REU Site: Smart and Secure Future Computing

北卡罗莱纳大学夏洛特分校的本科生研究体验（REU）网站每年夏天吸引10名本科生参加为期9周的密集研究体验。智能和安全未来计算的现场研究主题让学生参与跨学科研究，重点关注智能家居、交通、医疗保健和其他先进系统等前沿领域的应用。REU现场项目经验的目标是通过在网络安全和人工智能重点领域的跨学科研究的接触和培训，培养学生的研究技能和信心。为了实现这些目标，REU参与者与教师、研究生和同行一起研究项目。研究项目工作为参与者提供了应用和扩展知识的第一手机会，以更好地了解研究的社会和全球影响，将这些经验带回他们的家庭机构，并将所学到的经验应用于尖端的计算应用。本REU网站的目标是创建一个协作社区，支持并吸引不同群体的本科生参与研究，以推进网络安全和人工智能领域的最新技术。REU网站的指导方法旨在通过定期的研究技能培训培养一个学习社区；教师、研究生和同行分层指导；交流和分享研究成果。北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校REU网站强调来自计算机领域代表性不足的群体和研究项目有限的机构的有前途的学生的参与。本科学生从整个地区和国家招收来参加这个项目。这种经历将进一步为学生的研究生学习和计算机研究做好准备，并提高他们对计算机作为职业的看法，同时为网络安全和人工智能的研究项目做出贡献。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte engages a diverse group of 10 undergraduate students each summer in an intensive 9-week research experience. The Site research theme of Smart and Secure Future Computing engages students in interdisciplinary research focusing on applications in cutting edge domains such as smart homes, transportation, healthcare, and other advanced systems. The goals of the REU Site program experience are to develop students’ research skills and confidence through exposure and training in interdisciplinary research in the focus areas of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. To achieve these goals, the REU participants work together with faculty, graduate students, and peers on research projects. Research project work provides participants with a firsthand opportunity to apply and expand their knowledge, to better understand the societal and global impacts of research, to bring these experiences back to their home institutions and to apply lessons learned to contribute to cutting-edge computing applications. The objective of this REU Site is to create a collaborative community that supports and engages a diverse group of undergraduate students in research to advance the state of the art in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. The REU Site mentoring approach aims to cultivate a community of learning through regular training in research skills; tiered mentoring of faculty, graduate students, and peers; and communicating and sharing research results. The UNC Charlotte REU Site emphasizes participation of promising students from underrepresented groups in computing and from institutions that have limited research programs. Undergraduate students are recruited from throughout the region and country to participate in the program. This experience will further prepare students for graduate school and computing research, and improve their perceptions of computing as a career, all while contributing to research projects in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.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.