US-Morocco Workshop: Information Technology, June 2002

项目描述：该项目支持将于2002年6月在摩洛哥拉巴特举行的美国-摩洛哥信息技术研讨会。美国的组织者是华盛顿特区乔治华盛顿大学计算机科学系教授Abdelghani Bellaachia博士，摩洛哥的共同组织者是摩洛哥拉巴特高等教育和科学研究部科学研究与合作（CNCPRST）主任Said Belcadi博士。研讨会将涵盖以下领域的主题：生物信息学、电子商务、互联网/网络、软件工程、远程办公/远程医疗和无线通信。希望介绍和讨论将导致确定两国共同感兴趣的合作研究领域。范围：该项目可能会为信息技术研究方面的合作开辟途径，这是美国和许多发展中国家（如摩洛哥）的一个重要领域，这些国家需要加速该领域的发展，并在教育、通信和工业化等许多应用中获益。贝拉奇亚博士组建的美国团队由杰出且经验丰富的科学家组成。摩洛哥政府强烈支持该讲习班。该项目的资金由国际科学与工程办公室和先进网络基础设施与研究部提供。

0209514BellaachiaDescription: This project supports a U.S.-Morocco workshop on information technology to be held in Rabat, Morocco June 2002. The U.S. organizer is Dr. Abdelghani Bellaachia, Professor in the Department of Computer Science, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. The Moroccan co-organizer is Dr. Said Belcadi, Director, Scientific Research and Cooperation (CNCPRST), Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Rabat, Morocco. The workshop will cover topics in the following areas: bioinformatics, e-commerce, internet/networking, software engineering, telecomputing/telemedicine, and wireless communications. It is hoped that the presentations and discussions will lead to identifications of areas of cooperative research of mutual interest to the two countries.Scope: This project will likely open avenues for collaboration in information technology research, an important area for the United States and for many of the developing countries, such as Morocco, where there is a need to accelerate the development in that area and to reap benefits in many applications such as in education, communications and in industrialization. The U.S. team that Dr. Bellaachia has assembled is composed of eminent and experienced scientists. The Government of Morocco has strongly endorsed the workshop. Funding for the project is provided by the Office of International Science and Engineering and the Division of Advanced Networking Infrastructure and Research.