{"id":27271,"date":"2019-05-15T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=27271"},"modified":"2019-05-15T01:18:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T06:18:24","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-graduate-jordan-miller-selected-for-national-science-foundation-smart-cities-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2019\/05\/15\/austin-peay-state-university-graduate-jordan-miller-selected-for-national-science-foundation-smart-cities-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University graduate Jordan Miller selected for National Science Foundation smart cities program"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – When recent Austin Peay State University (APSU) graduate Jordan Miller starts at Arizona State University this year, she\u2019ll also enter a cutting-edge National Science Foundation-backed smart homes and cities program.<\/p>\n

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Recent Austin Peay State University computer science graduate Jordan Miller displays her robot in the Technology Building on campus. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cI will be working on developing assistive robotics that live and work in people\u2019s homes, taking care of them and helping them around the house,\u201d the 2018 computer science graduate said. \u201cI imagine a world where robots live with the elderly population, helping them complete tasks they may find more difficult such as making the bed, getting dressed, setting the table or even doing the dishes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The program is part of the National Science Foundation\u2019s (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) program, designed to encourage the development of new models of STEM graduate education training.<\/p>\n

The $3 million grant will help Arizona State launch the program, called \u201cCitizen Centered Smart Cities and Smart Living.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be working on developing technology for smart homes and smart cities,\u201d Miller said. \u201cI will be working with the local elderly population in order to develop the kind of technology they feel will help them the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller thinks the program will help her pursue a career in smart living. She\u2019ll also complete internships in human-robot interaction while she\u2019s at Arizona State.<\/p>\n

\u201cI honestly could not believe that I am going to be a fellow working on these kinds of problems because they are so under-researched right now,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is an amazing opportunity, and I could not be more excited to work on these kinds of problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before starting at Arizona State, Miller will work on an artificial intelligence project at Oak Ridge National Lab. She\u2019s pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science at Arizona State.<\/p>\n

Opportunities At APSU<\/h3>\n

\u201cAustin Peay has given me so many opportunities to excel and grow in computer science,\u201d she said. \u201cThe faculty has worked so hard to help me get where I am today, and I can say I could not have done it without their help and dedication to the students.\u201d<\/p>\n

[320left]Miller also credits her adviser, Dr. John Nicholson, with encouraging her to pursue research opportunities as an undergraduate, \u201cnot only at Austin Peay, but at two different universities through Undergraduate Research Opportunities, which have prepared me for graduate school.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very excited and grateful for this opportunity,\u201d she said. \u201cI cannot wait to see where this research takes me throughout my career and am eager to start.\u201d<\/p>\n

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