Pan-American Advance Studies Institute: Electronic States and Excitations in Nanostructures; Zacatecas, Mexico; June 11-22, 2007

这个泛美高级研究所(PASI)，由美国国家科学基金会和能源部(DOE)联合支持，将于2007年6月在墨西哥萨卡特卡斯举行，主题是“纳米结构上的电子状态和激发”。该研究所由俄亥俄大学物理和天文学系的塞尔吉奥·E·乌洛亚博士组织，将有来自非洲大陆各地的大约50名学生和20名讲师参加。PASI的讲师将由一个国际咨询委员会从该领域的顶尖研究人员中挑选出来，其中包括实验家和理论家，他们将来自美洲许多国家和机构。PASI将通过讲座、讲习班和海报会议，最大限度地促进来自所有国家和各级的参与者的互动。将在网站上提供电子邮件清单和讲习班、讲座公告和讲稿，以加强向科学界的传播。新的和更强大的超级计算机的出现导致了重大的理论和计算发展。新的方法不断涌现，再加上纳米级实验方法的大量重大进步，使科学家能够共同努力实现一个共同的目标：从对基本原子水平的加深理解中产生新的科学和技术。PASI将促进不同领域的专家聚集，与初级科学家和学生参与者分享他们在这些领域的知识，并将成为新想法和未来合作项目的催化剂。该奖项将由数学和物理科学局和美国国家科学基金会国际科学与工程办公室共同资助。

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI), jointly supported by the NSF and Department of Energy (DOE), will take place in Zacatecas, Mexico in June 2007 on "Electronic states and excitations on nanostructures." Organized by Dr. Sergio E. Ulloa of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Ohio University, the institute will involve approximately 50 students and 20 lecturers from all over the continent. Lecturers for the PASI will be selected by an international advisory committee from among the top researchers in the field, including experimentalists and theoreticians, and will come from a broad selection of countries and institutions in the Americas. The PASI will maximize the interaction of participants from all countries and at all levels by the use of lectures, workshops, and poster sessions. An email list and workshop and lecture announcements and notes will be available at a website to enhance dissemination to the scientific community. The availability of new and more powerful supercomputers has resulted in significant theoretical and computational developments. New methods emerge constantly, which together with the large number of significant advances in experimental methods at the nanoscale, allow scientists to join efforts in a common objective: the generation of new science and technology from enhanced understanding at the fundamental atomic level. This PASI will facilitate the gathering of experts in different fields to share their knowledge in these areas with junior scientists and student participants, and will serve as a catalyst for new ideas and future collaborative projects. This award will be jointly funded by the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences and the Office of International Science and Engineering of NSF.