Cyber-Infrastructure for Materials Science Workshop, Arlington, VA, May 23-25, 2006

高性能计算、联网使用仪器和国家设施、快速访问数据库、网格计算和其他技术的结合，正被统称为网络基础设施。 这是整个科学界都非常感兴趣的领域，特别是对于材料研究部门支持的研究社区。确切地说，网络基础设施的承诺将如何在不同的科学领域中利用，这取决于不同社区的需求。本次研讨会的目的是确定网络基础设施将如何被DMR支持的研究人员和社区最好地利用，并建议将网络基础设施整合到DMR研究提案中的策略，以及NSF正在开发的综合网络基础设施计划。

The combination of high-performance computing, networked access to instruments and national facilities, rapid access to databases, grid computing and other technologies are collectively becoming known as Cyberinfrastructure. This is an area of very intense interest throughout the scientific community, and specifically for the research communities supported by the Division of Materials Research.Exactly how the promise of Cyberinfrastructure will be utilized in different areasof science varies with the needs of different communities. The purpose of thisworkshop is to identify how Cyberinfrastructure will be best utilized by the researchers and communities supported by DMR, and to suggest strategies for integrating Cyberinfrastructure into DMR research proposals, and into the comprehensive Cyberinfrastructure plan being developed by NSF.