NSF-CISE-CCF-EMT Workshop on Emerging Models Technologies for Computations in Nanoelectronics

NSF-CISE-CCF-EMT研讨会新兴模型技术计算在NanoelectronicsProject SummaryNanotechnology是一个令人兴奋的领域，具有许多潜在的应用。它的影响已经在材料、工程、电子、医学和其他学科中感受到了。目前的纳米技术研究需要强大的多学科知识和新兴的模型技术，在纳米电子学领域的计算与前景。纳米电子学成为当今成功的主要研究领域？s微电子学。它不仅在通信和计算领域带来了前所未有的革命，而且在其他科学和工程领域也带来了前所未有的革命，例如工业、生物科学、医学和环境科学中的纳米尺度测量。由美国国家科学基金会资助的美国国家科学基金会研讨会由弗吉尼亚理工大学的Kathleen Meehan博士和Yong Xu博士组织。2007年10月15日至16日在弗吉尼亚州的阿灵顿举行。研讨会的主要目的是让纳米电子系统领域目前的主要研究人员和主要研究人员审查纳米电子计划元素的EMT计划在各个方面的影响：研究，技术转让最终提高美国的竞争力，建立新的创业公司，本科和研究生教育，促进跨学科的教学和研究活动，工程师培训和社会效益，即在高中生和整个社会中激发热情。研讨会集中了几个挑战性的主题：分子电子学，纳米结构，以及量子电子学中不确定性和缺陷的CAD工具。与会者还建议美国国家科学基金会创建学生交流计划，以分享信息和经验，开发短期课程培训，跨学科会议/研讨会，并在不同层次上提供辅导，并创建关于最先进研究的高水平讲座，以及跨学科资助计划，用于小型但合作的研究。PI建议组织基于需求的外部NSF资助的研讨会，以加强纳米电子系统研究中现有的EMT计划。拟议的讲习班旨在提供一个分享和发展教育内容的机会。除了推广纳米电子学的一系列短期课程和讲座外，研讨会还将为本科生提供培训，科学和选择K12学生的高中教师。这次教育研讨会的目标是一个很好的机会，让教师分享他们的经验和课程，这是与纳米电子学的新兴模型技术，并讨论如何当前的研究课题可以整合到现有的研究生学分课程，并为本科生开发短期和知识型课程，以及如何创建校外计划，以鼓励K12学生和他们的老师参与和参与纳米技术的学习和探索。工作坊将提供（1）基础课程纳米电子学在纳米技术K12，本科生和研究生，（2）提供在线，为公众开发开放获取的知识库和课程课程，从而促进这一跨学科领域的大学教育，（3）为大学生和PI开发短期课程，以学习与纳米电子学相关的多个学科和材料，（4）为研讨会参与者提供高级教程，并组织辅导会议，（5）征集科学论文;并组织研讨会的技术报告，海报会议;和过程研讨会论文进行出版和选择的论文推荐的期刊。这一建议的知识产权的优点在于现有的内部研讨会和教育计划机制在纳米电子学的多学科领域的不足。拟议的讲习班试图在这一领域组织一次国家承认的讲习班，不仅向研究机构而且向公众提供。这次研讨会有三个主要的科学价值。第一个是协调各级教育研讨会，第二个是保持纳米电子学技术教程和讲座的最新水平，特别是通过EMT计划提供NSF-CISE-CCF和其他NSF计划促进的纳米计算之间的联系。第三是推动纳米电子器件的发明和应用，这一建议的影响更为广泛，被认为是纳米电子领域具有巨大的未来应用潜力。纳米技术已经成为一个重要的和令人兴奋的领域，主要是在基础科学方面，无疑将在不久的将来对纳米电子器件，纳米结构材料和纳米医学产生广泛的影响。因此，需要强大的纳米电子CAD设计工具来实现这项技术，并刺激纳米技术革命。因此，该项目在纳米技术和EMT的研究和开发社区之间架起了桥梁。此外，拟议的努力包括各级培训部分，包括为科学工程本科生和研究生提供纳米科学和技术领域的课程和纳米技术教育，从而提高国家的竞争力。

NSF-CISE-CCF-EMT Workshop on Emerging Models Technologies for Computations in NanoelectronicsProject SummaryNanotechnology is an exciting field with many potential applications. Its impact is already being felt in materials, engineering, electronics, medicine, and other disciplines. Current research in nanotechnology requires strong multi-disciplinary knowledge and emerging models technologies for computations in the field of nanoelectronics with promising. Nanoelectronics become the main research domain that successes in today?s microelectronics. It brings an unprecedented revolution in not only communications and computing, but also in other scientific and engineering fields such as nano-scale measurements in industrials, bioscience, medical and environmental sciences.A NSF workshop, funded by a NSF grant from the Emerging Models and Technologies (EMT) for Computation (EMT) Program was organized by Drs. Kathleen Meehan and Yong Xu, Virginia Tech. on October 15-16, 2007 in Arlington, Virginia. The primary objective of the workshop was to allow the current principal investigators and leading researchers in the field of nanoelectronic systems to review the impacts of the EMT Program for the nanoelectronics program element on various fronts: research, technology transfer culminating into better competitiveness of the USA and establishing new start-up companies, undergraduate and graduate education, promotion of cross-disciplinary teaching and research activities, training of engineers, and societal benefits, namely engendering enthusiasm amongst high school students and society in general. The workshop focused several challenge topics: molecular electronics, nanoarchitecurre, and CAD tools for uncertainty and defects in quantum electronics. The attendees also recommended NSF to create student exchange programs for information and experience sharing, to develop short course training, interdisciplinary conference/workshops with tutorials at different levels, and to create high-level lectures on the state-of-the-art research, and as well as interdisciplinary grant proposals for small but collaborative investigations.Based on the recommendations, the PI proposes to organize the need-based external NSF funded workshop to enhance the existing EMT Program in nanoelectronic systems research. The proposed workshop aims to providing an opportunity to share and develop education components. In addition to promote a series of short courses and lectures in nanoelectronics, the workshop will have a training session for undergraduate students, high school teachers of science and selective K12 students.The objectives of this education workshop is a great opportunity fro faculty to share their experience and course curriculum which are related to emerging model technologies for nanoelectronics and to discuss how the current research topics can be integrated into existing graduate credit courses, and to develop short and knowledge-based courses for undergraduate students, and how to create off school program to encourage K12 students and their teachers to participate in and involve to nanotechnology learning and exploration.The workshop will provide (1) basic courses about fundamental nanoelectronics in nanotechnology for K12, undergraduate and graduate students, (2) provide online, open-access repository and course curriculum developments for public; thus to promote college education in this interdisciplinary field, (3) Develop short courses for college students and PIs to learn multiple subjects and materials that are related to nanoelectronics, (4) provide advanced tutorials for workshop participations and organize a tutorial sessions, and (5) solicit scientific papers; and organize workshop technical presentation, poster sessions; and process workshop paper proceeding publication and selected paper recommended for journals.The intellectual merits of this proposal lie in the shortage of existing internal workshop and education program mechanism the multidisciplinary domain in nanoelectronics. The proposed workshop attempts to organize a national-recognized workshop in this domain and make it available not only to research institutes but also to public. There are three major scientific merits in this workshop. The first is to coordinate a workshop for education at all levels, and the second is to remain the state-of-the-art of technical tutorials and lectures in nanoelectronics, especially through EMT Program to provide the linkage between nano-computation promoted by NSF-CISE-CCF and other NSF programs. The third one is to promote nanoelectronics device inventions and its applications.The broader impact of this proposal is considered that the area of nanoelectronics has great potentials for future applications. Nanotechnology has emerged as a significant and exciting field, primarily with respect to the basic sciences, and will undoubtedly have a broad impact on nano-electronic devices, nano-structured materials, and nano-medicine in the near future. As a result, powerful nanoelectronics CAD design tools are needed to bring this technology to fruition and to stimulate the nanotechnology revolution. Consequently, the project bridges the research and development communities of nanotechnology and EMT. In addition, the proposed effort includes a training component at all levels, including courses and a nanotechnology education for science engineering undergraduate and graduate students in this nanoscience and technology fields, thus to increase the competitiveness for the nation.