和创新来推进研究和教育。其使命是开发专门为航空业设计的大数据分析解决方案，以确保美国航空生态系统的安全、保障和繁荣。ABDA有两个网站：安布里-里德尔航空大学(ERAU)和新墨西哥州立大学(NMSU)。ABDA的研究将集中在四个主要领域：(1)数据表征和数据需求识别；(2)开发下一代大数据支持的系统、服务和应用；(3)发展多样化的ABDA未来美国劳动力；以及(4)开发面向可持续航空的人工智能/机器学习解决方案。NMSU带来了新兴电动飞机的能源感知自主性方面的专业知识，用于高级空中机动性、能源成本和排放评估、人工智能(AI)和机器学习。另一个站点的互补专业知识包括航空数据科学和商业分析、飞行研究、无人机系统和自动驾驶系统，以及航空网络安全。ABDA中心的研究预计将产生三大社会影响：(1)培育新的大数据分析/人工智能/机器学习方法，确保美国航空生态系统的安全、保障和繁荣；(2)培育一个致力于在大数据分析和航空的交汇处推进研究和教育，并将其发现转化为行业实践的研究社区；以及(3)与少数族裔服务机构网站合作，招收更多未被充分代表的学生，培养具有ABDA能力的多样化未来美国劳动力。NMSU将通过招收和教育学生来促进多样性。根据标准的机构安全和隐私实践和政策，该项目中产生的所有数据、软件和人工制品将被存档和保存至少五年。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

This IUCRC planning project will investigate the feasibility of a multi-site center for Aviation Big Data Analytics (ABDA) that aims to address two fundamental issues: limited access to aviation big data; and a shortage of robust workforce with integrated big data analytics and aviation competencies. The proposed ABDA Center will advance research and education through discovery and innovation at the confluence of big data analytics and aviation. Its mission is to develop big data analytics solutions specially designed for the aviation industry to ensure the safety, security, and prosperity of the U.S Aviation Ecosystem. ABDA has two sites: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), and New Mexico State University (NMSU). ABDA’s research will focus on four thrust areas: (1) Data characterization and data requirement identification; (2) Development of next-generation big data-enabled systems, services, and applications; (3) Development of diverse ABDA-capable U.S. Workforce of the Future; and (4) Development of AI/machine learning solutions towards sustainable aviation. NMSU brings expertise in energy-aware autonomy of emerging electrified aircraft for advanced air mobility, energy cost and emission assessment, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning. Complementary expertise at the other site includes aviation data science and business analytics, flight research, unmanned aerial systems and autonomous systems, and aviation cybersecurity. ABDA Center's research is expected to have three major societal implications: (1) to foster novel big data analytics/AI/machine learning approaches that ensure the safety, security, and prosperity of the U.S. Aviation Ecosystem; (2) to foster a research community committed to advancing research and education at the confluence of big data analytics and aviation, and to transitioning its findings into industry practice; and (3) to collaborate with a minority serving institution site to recruit more underrepresented students and develop diverse ABDA-capable U.S. Workforce of the Future. NMSU will advance diversity by recruiting and educating students. All data, software, and artifacts produced in this project will be archived and preserved, according to standard institutional security and privacy practices and policies, for at least five years.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.