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

拉赫曼描述：这项提议是为了支持美国科学家参加2004年6-7月在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡举行的第29届国际纳提亚加利物理与当代需求暑期学院。巴基斯坦组织者是伊斯兰堡Quaid-Azam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塔拉特·拉赫曼博士的要求是参加为期两周的研讨会。第一周的内容包括VLSI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学。纳提亚加利暑期学院的主题是最新的，面向发展中国家的当代需求。对于来自先进国家的科学家来说，这是一个极好的机会，可以利用他们的知识库和想法在其他社区交流、发展和应用。至少有三名美国初级科学家将在这个项目中得到支持。Riazuddin博士是夏季学院凝聚态物理会议的联合组织者，也是巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡Quaid-e-Azam大学国家物理中心的主任。来到学院的美国科学家很可能会被该中心所吸引。这可能会将学院最初的思想交流转化为长期的合作。该学院吸引了来自几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的支持在学院的28年中很少有，产生了良好的结果。学院会议记录的出版工作正在计划之中。申请的资金将用于美国科学家在暑期学校授课的旅行支持。会议的生活费用由巴基斯坦东道主承担，巴基斯坦和邻国与会者的所有费用也由巴基斯坦承担。范围：暑期班直接影响到巴基斯坦和该地区一些发展中国家的学生获得最新的纳米结构科学和工程研究成果。参与者大多是新近获得博士学位的S，他们对建立长期合作关系感兴趣，这将使他们在各自的研究领域保持活跃。这是寻找有献身精神的研究生的好地方，PI和其他人过去曾通过这些暑期学院的联系人招收研究生。该学院还为国际科学家和美国同行提供了一个开展研究合作的机会，并鼓励学生有机会花时间在美国研究人员的实验室里。提案中重点介绍了几个成功成果的例子。

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.