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

电气和通信系统（ECS）部门受赠者研讨会，以提高多样性是一个跨学科的倡议，重点是电气工程学科，旨在促进设备和系统的主要技术挑战的知识。今天的技术世界连接着计算网络，控制着纳米、微观和宏观尺度的设备。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、网络和计算的融合沿着通信需求，推动我们的研究界确保对这些主题进行全国性的讨论。本次NSF ECS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，以便与这些主题的当前和未来研究人员进行对话。本提案的目的是请求支持PI和co-PI的差旅费，学生，以及一些直接会议费用，包括会议记录的CD制作，通信和用品。我们的观众包括来自全国各地少数民族和代表性不足的机构的经验丰富的导师和PI。PI和co-PI将与NSF ECS合作，以确保他们在电气系统和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领域进行复杂系统的研究和系统集成。ECS受助人研讨会的目的是指导和推广到获奖的PI。这将通过审查当前的研究和战略来实现，以利用工业和教育计划的技术。该研讨会促进了正在进行创新研究的研究人员之间的互动，否则他们不会相互见面。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研讨会的互动将提供与研究人员的重要技术交流。该研讨会将促进来自不同领域的研究人员之间的合作，从而实现新的独特的研究和教育伙伴关系。该研讨会将使项目负责人与研究人员互动，以促进和评估ECS对复杂系统集成技术挑战的看法，以及通信，网络，电子和控制设备。ECS计划为受助人及其同事提供了与各自领域专家交流的机会。学生将能够互动，并提出他们目前的工作是在各种导师监护下发生的。该研讨会为ECS项目主任提供了一个与学生，学术界和行业参与者互动的机会，以促进/评估ECS对复杂系统，经济，环境，控制和教育影响方面的技术挑战的愿景。

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.