US-Pakistan: 36th International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs: Islamabad, Pakistan 27th June - 8th July, 2011

美国-巴基斯坦：第 36 届国际 Nathiagali 物理与当代需求暑期学院：巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡 2011 年 6 月 27 日至 7 月 8 日

• 批准号: 1134698
• 负责人: Talat Rahman
• 金额: $ 4万
• 依托单位: The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-06-01 至 2017-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1134698&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Pakistan; 36th; International; Nathiagali

1134698 This is a request for support for U.S. scientists participation in the ?36th International Nathiaghali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, Islamabad, Pakistan, June 27-July 8, 2011. The US organizer is Dr. Talat Rahman, Chair, Department of Physics at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. The Pakistani organizer is Dr. Riazuddin, Director, National Center for Physics, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad. INSC is attended by scientists and graduate students. The speakers are generally from the United States and Western Europe, and participants come from regional developing countries including China, countries in South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa as well as Pakistan. A major objective is to facilitate and encourage collaborations between researchers in physics.Intellectual Merit: The summer college topics include, in addition to particle physics, two of the most current and timely areas of science and development namely quantum information, and nanomaterials and photovoltaics. The presentations cover experiments as well as theory/simulation and application. The discussions of nanotechnology allow scientists from developing countries and advanced countries to work at the forefront of science and technology and, because it has some aspects of low cost, also offer applications in vital areas such as renewable energy. The School has a long track record of effectiveness in bringing high-level scientific presentations and exchange of information on important contemporary topics to students and scientists from Pakistan and the surrounding region. The PI plans to maintain an environment conducive to participation by students, and to use funds quite effectively to bring several US researchers and students to Pakistan, and to put them in touch with Pakistani researchers. Past record indicates that the proposed activity has been a major success story with several collaborations having been initiated, and students exchanged between the U.S. and Pakistan.Broader impacts: There is a track record of successful interaction and collaboration between US and foreign scientists as a result of these Summer Schools. The conference is becoming an incubator of collaborations between US and Pakistani institutions. Several US scientists had success stories of the conference, visiting Pakistan, interacting first-hand with its researchers, getting to know the people and the culture and thus changing their view of the region. They have witnessed the same transformation in other faculty and students participating at the conference. Several past participants have later obtained funding from NSF and from other U.S. sources for collaborative research. The summer school is clearly valuable for students and scientists of Pakistan and other developing countries. It brings together scientists from the US / Western Europe and Pakistan where they can discuss the latest developments in science and technology and exchange ideas about the methodology of reaching out to students and trainees. The informal setting of interaction is excellent for exchange of information and creating bridges for cultural understanding.

1134698请求支持美国科学家参加2011年6月27日至7月8日在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡举行的第36届国际纳提亚加利物理与当代需求暑期学院。美国组织者是奥兰多中佛罗里达大学物理系主任塔拉特·拉赫曼博士。巴基斯坦的组织者是伊斯兰堡Quaid-i-Azam大学国家物理中心主任Riazuddin博士。参加iNSC的有科学家和研究生。演讲者一般来自美国和西欧，与会者来自包括中国在内的地区发展中国家、南亚、中东和北非国家以及巴基斯坦。主要目标是促进和鼓励物理研究人员之间的合作。智力上的优点：除了粒子物理，暑期大学的主题还包括两个最新和最及时的科学和发展领域，即量子信息，以及纳米材料和光伏。演示内容包括实验、理论/模拟和应用。纳米技术的讨论使发展中国家和发达国家的科学家能够走在科学技术的前沿，因为它具有低成本的某些方面，还提供了在可再生能源等重要领域的应用。该学院在向巴基斯坦和周边地区的学生和科学家提供高水平的科学报告和交流有关当代重要主题的信息方面有着长期有效的记录。PI计划保持有利于学生参与的环境，并相当有效地使用资金，将几名美国研究人员和学生带到巴基斯坦，并让他们与巴基斯坦研究人员接触。过去的记录表明，拟议的活动是一个重大的成功故事，已经启动了几个合作项目，并在美国和巴基斯坦之间交换了学生。广泛的影响：由于这些暑期学校，美国和外国科学家之间有成功互动和合作的记录。这次会议正在成为美国和巴基斯坦机构合作的孵化器。几位美国科学家讲述了这次会议的成功故事，他们访问了巴基斯坦，与研究人员进行了第一手互动，了解了那里的人民和文化，从而改变了他们对该地区的看法。他们在参加会议的其他教职员工和学生身上也见证了同样的变化。几个过去的参与者后来从NSF和其他美国来源获得了合作研究的资金。暑期班显然对巴基斯坦和其他发展中国家的学生和科学家很有价值。它汇集了来自美国/西欧和巴基斯坦的科学家，他们可以在那里讨论科学和技术的最新发展，并就接触学生和受训人员的方法交换意见。非正式的互动环境非常有利于交流信息和建立文化理解的桥梁。