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QoLT project review plan. Goal: a concrete response to the Site Visit Team’s criticisms that we don’t have processes for selecting new projects or evaluating current projects Approach: each research cluster leader does an internal evaluation for each individual project, address:
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QoLT project review plan • Goal: • a concrete response to the Site Visit Team’s criticisms that we don’t have processes for selecting new projects or evaluating current projects • Approach: • each research cluster leader does an internal evaluation • for each individual project, address: • NSF’s two criteria of scientific merit and broader impact • selected metrics from our evaluation chart (at least one impact, one relevance, and execution quality) • for the cluster as a whole, address all metrics in our evaluation chart • a) research leaders & QoLT directors discuss the evaluations internally;b) leaders propose fate of projects (continue/don’t; budget up/down/same; scope change/not)c) research leaders propose additional (new) projects • ITERATE: • QoLT Directors discuss with SAB and IPAB; AB’s provide recommendations • feedback to research leaders • research leaders propose next year portfolio to Directors
QoLT Project Evaluation Criteria Quality of Life Technology Center 2 Carnegie Mellon University | University of Pittsburgh
Project SPICE (example, with apologies to HERB) recommendation continue & increase budget continue & decrease budget score as ✔+ , ✔ , ✔- continue at same budget discontinue
who reviews what Quality of Life Technology Center 4 Carnegie Mellon University | University of Pittsburgh
who prepares initial evaluations • Human-System Interaction Thrust (HSIT) Dan Siewiorek • Perception & Awareness Thrust (PAT) Martial Hebert • Person & Society Thrust (PST) Rich Schulz • Mobility & Manipulation Thrust (MoMaT) Chris Atkeson • Active Home (AH) Chris Atkeson • Personal Mobility & Manipulation Appliance (PerMMA) Rory Cooper • Safe Driving (SD) Aaron Steinfeld • Virtual Coach (VC) Dan Siewiorek • Natural Environment Testbeds (NET) Howard Wactlar