NSF Grant Supports Interdisciplinary SmartHome Project

Carl K. Chang (Com Sci), Johnny Wong (Com Sci), Peter Martin (Gerontology),
Mack C. Shelley (Stat), and Simanta Mitra (Com Sci) have received a two-year
NSF grant for $300,000 for "CPATH-1: Experimenting with an Open Platform for
the New Interdisciplinary Study on Gerontechnology," an interdisciplinary
project with the SmartHome Lab in the Computer Science department. The first
year funding at $149,472 has been received per initial IRB approval. The
second year funding is subject to an incremental IRB review and further NSF
approval. This grant will serve as a pilot study curriculum initiative to
inject computational thinking capability into computer science and
gerontology disciplines with a plan to conduct, assess, and analyze the
outcomes to guide future nationwide efforts. This project will create a new
interdisciplinary curriculum track in Gerotechnology, culminating in an
undergraduate certificate; transform the existing SmartHome Laboratory (SHL)
at ISU into an open project platform, so that experiments and projects on
the Smart Home can be run from remote locations; and, establish an open
source community on software based on service-oriented architecture to allow
for collaborative projects.