US-Pakistan Workshop: Research and Development in Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, April 2003

0243764 KhokharDescription：该奖项支持将于2003年4月在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡举行的美巴信息技术研讨会。组织者是伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校电气工程和计算机科学系的Ashfaq Khokhar博士和巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡的Comsats(南方可持续发展科学和技术委员会)信息技术研究所所长S.M.Junaid Zaidi博士。研讨会的目的是在美国和巴基斯坦双方之间交流有关信息技术进步的信息，并讨论可能通过合作研究项目满足的研发需求。研讨会的重点领域包括：IT在大型企业基础设施中的作用、IT基础设施的安全和保护、以网络为中心的信息和计算、基于IT的应用程序(包括数字政府、电子商务、电子学习和生物信息学)，以及IT高等教育和研究。将组织几次平行会议，以利用外籍人士和其他美国领先研究人员的专业知识。研讨会将包括全体会议，介绍四个已确定领域中每一个领域的尖端研究，以及两个小组会议，讨论未来信息技术研究的趋势。研讨会将提供一个平台，促进美国和巴基斯坦研究人员之间的研究合作，并启动与关键IT研究领域相关的研发项目。范围：该项目使美国和巴基斯坦科学家能够讨论对两国都非常重要的领域，并确定双方可以互补能力的潜在合作研究。霍哈尔博士是一位经验丰富的研究员，在NSF资助的项目中有着良好的记录。他还熟悉巴基斯坦的科学情况。扎伊迪博士也是一名经验丰富的科学家，他领导着巴基斯坦一家主要的IT专业机构，并将得到该国科技部的支持。在美国的参与者中，有五名初级科学家。该项目将加强与巴基斯坦在一个对两国都非常重要的领域的科技合作。该项目得到了国际科学和工程办公室以及计算机和通信研究司的支持。

0243764 KhokharDescription: This award supports a US-Pakistan Workshop on Information Technology to be held in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 2003. The organizers are Dr. Ashfaq Khokhar, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Dr. S.M. Junaid Zaidi, Rector of the COMSATS (Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South) Institute of Information Technology in Islamabad, Pakistan. The purpose of the workshop is to exchange information between the US and Pakistani sides on advances in information technology and to discuss R&D needs that may be met through cooperative research projects. The key areas chosen for this workshop include: role of IT in large scale enterprise infrastructure, security and protection of IT infrastructure, network centric information and computing, IT based applications including digital government, e-commerce, e-learning and bioinformatics, and higher education and research in IT. Several parallel sessions will be organized to make use of the expertise of expatriate and other US-based leading researchers. The workshop will include plenary sessions to introduce cutting edge research in each of the four identified areas, and two panel sessions to discuss future research trends in IT. The workshop will provide a platform for fostering research collaborations among the researchers from US and Pakistan and initiate research and development projects related to key IT research areas. Scope: This project enables US and Pakistani scientists to discuss an area of great importance to both countries, and to identify potential collaborative research where the two sides can complement each other's capabilities. Dr. Khokhar is an experienced researcher with a strong record of NSF-funded projects. He is also familiar with the science scene in Pakistan. Dr. Zaidi is also an experienced scientist who leads a major specialized institute for IT in Pakistan and who will have the backing of that country's Ministry of Science and Technology. Among the US participants are five junior scientists. The project will increase collaboration in science and technology with Pakistan in an area of great importance to both countries. This project is being supported by the Office of International Science and Engineering and the Division of Computer and Communications Research.