Support for a Workshop Titled Toward Sustainable Critical Infrastructure Systems

支持题为可持续关键基础设施系统的研讨会

• 批准号: 0751285
• 负责人: Lynda Stanley
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: National Academy of Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-10-01 至 2008-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0751285&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Support; Workshop; Titled; Toward; Sustainable

The National Academies is requesting support for a workshop titled Support for a Workshop Titled Toward Sustainable Critical Infrastructure Systems. The identified critical infrastructure systems include power, transportation, water supply, waste management, and telecommunications systems The workshop will be planned and organized by an ad hoc, multidisciplinary committee of experts appointed by the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE) of the Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences. The committee members will be drawn from government, industry, and academia and will have expertise in the development and management of power, transportation, water supply, waste management, and telecommunications infrastructure; land use; infrastructure finance; economics; decision sciences; public participation; materials; technologies; and environmental engineering. Intellectual Merit: The last Congressionally-initiated review of the condition of the nation's critical infrastructure systems concluded in 1988, with the publication of "Fragile Foundations: A Report on America's Public Works". The report found "convincing evidence that the quality of America's infrastructure is barely adequate to fulfill current requirements and insufficient to meet the demands of future economic growth and development" (p. 1). Significant changes have occurred since 1988. Telecommunications infrastructure has become the backbone of banking and finance and other industries. Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems are now critical to the control and operation of other infrastructures such as hydropower plants. The deregulation of electrical power systems has led to the shedding of excess capacity at a time when the demand for electricity to power computers and new population centers is increasing. Malicious acts and natural disasters have focused attention on the role of infrastructure in supporting physical security, continuity of government and business operations, and quality of life. Significant advances have also occurred in technologies to monitor infrastructure condition and maintain performance; in materials for constructing and renewing infrastructure components; in the development of funding mechanisms; risk assessment methodologies; modeling and simulating the consequences of deteriorating or failed infrastructure; and in our understanding of the interdependencies of various systems. For all of these reasons, it is appropriate to take a fresh look at cross-cutting infrastructure challenges.Broader Impacts: The proposed workshop is intended as a first step in a multi-year effort to develop a research agenda for the improving and sustaining the nation's critical infrastructure. The workshop itself will bring together experts from a wide range of disciplines. Efforts will be made to ensure the experts represent a cross section of race, underrepresented minorities, geographic areas, government, industry and academia. The 2.5-day workshop will feature invited presentations and discussions. A report will be issued based on the workshop as the principal data-gathering event in the project. The report will summarize the ad hoc committee's assessment of what transpired at the workshop, including the consensus views of the committee on the challenges and potential lines of inquiry/research for creating and maintaining sustainable infrastructure systems. The workshop report will be distributed to professional organizations, universities, public officials, and others to promote greater interest in developing a research agenda for the nation?s critical infrastructure systems.The estimated cost of a 1.5-day planning meeting and a 2.5-day workshop, is $126,000 of which $50,000 is requested from the National Science Foundation. Commitments for the balanc

美国国家科学院正在请求支持一个名为“支持一个名为可持续关键基础设施系统的研讨会”的研讨会。已确定的关键基础设施系统包括电力、运输、供水、废物管理和电信系统。委员会成员将来自政府、工业界和学术界，并将在电力、交通、供水、废物管理和电信基础设施的开发和管理、土地使用、基础设施融资、经济学、决策科学、公众参与、材料、技术和环境工程方面拥有专业知识。智力优势：上一次由国会发起的对国家关键基础设施系统状况的审查于1988年结束，发表了《脆弱的基础：美国公共工程报告》。该报告发现“令人信服的证据表明，美国基础设施的质量仅能满足当前的要求，不足以满足未来经济增长和发展的需求”（第1页）。自1988年以来发生了重大变化。电信基础设施已成为银行和金融等行业的支柱。监控和数据采集（SCADA）系统现在对水电厂等其他基础设施的控制和运行至关重要。电力系统的放松管制导致了过剩容量的削减，而此时对计算机和新人口中心的电力需求正在增加。恶意行为和自然灾害使人们关注基础设施在支持实体安全、政府和企业运营的连续性以及生活质量方面的作用。在以下方面也取得了重大进展：监测基础设施状况和保持性能的技术;建造和更新基础设施组成部分的材料;筹资机制的发展;风险评估方法;对基础设施恶化或故障的后果进行建模和模拟;以及我们对各种系统相互依存关系的理解。鉴于上述原因，我们有必要重新审视跨领域基础设施的挑战。更广泛的影响：拟议中的研讨会旨在作为多年努力的第一步，为改善和维持国家的关键基础设施制定研究议程。讲习班本身将汇集来自广泛学科的专家。将努力确保专家代表不同种族、代表性不足的少数群体、地理区域、政府、工业和学术界。为期2.5天的研讨会将邀请演讲和讨论。 将在讲习班的基础上发表一份报告，作为该项目的主要数据收集活动。报告将总结特设委员会对研讨会上所发生的情况的评估，包括委员会对创建和维护可持续基础设施系统的挑战和潜在调查/研究路线的共识。 研讨会的报告将分发给专业组织，大学，政府官员和其他人，以促进更大的兴趣，制定一个研究议程的国家？一次为期1.5天的规划会议和一次为期2.5天的讲习班的估计费用为126，000美元，其中50，000美元由国家科学基金会提供。余额承付款