Collaborative Research: CyberTraining: Pilot: PowerCyber: Computational Training for Power Engineering Researchers

PowerCyber项目旨在解决电力和能源工程领域先进的数字基础设施(CI)未得到充分利用的问题。尽管传播与信息技术有了很大的进步，但由于缺乏高质量的培训材料和传统上对有限工具的依赖，其在电力工程中的采用一直受到限制。该项目旨在通过创建一个在线、模块化和开放访问的培训研讨会来填补这一空白，该研讨会是为电力工程研究人员量身定做的。该项目将使获得高质量研究培训的机会大众化，使不同的人口受益，并促进权力机构和传播与信息社区之间的合作。此外，该项目预计将使研究人员了解先进的CI软件和硬件，并帮助加快清洁能源过渡的跨学科研究。在该项目中，研究人员将开发在线、模块化和开放可用的PowerCyber培训，使电力工程研究人员对先进的CI软件、硬件和新兴的CI技术有全面的了解。这些任务包括：a)开发高质量、交互式和随需应变的培训模块，以涵盖软件、硬件和新兴技术方面的高级CI，并通过研究实例展示其转变电力工程研究的潜力；b)提供虚拟PowerCyber培训讲习班；以及c)将培训材料纳入调查人员所在机构的课程。在这个项目完成后，我们预计将展示一个试点培训研讨会，为研究人员提供解决电力领域问题的高级CI能力。该项目由高级网络基础设施办公室和既定的激励竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)联合资助。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。

The PowerCyber project aims to address the underutilization of advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CI) in the domain of power and energy engineering. Despite the significant advancements in CI, its adoption in power engineering has been limited due to a lack of quality training materials and the historical reliance on limited tools. This project seeks to fill the gap by creating an online, modular, and open-access training workshop tailored for researchers in power engineering. The project will democratize access to high-quality research training, benefit a diverse population, and foster collaborations between the power and CI communities. Also, the project is expected to equip the research workforce with an understanding of advanced CI software and hardware and help accelerate interdisciplinary research for the clean energy transition.In this project, the investigators will develop an online, modular, and openly available PowerCyber training to prepare power engineering researchers with a comprehensive understanding of advanced CI software, hardware, and emerging CI technologies. The tasks include a) developing high-quality, interactive, and on-demand training modules to cover advanced CI in software, hardware, and emerging techniques and demonstrating, by research examples, their potential to transform power engineering research; b) offering virtual PowerCyber training workshops; and c) incorporating the training materials into the curricula at the home institution of the investigator. Upon the completion of this project, we expect to have demonstrated a pilot training workshop that provides researchers with advanced CI capabilities for solving power-domain problems.This project is jointly funded by the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.