ECS Grantees Workshop to Enhance Diversity being held June 13-15, 2006

电气和通信系统司加强多样性受资方讲习班是一项跨学科倡议，侧重于电气工程学科，目的是促进对设备和系统中主要技术挑战的了解。今天的技术宇宙在纳米、微观和宏观尺度上连接了计算网络和控制设备。因此，ECS必须在为不同群体提供由于各种资源挑战而被忽视的指导机会方面发挥领导作用。微、纳米、基因、生物电子、控制、网络和计算以及通信需求的融合推动我们的研究界确保就这些主题进行全国性讨论。NSF ECS受赠人研讨会提供了一个与权威研究人员进行公开讨论的论坛，以便与当前和未来的研究人员就这些主题进行对话。这项提议的目的是请求支持学生的个人和共同个人的旅费，以及一些直接的会议费用，包括会议记录的CD制作、通讯和用品。我们的观众包括来自全国各地少数族裔和代表性不足的机构的经验丰富的导师和PI。由于NSF ECS在电气系统和ECS倡议方面的经验和知识，PI和共同PI将与NSF ECS合作，以确保研讨会的成功。智力优势：ECS董事会的目标是在纳米、微观和宏观尺度上研究和系统集成设备技术、计算网络、无线、网络基础设施以及控制和系统原理等领域的复杂系统。ECS受赠者研讨会的目的是指导和推广获奖的绩效指标。这将通过审查当前的研究以及将这些技术用于工业和教育项目的战略来实现。这一研讨会促进了正在进行创新研究的研究人员之间的互动，否则他们将不会相遇。这次研讨会的指定演讲者将具有积极性和洞察力，从而为私人投资机构提供指导，并帮助为未来的研究提供方向。广泛影响：ECS研讨会的互动将提供与研究人员的重要技术交流。这次研讨会将促进不同领域的研究人员之间的合作，从而实现新的独特的研究和教育伙伴关系。本次受赠者研讨会将允许受赠者与研究人员互动，以促进和评估ECS对复杂系统以及通信、网络、电子和控制设备集成中的技术挑战的愿景。ECS倡议为受赠者及其同事提供了与各自领域的专家交流的机会。学生将能够互动并展示他们在不同导师指导下正在进行的当前工作。研讨会为ECS项目主管提供了与学生、学术界和行业参与者互动的机会，以促进/评估ECS对复杂系统、经济、环境、控制和教育影响中的技术挑战的愿景。

The Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS) Division Grantees Workshop to Enhance Diversity is an interdisciplinary initiative focus on the discipline of electrical engineering aimed at promoting knowledge of major technological challenges in devices and systems. Today's universe of technologies bridge computational networks, control devices at the nano, micro and macro scales. As such, it is imperative that ECS take a leadership role in providing mentoring opportunities for diverse groups that could be overlooked due to a variety of resource challenges.The convergence of micro-, nano-, cogno-, bio-electronic, controls, networks and computation along with communication needs drives our research community to assure a national discussion on these topics. This NSF ECS Grantees' Workshop provides a forum for open discussion with authoritative researchers to dialogue with current and future researchers in these subjects.It is the objective of this proposal to request support for the travel expenses for PIs and co-PIs, for students, and for some of the direct conference costs including CD production of the proceedings, communication and supplies. Our audience includes seasoned mentors and PIs from minority and underrepresented institutions from around the Nation. The PI and co-PI will work with NSF ECS to ensure success of the workshop given their experience and knowledge of electrical systems and the ECS initiative.Intellectual Merit: The ECS directorate aim is at research and system integration of complex systems in the areas of device technologies, computation networking, wireless, cyber infrastructure, and control and systems principles at the nano, micro and macro scales. The ECS Grantees Workshop purpose is to mentor and outreach to the awarded PIs. This will be accomplished through the review of current research, and strategies to leverage the technologies to industry and educational programs. This workshop facilitates the interaction between researchers who are doing innovative research who would otherwise not meet each other. The designated speakers for this workshop will be motivational and insightful thus providing mentoring to the PIs and helping to provide direction for future research.Broader Impact: The interaction of the ECS workshop will provide a significant technical exchange with researchers. This workshop will foster collaboration between researchers from different areas thus realizing new unique research and educational partnerships. This Grantees workshop will allow the program directors to interact with researchers to promote and evaluate the ECS vision of technical challenges in the integration of complex systems, and devices for communications, networks, electronics, and controls.The ECS Initiative provides an opportunity for Grantees as well as their colleagues to interchange with experts in their respective fields. Students will be able to interact and present their current work that is occurring under various mentor tutelage. The workshop provides an opportunity for ECS Program Directors to interact with students, academia and industry participants to promote/evaluate the ECS vision of the technical challenges in complex systems, economics, environmental, control and educational impacts.