REU Site: Robotics and Autonomous Systems

REU 网站：机器人和自主系统

• 批准号: 1659838
• 负责人: Nora Ayanian
• 金额: $ 33.36万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-04-01 至 2021-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659838&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Robotics; Autonomous; Systems

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site will train students in research methodology by engaging them in authentic research projects and using a focused approach to promote a sense of belonging in the research community. The participating faculty mentors span the spectrum of cutting-edge research topics in robotics and are well established in their fields. Students will participate in research projects that cross-cut multiple areas of robotics and autonomous systems, including socially assistive robotics, robot learning, networked robotics, and robotics data processing. They will gain research experience in solving some of the most challenging modern robotics and autonomy problems and get exposure to robotics research beyond the scope of the REU site, through seminars by other University of Southern California faculty and external site visits, to aid in planning their next career steps. The intended impact is to have a significant proportion of the REU students go on to graduate school.The goal of this REU site is to incorporate into the professional research community a cohort of undergraduate student participants from three populations: (1) academically talented students from traditionally underserved colleges and universities, (2) women, and (3) underrepresented minorities. It will use expertise from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Center for Engineering Diversity to explicitly promote diversity in the REU student pool. The dual objective is to train carefully selected students in research methodology, and excite them about robotics research by providing a compelling cohort experience. Students will work with faculty mentors and their Ph.D. students, interact with an existing Viterbi School of Engineering Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site, and engage in three relevant external research visits. A rigorous assessment of outcomes is planned. To facilitate the sense of a research cohort and encourage networks, housing will be provided in on-campus apartments, as will additional social programs.

这个本科生研究体验 (REU) 网站将通过让学生参与真实的研究项目并使用有针对性的方法来促进研究社区的归属感，从而对学生进行研究方法方面的培训。参与的教师导师涵盖了机器人技术的前沿研究课题，并且在各自的领域享有盛誉。学生将参与跨机器人和自主系统多个领域的研究项目，包括社交辅助机器人、机器人学习、网络机器人和机器人数据处理。他们将获得解决一些最具挑战性的现代机器人技术和自主问题的研究经验，并通过南加州大学其他教员的研讨会和外部实地考察，接触 REU 站点范围之外的机器人研究，以帮助规划他们的研究。下一步的职业生涯。 预期的影响是让很大一部分 REU 学生继续进入研究生院。该 REU 网站的目标是将来自三个群体的一群本科生参与者纳入专业研究社区：(1) 来自以下国家的学术才华横溢的学生：传统上服务不足的学院和大学，(2) 女性，以及 (3) 代表性不足的少数族裔。 它将利用南加州大学维特比工程学院工程多样性中心的专业知识来明确促进 REU 学生群体的多样性。其双重目标是对精心挑选的学生进行研究方法方面的培训，并通过提供引人入胜的群体体验激发他们对机器人研究的兴趣。学生将与教师导师及其博士学位一起工作。学生，与现有的维特比工程学院教师研究体验 (RET) 网站互动，并进行三项相关的外部研究访问。计划对结果进行严格评估。为了促进研究群体的意识并鼓励网络，将提供校内公寓住宿以及其他社会项目。

项目成果

Fair Contextual Multi-Armed Bandits: Theory and Experiments

• 发表时间: 2019-12
• 作者: Yifang Chen;Alex Cuellar;Haipeng Luo;Jignesh Modi;Heramb Nemlekar;S. Nikolaidis

The fair contextual multi-armed bandit

公平上下文的多臂老虎机

• DOI: 10.5555/3398761.3398990
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems
• 作者: Chen, Yifang;Cuellar, Alex;Luo, Haipeng;Modi, Jignesh;Nemlekar, Heramb;Nikolaidis, Stefanos
• 通讯作者: Nikolaidis, Stefanos