Targeted Infusion Project: Advancing Basic Science Research and Undergraduate Education in Computer Vision

定向输注项目：推进计算机视觉基础科学研究和本科教育

• 批准号: 2205578
• 负责人: Ismet Sahin
• 金额: $ 39.99万
• 依托单位: Texas Southern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-15 至 2025-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2205578&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Targeted; Infusion; Project; Advancing; Basic

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Undergraduate Program’s Targeted Infusion Projects aim to support research and educational projects to improve the success of HBCU students in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) graduate programs and careers. Computer vision is an important subfield of artificial intelligence, and it deals with developing and analyzing algorithms that can extract useful information from images. Its origins can be traced to research activities in the 1960s aiming to invent machines that imitate human cognitive functions in directly observing information from photos. Since computer vision is instrumental in science and technology, this targeted infusion project focuses on advancing this field by improving curriculum and establishing new educational and research infrastructures at Texas Southern University. Learning computer vision theories can be challenging for most undergraduate students as these theories often involve high levels of mathematical relations. A common way of teaching computer vision is to present theoretical foundations that are followed by examples to highlight the significance of these theories. However, students may have difficulties following lengthy mathematical derivations and understanding specific rationales of these derivations without seeing examples that clarify the role of major components. In order to improve teaching methodology in computer vision, this project aims to implement and investigate two teaching models, based on theoretical and hands-on exposure to computer vision. The other aims of this project are to create a computer vision certification program including a new course on this field at Texas Southern University, to create a computer vision research program to engage senior year undergraduate students in research, and to provide educational and research opportunities to high school students in computer vision through summer boot camps. To this end, learning modules with theoretical and laboratory components to strengthen students' knowledge and practical skills, computational resources, and continuous supervision for their research projects are provided.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.

历史悠久的黑人学院（HBCU）本科计划的有针对性的输液项目旨在支持研究和教育项目，以改善HBCU学生在科学，技术，工程或数学（STEM）研究生课程和职业方面的成功。计算机视觉是人工智能的重要子场，它涉及可以从图像中提取有用信息的算法开发和分析。它的起源可以追溯到1960年代的研究活动，目的是发明在直接观察照片中观察信息时模仿人类认知功能的机器。由于计算机视觉在科学技术中发挥了作用，因此该针对性的输液项目着重于通过改进课程并在德克萨斯州南部大学建立新的教育和研究基础设施来推进这一领域。学习计算机视觉理论可能会对大多数本科生挑战，因为这些理论通常涉及高水平的数学关系。教授计算机视觉的一种常见方法是提出理论基础，其次是示例，以突出这些理论的重要性。但是，遵循数学派生的长度和理解这些派生的特定理由可能会遇到困难，而没有看到阐明主要组成部分作用的示例。为了改善计算机视觉中的教学方法，该项目旨在基于对计算机视觉的理论和动手接触，实施和调查两个教学模型。该项目的另一个目的是创建一个计算机视觉认证计划，包括德克萨斯州南部大学这一领域的新课程，以创建计算机视觉研究计划，以吸引高年级的本科生参与研究，并通过夏季训练营向高中生提供教育和研究机会。为此，提供了具有理论和实验室组件的学习模块，以增强学生的知识和实践技能，计算资源以及对其研究项目的持续监督。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来通过评估来获得的支持。