HBCU Workshops on Building Capacity for Research in Computing and Data Science

HBCU 计算和数据科学研究能力建设研讨会

• 批准号: 2041150
• 负责人: Jean Muhammad
• 金额: $ 8.78万
• 依托单位: Hampton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-15 至 2021-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2041150&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: HBCU; Workshops; Building; Capacity; Research

This project addresses the need to increase participation of computer science faculty from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in computing research, particularly within the NSF CISE core programs. Since 2012, the NSF has increased its efforts to broaden participation in computing (BPC) with a commitment to “…ensure a robust computing research community, a globally competitive IT workforce, and a computationally savvy citizenry, CISE is committed to broadening the participation of underrepresented groups in computing.” More recently, NSF’s commitment to BPC has included efforts to increase the number of faculty from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) conducting basic or fundamental research in the NSF CISE core programs, which includes – Computer and Network Systems (CNS), Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF), Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) divisions and the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC). Despite the commitment, however, the persistently low participation of HBCU faculty conducting research in the CISE core programs has had a significant and detrimental impact on achieving the NSF’s BPC goals. Therefore, efforts to build capacity for research in computing across the HBCU landscape are critical to achieve the mission and goals of BPC. The goal of this project is threefold: 1) to increase number of faculty conducting research that is aligned and funded within the NSF CISE core program portfolio, 2) to expand a network of HBCU CS faculty in a Center for Excellence; and, 3) to expand access to research activities for HBCU undergraduates who are preparing to pursue graduate degrees in computing. To achieve these goals, the project will leverage and expand the efforts initiated by Hampton University by hosting two workshops. In addition to those HBCU CS faculty who participated in workshops hosted by Hampton University last year, the project team will identify additional faculty who are interested in developing ideas and concepts for research in computing and data science. Over the course of the two workshops, the project team will work with faculty to further develop their proposal ideas in preparation for a larger meeting that will be hosted by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). During the ASEE meeting, currently planned for the Spring of 2021, HBCU CS faculty will be joined by their colleagues and peers from Hispanic Serving Institutions and Native American and Tribal Colleges and will have a chance to get critical review and feedback on their proposals while preparing them for immediate submission.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.

该项目解决了增加传统黑人学院和大学 (HBCU) 计算机科学教师参与计算机研究的需求，特别是在 NSF CISE 核心项目中。自 2012 年以来，NSF 加大了扩大计算机参与 (BPC) 的力度。 CISE 致力于“……确保强大的计算研究社区、具有全球竞争力的 IT 劳动力和精通计算的公民，致力于扩大代表性不足的群体在计算领域的参与。” BPC 已努力增加来自历史悠久的黑人学院和大学 (HBCU) 的教师数量，这些教师在 NSF CISE 核心项目中进行基础或基础研究，其中包括计算机和网络系统 (CNS)、计算和通信基金会 (CCF)、然而，尽管做出了承诺，信息与智能系统 (IIS) 部门和高级网络基础设施办公室 (OAC) 仍然对 CISE 核心项目的研究参与度较低，这对实现这一目标产生了重大且令人痛苦的影响。因此，努力建设 HBCU 领域的计算研究能力对于实现 BPC 的使命和目标至关重要。该项目有三个目标：1) 增加进行一致研究的教师数量。并在 NSF CISE 核心项目组合中提供资助，2) 扩大卓越中心的 HBCU CS 教师网络；3) 扩大准备攻读计算机研究生学位的 HBCU 本科生参与研究活动的机会。为了实现这些目标，该项目将通过举办两场研讨会来利用和扩大汉普顿大学发起的努力。除了去年参加汉普顿大学举办的研讨会的 HBCU CS 教师外，项目团队还将物色其他对此感兴趣的教师。在这两个研讨会期间，项目团队将与教师合作，进一步发展他们的提案想法，为美国工程教育学会主办的大型会议做准备。 (ASEE)，目前计划在 ASEE 会议期间进行。 2021 年春季，HBCU CS 教师将与来自西班牙裔服务机构以及美洲原住民和部落学院的同事和同行一起，将有机会获得对其提案的严格审查和反馈，同时为立即提交做好准备。该奖项反映了通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，NSF 的法定使命被认为值得支持。