Workshop on Complex Interacting Systems for a Sustainable Future

摘要提案题目：美国国家科学基金会关于可持续未来的复杂相互作用系统的研讨会提案编号：CTS - 0646894首席研究员：Timothy J. anderson机构：佛罗里达大学分析（决策依据）：该提案将资助组织和参加美国国家科学基金会关于“可持续未来的复杂相互作用系统”的研讨会。可持续发展领域涵盖了广泛的学科，一个可持续发展的行业必须考虑产品的整个生命周期，工业过程对环境、能源消耗、材料利用和人类社会背景的最广泛影响。在系统层面上存在一个创新的研究机会来解决这些相互作用的基础设施，这将是本次研讨会的核心主题。实现能力包括解决复杂问题的最新进展，具有先进数据收集的传感器的增加部署，以及更准确地描述组件（如地下水流量，全球能源需求，政策决策集成等）的建模进展。将在佛罗里达大学举办一个为期三天的讲习班，以解决可持续性方面的关键研究需要，并为工程局内新出现的前沿领域的可持续性研究提供路线图。讲习班的目标包括确定强调可持续性的系统级要求的基础科学和工程。关于可持续性的核心议题将指导本次讨论：可持续能源、清洁水供应、环境保护、原料保证、人力资源和社会因素。研究的更广泛影响将通过讨论国家和全球技术可持续性决策来实现，包括政府、行业和学术领袖。讲习班将设法在可持续性领域发展联邦机构间联系。国际社会对这次会议的参与可能会很重要。教育问题、公共政策问题以及向面临环境灾害中可持续性关键问题的社区伸出援手，将以协调一致的方式加以解决。研讨会正在进行的活动的传播将包括NSF新兴前沿工作组、专业协会会议和产学研合作组织。将建立一个网站，2007年初将提供初步文件和讲习班报告。

AbstractProposal Title: An NSF Workshop on Complex Interacting Systems for a Sustainable FutureProposal Number: CTS - 0646894Principal Investigator: Timothy J. AndersonInstitution: University of FloridaAnalysis (rationale for decision): This proposal would fund the organization and participation in the NSF workshop on "Complex Interacting Systems for a Sustainable Future". The field of sustainability encompasses a wide range of disciplines, and a sustainable industry must consider the full life cycle of products, the broadest impact of an industrial processes on the environment, energy consumption, materials utilization, and the human social context. An innovative research opportunity exists at the systems level to address these interacting infrastructures, which would be the core theme of this workshop. The enabling capabilities include recent advances in solving complex problems, the increased deployment of sensors with advanced data collection, and advances in modeling that more accurately describe components (such as ground water flow, global energy demands, integration of policy decisions, etc.). A three-day workshop would be conducted at the University of Florida to address critical research needs in sustainability and to provide a road map for research on sustainability for emerging frontiers within the Directorate of Engineering. The goals of the workshop include identification of the fundamental science and engineering that underlines the systems-level requirements for sustainability. A core of topics addressing sustainability will guide this discussion: sustainable energy resources, clean water supplies, environmental preservation, feedstock assurances, and human resources and social factors.The broader impacts of the research will be achieved through discussion of national and global technological sustainability decisions that include government, industry, and academic leaders. The workshop will seek to develop interagency Federal links in the area of sustainability. International participation in the meeting is likely to be significant. Educational issues, public policy issues, and outreach to communities facing critical issues regarding sustainability in the face of environmental disasters will be addressed in a concerted manner. Dissemination of the workshop's ongoing activities will include the NSF emerging frontiers working groups, professional society meetings, and industry-university partnership organizations. A website will be created, and preliminary documents as well as workshop report will be avaiable in early 2007.