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

0431959Rahman描述：该提案是为了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物理学和当代需求暑期学院。 巴基斯坦的组织者是Riazuddin教授，他是伊斯兰堡阿扎姆大学国家物理中心主任。 位于堪萨斯曼哈顿的堪萨斯州立大学物理系的Talaat Rahman博士提出的请求是资助参加为期两周的讲习班。 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。 第二周介绍同步辐射、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。这是一个很好的机会，来自先进国家的科学家把他们的知识基础和想法交流，发展和应用在其他社区。 至少有三名美国年轻科学家将在这个项目中得到支持。 Riazuddin博士是暑期学院凝聚态物理会议的共同组织者，是巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡阿扎姆大学国家物理中心的主任。 这是可能的，美国科学家来到学院将被吸引到中心。 这可能会将学院最初的思想交流转变为长期合作。 该学院吸引了来自几个西方国家的演讲者，在巴基斯坦有很高的知名度。 过去NSF的支持在学院的28年中很少，产生了良好的效果。 计划出版该学院的会议记录。 所要求的资金是为美国的科学家谁将在暑期学校演讲的旅行支持。 会议的生活费用由巴基斯坦主办方承担，来自巴基斯坦和周边国家的与会者的所有费用也由巴基斯坦主办方承担。范围：暑期学校对巴基斯坦学生以及来自该地区一些发展中国家的学生有直接影响，使他们了解最新的纳米结构科学和工程研究。 参与者大多是最近的博士。有兴趣建立长期合作的人，这将使他们能够在各自的研究领域保持活跃。 这是一个寻找专门研究生的好地方，PI和其他人过去曾通过这些暑期学院的联系招募研究生。 学校还提供了一个机会，创造国际科学家和他们的美国同行之间的研究合作，并鼓励学生花时间在美国研究人员的实验室的机会。 提案中突出强调了沿着这些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.