Workshop on Chinese Design and Production Engineering Research; Tempe, AZ; January 8-12, 1990

本次研讨会的目的是评估中华人民共和国在计算机辅助设计和制造（CAD/CAM）、生产工程、精密工程、生产系统和工艺规划等领域的当前研究。它还将为中美两国研究人员在这些问题上的交流提供机会。通过这种互动，研讨会将把中国同行的研究与美国研究界的研究进行比较。为实现这一目标，将邀请上述领域的一批中国研究人员到美国参加由国家科学基金会主办的“制造系统集成和过程的生产研究和技术进展”会议，该会议将于1990年1月8日至12日在亚利桑那州坦佩市的亚利桑那州立大学举行。将安排中国研究人员参观国家科学基金资助的这些领域的工程研究中心，以及进行类似工作的其他大学和行业研究实验室。在研讨会活动结束时，研讨会的与会者将被要求提交一份报告，详细说明他们的观察和发现，总结他们自己的工作，并将其与他们在美国看到的类似工作进行比较。

The purpose of this workshop is to provide an assessment of current research in the People's Republic of China in the areas of computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM), production engineering, precision engineering, and production systems and process planning. It will also afford the opportunity for interaction between Chinese and United States researchers on these subjects. Through this interaction, the workshop will calibrate the research of our Chinese counterparts against that of the United States research community. To accomplish this a select group of Chinese researchers in the above-mentioned fields will be invited to the United States to attend the National Science Foundation-sponsored Conference on Production Research and Technology-Advances in Manufacturing Systems Integration and Processes, to be held January 8-12, 1990 at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. After the meeting, visits would be arranged for the Chinese researchers to National Science Foundation-funded Engineering Research Centers in these fields as well as to other University and industry research laboratories conducting similar work. At the end of the workshop activity, the attendees of the workshop will be asked to submit a report detailing their observations and findings, summarizing their own work, and comparing it to similar work they saw in the United States.