U.S.-Argentina Program Development Workshop: Pan American Sensors for Environmental Observatories (PASEO) Workshop; Bahia Blanca Argentina, June 26-29, 2007.

该美洲计划奖将支持一个名为泛美环境观测站传感器（PASEO）研讨会的计划开发国际研讨会，主题是环境观测站的传感器和传感器网络以及网络系统的本地应用。由美国加州大学默塞德分校的托马斯哈蒙博士和阿根廷国家工业技术研究所（INTI）的丹尼尔卢皮博士组织，PASEO将在阿根廷巴伊亚布兰卡的海洋学研究所（IADO）举行，并将汇集来自拉丁美洲和美国的研究人员和机构官员，交流研究问题，讨论如何最好地建立合作研究工作，PASEO研讨会的总体目标是为环境传感器网络主题的国际合作研究开辟一条道路。工程师和科学家将聚集在一起讨论共同点，并确定陆地和水生系统以及它们之间的接口的网络传感的关键需求。研讨会的具体成果包括：1）基于技术开发人员、应用领域研究人员的共同兴趣和后勤考虑，提出了一份合作活动的潜在地点工作清单; 2）制定一项工作计划，确定必要资源的目标，以促进潜在的合作活动，3）确定研讨会之前或期间出现的主要问题，这需要在实施之前进行更多的合作思考，并制定解决这些问题的行动计划。 该奖项由化学，生物工程，环境和运输系统部门（CBET），土木，机械和制造创新部门（CMMI），生物基础设施部门和国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）共同资助。

This Americas Program award will support a program development international workshop entitled Pan-American Sensors for Environmental Observatories (PASEO) Workshop, on the subjects of sensors and sensor networking in environmental observatories, and local applications of network systems. Organized by Dr. Thomas Harmon, of the University of California-Merced campus for the U.S. side, and Dr. Daniel Lupi of the Argentine Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Industrial (INTI) for the Argentinean side, PASEO will be held at the Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia (IADO) in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, and will bring together researchers and agency officials from Latin America and the United States to exchange research questions and discuss how best to build collaborative research efforts in this area.The overall objective of the PASEO Workshop is to create a pathway for international collaborative research on the topic of environmental sensor networks. Engineers and scientists will gather to discuss common ground and identify critical needs surrounding networked sensing in terrestrial and aquatic systems, and at the interfaces between them. Specific outcomes from the workshop include: 1) a working list of potential sites for collaborative activities based on mutual interest by technology developers, application domain researchers, and logistical considerations; 2) development of a work plan for targeting the necessary resources to catalyze potential collaborative activities, and 3) identification of the major issues arising before or during the workshop, which require additional collaborative thought prior to implementation, and creation of an action plan for addressing those issues. This award is being jointly funded by the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET), the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI), the Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE).