ITR: NSF Workshop on NanoComputing, Oct. 15-17, 2002

研讨会的目标是将一个多学科的研究小组聚集在一起，以确定和探索在CMOS的替代品，即基于纳米的技术方面有前途的研究方向。研究人员来自不同的社区，包括计算机科学、设计自动化、计算机体系结构、设备物理学家和物理设计师。研讨会的目的是确定计算机科学家和工程师可以在哪些领域对纳米电子计算机技术做出重要贡献。研究人员将提交立场文件，然后是讨论和分组，每个人都参与其中。正在讨论的样本问题是：设计科学将如何改变，以便根据纳米电子原理设计、建造和编程未来的计算机？什么是使能对纳米计算机的设计进行生产性研究的抽象概念？纳米技术界需要来自计算机科学和工程的哪些技术？需要什么投资以及何时促进纳米计算计算技术的适当发展？为了向研讨会提供广泛的投入，将有一个研讨会网站。在会议之前，有关各方对研讨会主题的意见可在网站上公布。将在会议上编写一份研讨会报告草稿，张贴在研讨会网站上，并征求研究人员的评论。

The goal of the workshop is to bring together a multidisciplinary group of researchers to identify and explore promising research directions in the alternatives to CMOS, that is, nano-based technologies. The researchers come from diverse communities including computer science, design automation, computer architecture, device physicists, and physical designers. The workshop aims at pinpointing the areas in which computer scientists and engineers can make important contributions to the technology of nanoelectronic computers. Researchers are to present position papers followed by discussions and breakout groups in which everyone participates. Sample questions being addressed are:How will design sciences change in order to design, build and program future computers based on nanoelectronic principles?What are the enabling abstractions that permit productive research on the design of nano computers?What technologies from computer science and engineering are needed by the nanotechnology community?What investments are needed and when to foster proper development of computing technologies for nano computing?In order to provide a broad input to the workshop, there will be a workshop website. Prior to the meeting, comments from interested parties about the workshop topics can be posted on the website. A draft workshop report will be prepared at the meeting, posted on the workshop website and commentary from researchers solicited.