Collaborative Research: The Responsible Conduct of Computational Modeling and Research

协作研究：计算建模和研究的负责任行为

• 批准号: 0832844
• 负责人: Matthew Keefer
• 金额: $ 5.88万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Saint Louis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0832844&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Responsible; Conduct; Computational

Across all science and engineering disciplines, research is conducted in theoretical, experimental, and computational modes. In some disciplines, such as meteorology, the dominant mode of research is computational. Yet extant instructional materials for responsible conduct of research focus on ethical issues that arise in experimental research, and do not address specific issues that arise in computational modeling and research. In this project which encompasses a combination of research and education, the PIs will determine empirically the ethical issues and accepted standards for the responsible conduct of computational modeling and research, in a form suitable for teaching graduate students. Specifically, the PIs will articulate the standards for model integrity and validity, model robustness, representations and visualizations, data and code integrity, and intellectual property. They will develop instructional materials, case studies and associated commentaries to teach these standards to graduate students in science and engineering, will assess the quality and effectiveness of the instructional materials, and will disseminate them through conferences, journals, and the Web. The expertise of the project team includes computational dynamics, computational biomechanics, engineering ethics, instructional design, and educational assessment.Broader Impacts: In collaboration with both graduate and undergraduate students, the PIs will develop cases based on actual situations, and commentaries on the cases for teaching the professional standards of computational modeling to graduate students in science and engineering. These materials will be tested and assessed with students and instructors in two institutions, and with professionals at technical conferences. The materials will be disseminated through academic conferences and archived at the Online Ethics Center of the National Academy of Engineering. The standards will be proposed for inclusion in the publication guidelines of research journals.

在所有科学和工程学科中，研究都是在理论，实验和计算模式中进行的。 在某些学科（例如气象学）中，主要的研究模式是计算。 然而，现有的教学材料负责任进行研究的重点是实验研究中出现的道德问题，并且没有解决计算建模和研究中出现的特定问题。 在涵盖研究和教育相结合的该项目中，PI将以适合于教学研究生的形式来确定伦理问题的伦理问题，并接受了负责任的计算建模和研究标准。 具体而言，PI将阐明模型完整性和有效性，模型鲁棒性，表示和可视化，数据和代码完整性以及知识产权的标准。 他们将开发教学材料，案例研究和相关评论，以向科学和工程学的研究生讲授这些标准，将评估教学材料的质量和有效性，并通过会议，期刊和网络将其传播。 项目团队的专业知识包括计算动力学，计算生物力学，工程伦理学，教学设计和教育评估。Broader的影响：与研究生和本科生合作，PIS将根据实际情况制定案例，以及有关实际情况的评论，以教授科学和工程学研究生专业标准的案例。 这些材料将与两个机构的学生和讲师以及技术会议的专业人员进行测试和评估。 这些材料将通过学术会议传播，并在国家工程学院的在线道德中心存档。 该标准将提议纳入研究期刊的出版指南。