NSF Student Travel Grant for the 2023 Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems Summer Research Institute (CSST 2023)

解决人类最困难问题的研究人员、数据科学家和设计师需要跨学科思维和跨越边界的培训。例如，找到气候变化的解决方案需要了解能源生产系统的经济性，新兴技术的可能性以及建立社会和政治接受的方法。改善网络安全和隐私需要深入的加密和信任模型技术知识，以及对安全和自主等价值观的哲学和人类学理解。所有这些问题从根本上说都是社会技术问题，需要社会和技术知识。然而，那些经常跨越界限的研究人员是在他们的领域边缘接受培训的。跨学科研究人员很少在他们的家乡机构和领域找到成功，导师或支持的模式。如果没有这种支持，就不能指望跨学科努力蓬勃发展。社会技术系统夏季研究所的科学联盟通过汇集高级博士提供这种支持。学生，博士后，行业研究人员和早期职业教师与经验丰富的，资深的跨越边界的研究人员，提供了一个关键的智力和专业支持系统，使跨越边界的研究人员取得成功。每年夏季研究所的中心职能是维持和发展一个紧密联系的学者研究社区。 每年秋季招募约10名导师，春季根据需要招募更多导师，以支持学员的特殊需求。对参与者的呼吁在每年早春发布。约30名参与者（高级博士）学生，博士后，行业研究人员和早期职业教师）由导师，组织者和其他高级评审员组成的评审委员会根据需要对提交的材料进行充分知情的评审;这些评审员将根据申请人提交的材料做出决定。学科，方法，机构，主题和个人的多样性都将在最终的验收决定考虑。 为期5天4晚的活动将包括周一晚上的欢迎招待会;为期三天的小组辅导会议，小组讨论和研讨会;以及周五上午的全体闭幕会议。参与者将被邀请参加研究所正式会议之外的非正式社交活动，并参加Slack工作空间，旨在支持现场活动结束后的队列和社区。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。

The researchers, data scientists, and designers who will solve humanity’s most difficult problems need training in interdisciplinary thinking and boundary spanning. For example, finding solutions to climate change requires understanding the economics of energy production systems, the possibilities of emerging technologies, and methods for building social and political acceptance. Improving cybersecurity and privacy requires deep technical knowledge of encryption and trust models, as well as philosophical and anthropological understandings of values like safety and autonomy. All of these problems are fundamentally sociotechnical, demanding both social and technical knowledge. However, researchers who span boundaries too often are trained at the margins of their fields. Trans-disciplinary researchers infrequently find models of success, mentorship, or support in their home institutions and fields. Without such support, interdisciplinary efforts cannot be expected to thrive. The Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems Summer Research Institute provides this support by bringing together senior Ph.D. students, post-docs, industry researchers, and early career faculty with experienced, senior boundary-spanning researchers, providing a critical intellectual and professional support system that enables boundary-spanning researchers to succeed. The central function of the yearly summer research institute is to sustain and develop a densely connected research community of scholars. An initial cohort of approximately 10 mentors are recruited each fall, with additional mentors recruited as needed to support the particular needs of mentees in the spring. The call for participants is released in early spring each year. Approximately 30 participants (senior Ph.D. students, post-docs, industry researchers, and early career faculty) are chosen by a review committee comprised of mentors, organizers, and other senior reviewers as necessary to conduct a well-informed review of the submissions; these reviewers will make their decisions based on materials submitted by applicants in response to the Call for Participation. Disciplinary, methodological, institutional, topical, and personal diversity will all be considered in final acceptance decisions. The 5-day, 4-night event will include a welcome reception on Monday evening; three days of small-group mentoring sessions, panels, and workshops; and a plenary closing session on Friday morning. Participants will be invited to join informal social activities outside of the institute’s formal sessions and participate in a Slack workspace intended to support cohort and community beyond the conclusion of the in-person event.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.