NRT+
NRT+ is a new synergetic network across NSF Research Traineeship programs at four universities. It collaboratively aims to advance inter-institutional themes at the frontiers of integrating technology with humans.
The NRT+ alliance is engaging its partnering members in several joint activities, including four in-person summits where trainees and mentors meet each other–one at each university–centering joint activities.
About the NRT+ Network
NRT+ seeks to enrich research training activities surrounding five themes at the frontiers of how humans and technology interact and integrate in society: (1) sensing and display technology, (2) assistive technology, (3) human-machine teaming, (4) human-centered design, and (5) social impact.
By bringing together faculty, trainees, and recent alumni from the four universities, we promote convergent, interdisciplinary, and collaborative subclusters. The inter-institutional integration will also include an online resource with connection points and promote extensions of research and continuation work that may otherwise be limited to local sites. Broadening our combined networks of industry and international partners can facilitate technology transfer into products or services and offer trainees and alumni unique, widening network experiences.
NRT+ International Partners
- Jette Ernst, Associate Professor, Roskilde University
- Georgiana Ifrim, Associate Professor, Director of the SFI Centre for Research Training in Machine Learning (ML-Labs), University College Dublin
- Brian Mac Namee, Associate Professor, Site Director at the Insight Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Data Analytics, University College Dublin
- Hannah Pelikan, Postdoc, Linköping University
NRT+ Summit at Clemson University, Greenville, SC, March 10-12, 2025
NRT+ Summit Program:
- The second NRT+ summit will promote community building and interactions between like-minded researchers, offer trainees practice in pitching research - both individually and for research translation into commercialization on inter-institutional trainee teams, update partners on recent research process, and catalyze joint projects or grant proposal
- Breakfast will be provided by the hotel, Drury Inn.
- Lunch and two dinner receptions are provided for participants from NRT+ institutions
- Detailed program:
Arrival and Accommodations:
- We will be on the CU-ICAR campus
- Participants will stay at the Drury Inn in Greenville, SC
- The Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) is 10 min from the hotel
- General directions on how to arrive to CU-ICAR
Flight Reservations:
- For flight reservations, please contact our travel agent per instructions. Your NRT PI will approve your flights and cost, and the RIT team will need the details.
- Please plan your arrival to Greenville, SC on Sunday, March 9 (travel day only), with departure from Greenville on Wednesday, March 12 in the afternoon—the concluding lunch will end around 1:00 pm.
Sightseeing in or near Greenville:
- Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum & Baseball Library
- Upcountry History Museum
- Sigal Music Museum
- BMW Zentrum Museum
- Paris Mountain State Park - 28 minute drive
- Conestee Nature Preserve
- Swamp Rabbit Trail
- Biltmore Estate - 90 minute drive
- City Scape Winery
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NRT+ Summit at RIT, Rochester, NY, September 23-25, 2024
NRT+ Summit Program:
- The inaugural NRT+ summit will promote community building and interactions between like-minded researchers, launch of the five thematic subclusters, offer grant writing training for trainees, and catalyze joint projects or grant proposal
- Breakfast, lunch, and two dinner receptions are provided for attendees from NRT+ institutions
- Abstract Submission form (now closed) for the poster session. Best poster recognitions will be awarded.
- NRT+ trainee mock proposal competition: The best proposal will be recognized. Trainee team's submissions are made to awareainrt@rit.edu by September 13 at 5:00 pm.
- Detailed program and abstract booklet:
Arrival, Accommodations, and Shuttle:
- We will be in the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute (campus map) on September 23 and September 24 and in Max Lowenthal Hall on September 25.
- Participants will stay at the RIT Inn and Conference Center
- The Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport is 15 min from the hotel
- General directions on how to arrive to RIT
- The hotel shuttle runs within 5 miles of the hotel, including between RIT’s campus and the hotel and to the airport, from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on weekdays (not on weekends). Please schedule a ride at the hotel’s front desk.
Flight Reservations:
- For flight reservations, please email our travel agent per instructions. Your NRT PI will approve your flights and cost, and the RIT team will need the details for accounting.
- Please plan your arrival to Rochester, NY, on Sunday, September 22 (travel day only), with departure from Rochester on Wednesday, September 25 in the afternoon—the concluding lunch will end around 12:30 pm.
- If you wish to conduct sightseeing in/near Rochester, please consider this when scheduling the arrival and departure times.
Sightseeing in or near Rochester:
- Niagara Falls State Park- Maid of the Mist and Cave of the Winds experiences (around 80 min drive)
- National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House
- Mount Hope Cemetery (burial site of Frederick Douglass and Susan B Anthony)
- Highland Park
- The Strong National Museum of Play
- George Eastman Museum (Kodak)
- Seneca Park Zoo
- Canandaigua and the Finger Lakes, a region with vineyards, parks, and lakes
- Ganondagan Seneca Art and Cultural Center
- Letchworth State Park (around 40 min drive to the park entrance)
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