Smart Autonomous Robotic Technology for Space Exploration (SMART-ART)

这是一个工业流NSERC CREATE培训计划-用于空间探索的智能自主机器人技术（SMART- art）。空间探索不仅是技术创新的前沿，现在也是一个重要的经济前沿。加拿大对美国宇航局月球门户项目“月球门户机器人”的贡献，在加拿大创造了对具有智能空间机器人培训的高素质人才（HQP）的激增需求。目前加拿大航天领域面临三大挑战：缺乏与太空探索相关的人工智能、计算机视觉和自主机器人相关的跨/多学科技能的全面HQP；劳动力老龄化，平均年龄为54岁；性别不平等。SMART-ART项目将通过以体验行业为导向的以移动为重点的培训项目，培训HQP学员（本科生和研究生，pdf），以应对这些挑战。HQP将通过四个研究领域的协作和集成活动，开发基本的跨/多学科技术和专业技能：人工智能、计算机视觉、自主机器人和空间探索系统工程。SMART-ART的最终目标是为航天工业培养一批关键的HQP人才，并提高受训者跨学科的就业准备水平。SMART-ART计划将通过8个相互关联的培训要素来培训HQP: 1)工业实习和实地考察；2) EDI要领与领导力培训；3)学生流动性与跨学科体验；4)丰富的培训和指导经验；5)技术短期课程；6)专业短期课程；7)创业经历；（八）年度峰会。公平、多元化和包容性倡议已纳入所有项目组成部分。SMART-ART学员将通过行业实习、研究实验室轮岗、国际交流和多次会议和研讨会经验进行高度流动。这将提高HQP在基础知识、广泛的行业能力和特定职业技能方面的工作准备水平，并构建他们从学术界到工业界和政府的职业道路。

This is an Industrial Stream NSERC CREATE training program - SMART Autonomous Robotic Technology for Space Exploration (SMART-ART). Space exploration is not only the frontier of technology innovation but now also an important economic frontier. Canada's contribution to the NASA Lunar Gateway project, Lunar Gateway Robotics, has created a surging demand in Canada for Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) with smart space robotics training. There are currently 3 challenges in Canadian space sector: shortage of well-rounded HQP with inter/multidisciplinary skill sets related to Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, and Autonomous Robotics for space exploration; an aging workforce with average age of 54; and gender inequality. The SMART-ART program will address these challenges by training HQP trainees (undergraduate and graduate students, PDFs) through an experiential industry-oriented mobility-focused training program. HQP will develop essential inter/multidisciplinary technical and professional skills through collaborative and integrated activities in four research areas: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Autonomous Robotics, and Systems Engineering for space exploration. The ultimate objective of SMART-ART is to foster a critical mass of HQP for space industry and boost trainees' interdisciplinary job-readiness level. The SMART-ART program will train HQP through 8 interlinked Training Elements: 1) Industrial Internships & Site Visits; 2) EDI Essentials & Leadership Training; 3) Student Mobility & Interdisciplinary Experience; 4) Enriched Training and Mentoring Experiences; 5) Technical Short Courses; 6) Professional Short Courses; 7) Entrepreneurship Experience; and 8) Annual Summit. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives have been integrated into all program components. The SMART-ART trainees will be highly mobile via industrial internships, research lab rotations, international exchanges and multiple conference and workshop experiences. This will improve the job readiness level of HQP in foundational knowledge, broad industry abilities, and job-specific occupational skills, and build their career paths from academia to industry and government.