Collaborative Research: NRT: Cyber-Physical-Social System for Understanding & Thwarting the Illicit Economy

合作研究：NRT：网络物理社会理解系统

• 批准号: 1828288
• 负责人: Chaoyang Jiang
• 金额: $ 61.11万
• 依托单位: University of South Dakota Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1828288&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; NRT; Cyber; Physical

The negative societal impacts of counterfeiting are widespread, touching nearly every economic sector, including health care, and threatening our national security. The explosion of the illicit economy can be traced to the growth in online commerce and an "abuse ecosystem" of rogue internet actors, direct-to-consumer courier delivery services, and the lack of product protective measures to counteract counterfeiting. This increase is further fueled by new digital tools available to counterfeiters, such as higher resolution digital printers. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) collaborative award to four South Dakota universities (South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Dakota State University) will provide graduate students with the scientific knowledge and professional skills and training needed to become next-generation leaders in the fight against counterfeiting. Participants will receive professional and leadership training within the framework of a unique cyber-physical-social model. This model takes a comprehensive approach that factors in not only the technical aspects of the cyber strategies and physical methods used to combat counterfeiting, but also whether these strategies and methods are compatible with human behavior. This model will allow trainees to solve complex problems, where the solutions must tightly integrate cyber, physical, and social interactions in real-time. The project anticipates training forty-five (45) Ph.D. and M.S. students, including thirty (30) funded trainees, from physical science, engineering, computer science and behavioral science.Trainees will be immersed in a mission-driven framework to conduct research across three collaborative research areas: (1) nano-photonics for anti-counterfeiting and authentication, (2) identification and detection of counterfeit chemicals/pharmaceutics, and (3) internet-based investigations, digital forensics and the cyber/physical interface. The education and training program encompasses two overarching themes: (1) active learning and (2) translational understanding of the illicit economy and the technologies needed to mitigate it. Embedded within these themes is a leadership component involving explicit training in entrepreneurship and communication. Additional highlights of the program include an internship experience with leading private/public sector organizations that will allow trainees to quickly gain a contextual understanding of the counterfeiting epidemic and technology landscape; an integrated and multi-level mentorship program to provide trainees with ongoing feedback and guidance, promoting retention and timely matriculation; and engagement of a broader audience through creation of outreach and certificate programs for the general public. These program features will ensure trainees emerge as highly-trained STEM leaders, engaged in a wide array of important interconnected issues, and able to tackle complex socio-technical challenges. The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The program is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary research areas through comprehensive traineeship models that are innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.This proposal is co-funded by the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). EPSCoR co-funds projects that advance excellence in science and engineering research and education. Fostering sustainable increases in research, education, and training capacity and competitiveness within EPSCoR jurisdictions will enable EPSCoR participants to have increased engagement in areas supported by the NSF.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.

假冒产品的负面社会影响十分广泛，几乎触及包括医疗保健在内的所有经济部门，并威胁到我们的国家安全。非法经济的爆发可以追溯到在线商务的增长和流氓互联网行为者的“滥用生态系统”、直接面向消费者的快递服务以及缺乏打击假冒产品的保护措施。造假者可以使用新的数字工具，例如更高分辨率的数字打印机，进一步推动了这一增长。 这项国家科学基金会研究实习 (NRT) 合作奖授予南达科他州四所大学（南达科他州矿业与技术学院、南达科他大学、南达科他州立大学和达科他州立大学），将为研究生提供科学知识和专业技能成为打击假货的下一代领导者所需的培训。 参与者将在独特的网络物理社会模型框架内接受专业和领导力培训。 该模型采用综合方法，不仅考虑用于打击假冒的网络策略和物理方法的技术方面，还考虑这些策略和方法是否与人类行为兼容。该模型将允许学员解决复杂的问题，其中解决方案必须实时紧密集成网络、物理和社交交互。该项目预计培训四十五 (45) 名博士。和硕士。学生，包括来自物理科学、工程、计算机科学和行为科学的三十（30）名受资助的受训人员。受训人员将沉浸在任务驱动的框架中，在三个合作研究领域进行研究：（1）纳米光子学假冒和认证，(2) 假冒化学品/药品的识别和检测，以及 (3) 基于互联网的调查、数字取证和网络/物理接口。 教育和培训计划包括两个总体主题：(1) 主动学习和 (2) 对非法经济和缓解非法经济所需技术的转化理解。 这些主题中包含了领导力成分，涉及创业和沟通方面的明确培训。 该计划的其他亮点包括在领先的私营/公共部门组织的实习经历，这将使学员能够快速了解​​假冒流行病和技术领域的背景知识；综合性、多层次的指导计划，为学员提供持续的反馈和指导，促进保留和及时入学；通过为公众创建外展和证书计划来吸引更广泛的受众。 这些项目特点将确保学员成为训练有素的 STEM 领导者，参与一系列重要的相互关联的问题，并能够应对复杂的社会技术挑战。 NSF 研究实习 (NRT) 计划旨在鼓励为 STEM 研究生教育培训开发和实施大胆的、具有潜在变革性的新模式。该计划致力于通过创新、循证且符合不断变化的劳动力和研究需求的综合培训模式，对高度优先的跨学科研究领域的 STEM 研究生进行有效培训。该提案由既定计划共同资助竞争研究（EPSCoR）。 EPSCoR 共同资助促进科学与工程研究和教育卓越发展的项目。促进 EPSCoR 管辖范围内研究、教育和培训能力和竞争力的可持续增长将使 EPSCoR 参与者能够更多地参与 NSF 支持的领域。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力评估进行评估，被认为值得支持。优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。

项目成果

Manganese-doped zinc germanate phosphors with vivid luminescent properties for anti-counterfeit applications

• DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2023.114036
• 发表时间: 2023-08
• 期刊: Optical Materials
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: Zishen Yang;Levi D. Spencer;Delaney R. Patocka;Anjaneyulu Putta;E. E. Schnetzer-E.;J. Kellar;Chaoyang Jiang