Summary of Awards. Fiscal Year 1994 (National Science Foundation, Division ofInformation, Robotics and Intelligent Systems)

摘要

The division of information, Robotics, and Intelligent Systems (IRIS) is one ofthe six Units which make up the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). The IRIS Division is concerned with scientific and engineering research in pursuit of the following goals: (1) to increase scientific understanding of information processes in machines, organisms, organizations, and other systems; (2) to simulate innovation and enhance U.S. competitiveness in the design of information-based products and the manufacture of information processing machines; and (3) to strengthen the national infrastructure for research, design, and manufacturing in this field. The purpose of this report is to provide the research community and the general public with the award data and the summaries of the research projects supported by this Division in FY 1994. Individually or collectively, these projects have contributed to scientific and engineering advances in various IRIS areas. Some of the research highlights are: Development of robotics as the science of representing, recognizing, reasoning about, and manipulating physical objects, and performing other physical tasks; Use of image, voice, and other sensory inputs to study man-machine partnerships and intelligent interfaces between perception and action; Study and development of reasoning, planning, speech and language understanding, and other cognitive capabilities for computers in the face of imperfect information and a changing environment; Development of database technologies and knowledge-based systems for the collection, organization, maintenance, distribution, as well as application of machine-interpretable forms of human expertise and know-how; and Development of theories and systems for collaboration in distributed and networked environments, including testbeds for studying and developing electronic environments for the conduct of science, education, and public access of Scientific and Engineering Knowledge.