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

这一美洲计划奖将支持一个名为泛美环境观测站传感器(PASEO)研讨会的项目开发国际研讨会，主题是环境观测站中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Thomas Harmon博士和阿根廷国家技术工业研究所(INTI)的Daniel Lupi博士为阿根廷一侧组织的Paseo将在阿根廷巴伊亚布兰卡的阿根廷海洋研究所(IADO)举行，来自拉丁美洲和美国的研究人员和机构官员将齐聚一堂，交换研究问题并讨论如何最好地在这一领域建立合作研究工作。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创造一条途径。工程师和科学家将聚集在一起讨论共同点，并确定围绕陆地和水生系统以及它们之间的接口的联网传感的关键需求。研讨会的具体成果包括：1)基于技术开发人员、应用领域研究人员和后勤方面的共同兴趣，列出了开展协作活动的潜在地点的工作清单；2)制定了针对必要资源的工作计划，以促进潜在的协作活动；以及3)确定了研讨会之前或期间出现的主要问题，这些问题在实施之前需要更多的协作思考，并制定了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(CBET)、土木工程、机械和制造业创新部(CMMI)、生物基础设施部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).