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

本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Nathiagali物理与当代需求暑期学院。巴基斯坦组织者Riazuddin教授是伊斯兰堡Quaid-Azam大学国家物理中心主任。堪萨斯州曼哈顿堪萨斯州立大学物理系Talaat Rahman博士要求参加为期两周的讲习班。第一周涵盖VLSI设计与制造、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。Nathiagali暑期学院的主题是当前的，面向发展中国家的当代需求。对于发达国家的科学家来说，这是一个很好的机会，可以把他们的知识基础和想法带到其他社区进行交流、发展和应用。该项目将支持至少三名美国青年科学家。Riazuddin博士是夏季学院凝聚态物理会议的共同组织者，他是巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡Quaid-e-Azam大学国家物理中心的主任。来学院的美国科学家很可能会被中心吸引。这可能会将学院最初的思想交流转变为长期合作。学院吸引了来自几个西方国家的演讲者，在巴基斯坦有很高的知名度。在学院28年的历史中，很少有国家科学基金会的支持产生了良好的结果。计划出版学院的会议记录。所申请的资金用于支持在暑期学校授课的美国科学家的旅行。会议期间的生活费用由主办国巴基斯坦承担，以及来自巴基斯坦和周边国家的与会者的所有费用。范围：暑期学校对巴基斯坦和该地区一些发展中国家的学生提供最新的纳米结构科学与工程研究有直接影响。参与者大多是新近获得博士学位的人，他们对建立长期合作感兴趣，这将使他们能够在自己的研究领域保持活跃。这是一个寻找有献身精神的研究生的好地方，过去，PI和其他机构通过与这些暑期学院的联系招收了研究生。该学院还为国际科学家和美国同行之间的研究合作提供了机会，并鼓励学生有机会在美国研究人员的实验室里呆上一段时间。该建议强调了沿着这条路线取得成功成果的几个例子。

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.