Energy, Water, and Global Change as a Regional Agenda of the Americas, Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute; San Diego, California, February, 2010

这项由美国国家科学基金会和美国能源部共同支持的泛美高级研究院（PASI）奖将于2010年5月23日至6月1日在加州的圣地亚哥举行。由圣地亚哥州立大学的Asfaw Beyene博士和Walter Oechel博士组织的PASI将促进国际和跨学科合作，以应对能源、水和环境挑战，作为一个共生的区域议程。该研究所将接待来自多个学科的十五名讲师和三十名博士后和高级研究生参与者，包括能源，水和生态系统研究;计算机科学，特别强调数据集成和可视化;等等。它将涵盖四个主要研究主题：（i）能源效率和可再生能源，（ii）水资源短缺及其后果，（iii）气候和气候反馈，以及（iv）与能源，水和全球变化研究相关的信息学。2）一个旨在促进不同研究人员之间合作的讨论论坛; 3）通过教程和演示，教育新兴科学家关于应对全球变化的预期解决方案。PASI的产品将包括一个全面的网站，其中包含完整的会议报告，潜在合作者及其研究兴趣的列表，以及评估活动影响的评估问卷。

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place May 23-June 1, 2010, in San Diego, California. Organized by Dr. Asfaw Beyene and Dr. Walter Oechel of San Diego State University, the PASI will foster international and interdisciplinary cooperation to address energy, water and environmental challenges as a symbiotic regional agenda. The Institute will host fifteen lecturers and thirty post-doctoral and advanced graduate student participants from multiple disciplines, including energy, water, and ecosystem studies; computer science with a particular emphasis on data integration and visualization; and others. It will cover four overarching research themes: (i) energy efficiency and renewable energy, (ii) water shortage and its consequences, (iii) climate and climate feedbacks; and (iv) informatics as related to energy, water, and global change studies.Expected outcomes of this PASI will include: 1) a solid research link between sustainability and strategic measures towards addressing shortages; 2) a forum for discussion intended to stimulate collaboration among a diverse population of researchers; and 3) education of emerging scientists about anticipated solutions for addressing global change through tutorials and demonstrations. Products from the PASI will include a comprehensive website with complete reports of the proceedings, a list of potential collaborators and their research interests, and assessment questionnaires to evaluate the impact of the activity.