Centre for Innovation and Research into Unmanned Systems

南阿尔伯塔理工学院（SAIT）正在申请NSERC创新增强基金，以支持最近创建的无人系统创新和研究中心（CIRUS）的发展。CIRUS旨在支持应用研究，旨在解决三个主要领域的行业挑战：无人驾驶车辆，传感器和相关设备的创新应用;应用定制;以及来自无人驾驶系统的数据产品的验证和集成。CIRUS将作为一个领先的无人机研究中心和高素质人才的主要供应商，并将作为中小型企业和更成熟的公司的应用研究合作伙伴。与无人系统最重要的中心建立了额外的合作伙伴关系协议，该中心是目前加拿大唯一获得许可的无人机测试超视距设施。CIRUS还与其他阿尔伯塔大学及其教师建立了联系，通过一个渐进的七个AB学院伙伴关系和一个在BC的学院。NSERC的资金将用于为CIRUS在前五年的建立和运营提供稳定的金融环境。NSERC的资金将得到行业对该中心开展的各种联合研究项目的捐款的补充，这两种资金都是通过行业捐款以及各种针对个别研究项目的联邦和省级资助计划提供的。CIRUS进行的研究将补充SAIT无人系统和相关课程的并行开发，并将为学生培训提供独特的场所。通过与工业界密切合作，该中心将为学生提供从事前沿研究的机会，这些研究与阿尔伯塔和整个加拿大迅速扩大的无人机采用直接相关。

The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is requesting NSERC Innovation Enhancement fundingto support the development of the recently-created Centre for Innovation and Research into Unmanned Systems(CIRUS). CIRUS is designed to support applied research aimed at addressing industry challenges in three mainareas: innovative applications of unmanned vehicles, sensors and related equipment; application customisation;and validation and integration of data products derived from unmanned systems. CIRUS will act as a leadingunmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) research centre and a key supplier of highly qualified personnel to industry,and will function as a partner in applied research for both SMEs, and for more established companies.Additional partnership agreements have been established with the Foremost Centre for Unmanned Systems,which is currently the only licenced beyond visual line of sight facility in Canada for UAV testing. CIRUS hasalso developed links with other Alberta colleges and their faculty, through a progressive seven AB collegepartnership and one college in BC. NSERC funding will be used to provide a stable financial environment forthe establishment and operation of CIRUS through its first five years. NSERC funds will be complemented byindustry contributions to the various joint research projects undertaken at the centre, both with additionalfunding provided through industry donations, and through various federal and provincial funding initiativesspecific to individual research projects. The research carried out by CIRUS will complement the paralleldevelopment of unmanned systems and related curriculum at SAIT, and will provide a unique venue forstudent training. By working closely with industry, the centre will provide students with the opportunity towork on cutting-edge research, directly related to the rapidly-expanding adoption of UAVs both in Alberta, andin Canada as a whole.