Workshop on Modeling Sustainable, Resilient, and Robust Infrastructure Systems

为了支持NSF/ENG的研究创新新兴前沿（EFRI）弹性和可持续基础设施（RESIN）项目组合，所有八个RESIN项目团队以及来自全国各地的其他受邀者将于2011年11月17日至18日在伊利诺斯州香槟市召开会议，以(i)最终确定关键基础设施系统的可持续性、弹性和稳定期（SRR）的总体指标。并且（ii）促进跨各种应用环境的基础设施系统建模中这些综合度量的实现。另一个主要目标是制定策略，以克服在RESIN项目中常见的关键概念和计算障碍。次要目标是协调RESIN的教育和推广活动，并讨论未来的机会和RESIN社区的前进道路。在研讨会上，每个RESIN团队将做报告，总结他们迄今为止的建模工作。应邀的专家将提供新的概念和更广泛的定义，以增加讨论的广度和深度。分组会议将针对特定主题（即，SRR的度量、建模和工程含义，以及教育、推广和未来的研究机会）举行。本次研讨会通过推进新的工程标准和指导方针，以实现基础设施系统的可持续性、弹性和稳健性，旨在对跨多个工程学科的基础设施系统建模产生重大影响。讲习班的材料将被记录下来（例如通过录象、录音），并可在会议网站上永久下载。可交付成果包括(i)提交给NSF的研讨会报告，其中包括分组会议的总结；（ii） SRR跨学科定义的最终总结论文；（iii）总结SRR概念/定义在各种基础设施环境中的定量应用的技术报告和/或汇编的书籍章节。

ABSTRACTIn support of NSF/ENG's Emerging Frontiers in Research Innovation (EFRI) Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructures (RESIN) portfolio of projects, all eight RESIN project teams as well as other invitees from across the nation will convene at Champaign, Illinois on November 17-18, 2011 in order to (i) finalize overarching metrics for sustainability, resilience, and robustness (SRR) of critical infrastructure systems, and (ii) promote implementation of these synthesized metrics in infrastructure system modeling across various application contexts. Another principal objective is to strategize on means to overcome critical conceptual and computational barriers that are common across RESIN projects. Secondary objectives are to coordinate RESIN educational and outreach activities, and to discuss future opportunities and a path forward for the RESIN community. At the workshop, each RESIN team will make presentations summarizing their modeling efforts to date. New concepts and broader definitions will be provided by invited experts to provide additional breadth and depth to the discussion. Breakout sessions will be held on specific topics (i.e., metrics, modeling, and engineering implications of SRR, and education, outreach and future research opportunities). This workshop, via the advancement of new engineering standards and guidelines for achieving sustainability, resilience and robustness in infrastructure systems, is targeted to have a significant impact on infrastructure system modeling across multiple engineering disciplines. The workshop materials will be documented (e.g., via videotaping, voice recording) and will be available for downloading permanently at the conference website. The deliverables include (i) a workshop report to NSF including a summary of breakout sessions, (ii) a finalized summary paper of interdisciplinary definitions of SRR, and (iii) a technical report and/or compiled book chapters that summarize the quantitative applications of SRR concepts/definitions in various infrastructure contexts.