U.S.-Pakistan Workshop: 29th International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs: Islamabad, Pakistan, June/July, 2004

0431959Rahman描述：该提案旨在支持美国科学家参加2004年6月至7月在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡举行的第29届国际纳蒂亚加利物理与当代需求夏季学院。巴基斯坦组织者是伊斯兰堡奎德阿扎姆大学国家物理中心主任Riazuddin教授。 堪萨斯州曼哈顿堪萨斯州立大学物理系的塔拉特·拉赫曼 (Talaat Rahman) 博士要求参加为期两周的研讨会。 第一周涵盖超大规模集成电路设计和制造、网络安全和网格技术。 第二周涉及同步辐射、先进光源、芝麻计划和激光物理。 纳蒂亚加利暑期学院的主题是最新的，适合发展中国家的当代需求。对于来自发达国家的科学家来说，这是一个绝佳的机会，可以利用他们的知识基础和想法在其他社区进行交流、开发和应用。 该项目将支持至少三名美国青年科学家。 Riazuddin 博士是暑期学院凝聚态物理课程的共同组织者，也是巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡奎德阿扎姆大学国家物理中心主任。 来到该学院的美国科学家很可能会被该中心吸引。 这可能会将学院最初的想法交流转化为长期合作。 该学院吸引了来自多个西方国家的演讲者，在巴基斯坦具有很高的知名度。 过去NSF对学院的支持在为数不多的28年里，已经产生了良好的效果。 计划出版学院的会议记录。 所申请的资金用于为将在暑期学校授课的美国科学家提供旅费支持。 会议的生活费用由巴基斯坦东道主承担，以及巴基斯坦和邻国与会者的所有费用。 范围：暑期学校对让巴基斯坦和该地区许多发展中国家的学生了解纳米结构科学和工程的最新研究有直接影响。 参与者大多是刚毕业的博士生，他们有兴趣建立长期合作，这将使他们能够在自己的研究领域保持活跃。 这是寻找专注研究生的好地方，PI 和其他人过去曾通过这些暑期学院的联系来招募研究生。 学校还提供了在国际科学家和美国同行之间建立研究合作的机会，并鼓励学生有机会在美国研究人员的实验室里度过时光。 提案中重点介绍了在这些方面取得成功的几个例子。

0431959RahmanDescription: This proposal is to support participation by US scientists in the 29th International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs in Islamabad, Pakistan in June-July 2004. The Pakistani organizer is Professor Riazuddin, Director, National Center for Physics, Quaid-Azam University, Islamabad. The request by Dr. Talaat Rahman, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas is to cover participation during a two-week workshop. The first week covers VLSI design and manufacturing, network security and grid technology. The second week deals with synchrotron radiation, advanced light source, sesame project and laser physics. The topics in the Nathiagali Summer Colleges are current and geared towards the contemporary needs of developing countries. It is an excellent opportunity for scientists from the advanced countries to take their knowledge base and ideas for exchange, development, and application in other communities. At least three junior US scientists will be supported in this project. Dr Riazuddin, the co-organizer of the session on Condensed Matter Physics at the Summer College, is the director of the National Center for Physics at the Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is likely that US scientists coming to the College would be attracted to the Center. This may transfer initial exchanges of ideas at the College into long-term collaborations. The College attracts speakers from several western countries, and it has high visibility in Pakistan. Past NSF support in few of the College's 28 years, has produced good results. Publication of the proceedings of the College is planned. The requested funds are for travel support of US based scientists who will lecture at the summer school. Subsistence costs at the conference are borne by the Pakistani hosts, as well as all costs for participants from Pakistan and from neighboring countries.Scope: The summer school has a direct impact on bringing students in Pakistan, and from a number of developing countries in the region, up-to-date on current research in nanostructure science and engineering. The participants are mostly recent Ph.D.'s who are interested in establishing long-term collaborations, which would allow them to remain active in their fields of research. This is a good place for finding dedicated graduate students, and the PI and others have in the past recruited graduate students through contacts at these Summer Colleges. The school also affords an opportunity to create research collaboration between the international scientists and their US counterparts, and to encourage opportunities for students to spend time in the laboratories of the US researchers. Several examples of successful outcomes along these lines are highlighted in the proposal.