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

电气和通信系统（ECS）部的受资助人工作坊是一个跨学科的计划，专注于电气工程学科，旨在促进对设备和系统中主要技术挑战的认识。当今世界的技术跨越了计算网络，在纳米、微观和宏观尺度上控制设备。因此，ECS必须发挥领导作用，为可能因各种资源挑战而被忽视的不同群体提供指导机会。微、纳米、认知、生物电子、控制、网络和计算的融合以及通信需求促使我们的研究界确保对这些主题进行全国性的讨论。NSF ECS受资助者研讨会提供了一个与权威研究人员进行公开讨论的论坛，与这些主题的当前和未来研究人员进行对话。本提案的目的是要求支持pi和共同pi、学生的旅费，以及一些直接会议费用，包括会议记录的CD制作、通讯和用品。我们的听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私人律师。PI和co-PI将与NSF ECS合作，根据他们在电气系统和ECS倡议方面的经验和知识，确保研讨会的成功。智力优势：ECS理事会的目标是在设备技术、计算网络、无线、网络基础设施以及纳米、微观和宏观尺度的控制和系统原理等领域进行复杂系统的研究和系统集成。ECS受助人工作坊的目的是指导和推广获奖的pi。这将通过审查当前的研究和战略来实现，以利用这些技术来实现工业和教育计划。这个研讨会促进了从事创新研究的研究人员之间的互动，否则他们就不会见面。本次研讨会的指定演讲者将具有激励性和洞察力，从而为pi提供指导，并帮助为未来的研究提供方向。更广泛的影响：ECS研讨会的互动将为研究人员提供重要的技术交流。本次研讨会将促进来自不同领域的研究人员之间的合作，从而实现新的独特研究和教育伙伴关系。本次受资助者研讨会将允许项目主管与研究人员互动，以促进和评估复杂系统集成技术挑战的ECS愿景，以及通信、网络、电子和控制设备。ECS计划为受资助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目前在各种导师指导下进行的工作。研讨会为ECS项目主管提供了一个与学生、学术界和行业参与者互动的机会，以促进/评估ECS在复杂系统、经济、环境、控制和教育影响方面的技术挑战愿景。

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.