International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) Symposium on Computer Models in Biomechanics; Stanford, California; August 29 - September 02, 2011

这笔赠款为国际理论和应用力学联合会(IUTAM)举办的一次研讨会提供了资金，该研讨会将汇集细胞生物学、生理学、生物物理学、应用数学、连续介质力学、计算力学、生物工程和再生医学方面的顶尖专家，以激发关键讨论并确定计算生物力学未来的挑战和机遇。它有可能在以下方向推动该领域的发展：(I)分子、细胞、组织和器官水平的数学建模和计算模拟；(Ii)相关生物、化学、电气和机械领域的表征；(Iii)基于图像的、针对患者的计算模型设计；(Iv)分子、细胞、组织和器官水平的计算模型的验证和确认。研讨会将于2011年8月29日至9月2日在加利福尼亚州斯坦福大学举行。它将有5名主旨演讲者、约40名特邀演讲者和约60至80名与会者。这项提案将通过讲台和海报演示，支持本科生和青年研究人员积极参与研讨会。此外，它还将允许在会议记录的硬拷贝中传播他们的研究活动。这次IUTAM研讨会将产生直接的学术、科学和教育影响。在学术上，它将建立和扩大计算生物力学社区，创造协同效应，并接触到传统上不属于这个社区的科学家。科学上，它将确定计算生物力学的新研究方向和前沿，结果将以会议记录的硬拷贝和关于生物力学计算机模型的挑战和进展的多作者专家评论论文的形式向公众公布。在教育方面，它将鼓励来自代表不足的团体和机构的本科生和年轻研究人员参与，这些团体和机构传统上缺乏资金，这对加强现在和未来的计算生物力学界至关重要。

This grant provides funding for a symposium, from the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM), that will bring together leading experts in cell biology, physiology, biophysics, applied mathematics, continuum mechanics, computational mechanics, bioengineering, and regenerative medicine to stimulate critical discussions and identify future challenges and opportunities in computational biomechanics. It has the potential to advance the field in the following directions: (i) mathematical modeling and computational simulation on the molecular, cellular, tissue, and organ levels; (ii) characterization of the relevant biological, chemical, electrical, and mechanical fields; (iii) image-based, patient-specific design of computational models; (iv) verification and validation of computational models on the molecular, cellular, tissue, and organ levels. The symposium will be held between August 29 and September 02, 2011 at Stanford University, California. It will feature five keynote speakers, approximately 40 invited speakers, and approximately 60 to 80 participants. This proposal will support undergraduates and young researchers to actively participate in the symposium through podium and poster presentations. Moreover, it will allow dissemination of their research activities in the hardcopy book of conference proceedings.This IUTAM symposium will have direct academic, scientific, and educational impact. Academically, it will establish and broaden the computational biomechanics community, create synergies, and reach out to scientists who have not traditionally been part of this community. Scientifically, it will identify new research directions and push frontiers in computational biomechanics with results made available to the broad public in the form of a hardcopy book of conference proceedings and a multiple-author expert review paper on challenges and advances in computer models in biomechanics. Educationally, it will encourage the participation of undergraduates and young researchers from underrepresented groups and institutions that are traditionally short of funding which will be crucial to strengthen the computational biomechanics community now and in the future.