International Workshop on Information Centric Engineering (ICE) in Nano Engineering and other Emerging Process Domains; Hersonissos, Crete, Greece; October 19-20, 2011

这笔赠款用于组织将于2011年10月19-20日在希腊克里特岛Hersonissos举行的信息中心工程(ICE)和网络技术国际研讨会。J.Cecil博士(俄克拉荷马州立大学，PI)和Herve Panetto博士(南希大学)将在由来自世界各地大学和工业组织的教职员工和研究人员组成的组织委员会的帮助下计划和主持这次研讨会。网络技术和协作技术对创新的工程方法和做法产生了重大影响。互联网技术和基于虚拟现实的工程方法的快速发展促进了这一被称为信息中心工程(ICE)的新的跨学科领域的发展。本次研讨会的目的是将领先的研究人员聚集在一起，在新兴和传统工程流程领域的背景下讨论ICE的挑战和机遇。这次ICE研讨会的目标包括：(I)评估和讨论以信息为中心的网络工程对纳米/微制造、生物医学工程和其他新兴工艺领域的最新技术和影响；(Ii)确定需要进一步研究的具体“瓶颈”领域，并在已确定的工艺领域的背景下探索未来ICE合作研究的想法，并随后编写与这些结果相关的白皮书，提交给NSF；以及(Iii)讨论创建先进的面向ICE的试验台和“合作实验室”，这将促进研讨会参与者之间更紧密的合作关系。这次研讨会旨在鼓励在与ICE有关的相关领域进行讨论。与信息相关的主题将包括：(A)IT框架与分布式计算体系结构和方法：与未来互联网设计相关的研究，特别是GENI倡议、云计算、语义技术和其他主题；(B)虚拟样机方法和技术：这将包括关于创新的虚拟样机方法的设计的讨论；与虚拟现实系统(视觉、触觉等)相关的新技术的出现；协作式沉浸式工程的框架等等。这两个ICE主题将在不同的工艺领域进行探讨，包括纳米/微制造、生物医学工程和其他新兴工艺领域。由来自大学和行业的研究人员组成的ICE研讨会组织委员会将负责整个组织，包括选择参与者和演讲者，并为成功举办这次研讨会提供支持。研讨会的参与者(包括教师、研究人员和博士生)将被挑选出来，以确保多样性和更广泛的参与。将鼓励妇女、非裔美国人、西班牙裔和其他代表性不足的群体参加。将举行由国际研究人员和参与者参加的论文介绍和小组讨论。计划的研讨会后活动包括向国家科学基金会提交白皮书报告和建议，以及制定计划以创建一个支持以信息为中心的工程研究和教育活动的国际“协作室”。会议文件和其他调查结果将通过会议和期刊论文传播。

This grant provides funding to organize an international workshop on Information Centric Engineering (ICE) and Cybertechnologies to be held on October 19-20, 2011, in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece. Dr. J. Cecil (Oklahoma State University, PI) and Dr. Herve Panetto (University of Nancy) will plan and conduct this workshop with the help of an organizing committee composed of faculty and researchers from universities and industrial organizations worldwide. The impact of cyber technologies and collaborative techniques on innovative engineering approaches and practices have been significant worldwide. Rapid advances in Internet technologies and Virtual Reality based engineering approaches have catalyzed the evolution of this new interdisciplinary field called "Information Centric Engineering" (ICE). This workshop's objectives are to bring together leading researchers to discuss the challenges and opportunities in ICE in the context of emerging and traditional engineering process domains. The objectives of this ICE workshop include: (i) Assess and discuss the state of the art and impact of information centric cyber engineering on nano/micro manufacturing, biomedical engineering and other emerging process domains; (ii) Identify specific "bottleneck" areas which need to be addressed by further research as well as explore ideas for future collaborative research in ICE in the context of identified process domains and subsequently develop white papers related to these findings for submission to NSF; and (iii) Discuss the creation of advanced ICE oriented Test Beds and "collaboratories" which will foster closer collaborative ties among workshop participants. This workshop seeks to stimulate discussion in the related areas that are relevant to ICE. The information related topics will include: (a) IT frameworks and distributed computing architecture and methods: relevant research related to future Internet designs with a specific emphasis on the GENI initiative, Cloud Computing, Semantic Technologies and other topics; (b) Virtual Prototyping approaches and technologies: this will encompass discussions on design of innovative Virtual Prototyping approaches; emergence of new technologies related to Virtual Reality systems (visual, haptic, etc); frameworks for collaborative immersive engineering, among others. These two ICE themes will be explored in the context of various process domains including Nano-/Micro-manufacturing, Bio Medical Engineering and other emerging process domains.An ICE workshop organizing committee comprising of researchers from universities and industry will be responsible for the overall organization including selection of participants, speakers and providing support to successfully conduct this workshop. The workshop participants (including faculty, researchers and doctoral students) will be selected to ensure diversity and broaden participation. Participation of Women, African American, Hispanic and other underrepresented groups will be encouraged. Paper presentations and panel discussions involving international researchers and participants will be held. The post workshop activities planned include submission of white paper reports and proposals to NSF and developing plans to create an international "collaboratory" to support research and educational activities in Information Centric Engineering. The session papers and other findings will be disseminated through conference and journal papers.