Workshops: Systems and Modeling Advances; 2011 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference; Atlanta, Georgia; January 4, 2011

该奖项的目标是在2011年由NSF土木、机械和制造创新部门（CMMI）赞助的NSF工程研究和创新会议上进行为期一天的三次研讨会。这些研讨会的首要主题是对系统和建模中的基本问题的调查，其目标是确定需要进一步研究的知识差距。工程设计热点专题研讨会将进一步推进系统工程的基础理论，通过检查基于模型的设计，以价值为中心的适应性设计，并在系统工程过程下建立严格的基础。本次研讨会的研究是大型复杂系统设计中研究基本问题的重要研究项目的必要步骤。受生物、能源、环境和信息科学启发的动力系统新方向研讨会将进一步推进不确定性量化（UQ）和数据驱动动力系统（DDDS）；生物力学/仿生学的动力系统和能量产生/分配系统；并确定动力系统研究的新方向。力学与材料多尺度建模研究的挑战与机遇研讨会（M4），旨在获得力学与材料多尺度建模领域的系统理论基础，这是科学严谨的，而不是目前主要是启发式的方法。这些研讨会将产生旨在显著推进系统和建模各自领域的研究议程。每一个研讨会都将通过邀请来自不同文化背景的研究人员和实践者来加强，并将为一些研究生提供旅行津贴，从而使这些未来的研究人员能够用他们所在领域最新和最尖端的见解来构建他们的研究。此外，每个研讨会确定的主题在能源、国防、制造业等众多领域都具有广泛而深远的影响——这些都被确定为下个世纪的重大挑战。每个研讨会对每个领域的现有实践和未来研究潜力的批判性调查表明，在这些领域影响工业实践的巨大可能性。讲习班将鼓励有关社区的相互作用，由各自领域的思想领袖作报告，强调讨论和相互作用，并鼓励研究生参与。每个研讨会将产生一份报告，该报告将提供完整和平衡的讨论结果，以及收集关键研究问题和研究建议方向，以供将来考虑。此外，研讨会的成果将通过演讲、会议论文和期刊文章传播。

The objective of this award will be to conduct three one day workshop in conjunction with the 2011 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference sponsored by NSF's Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI). The overarching theme of these workshops is the investigation of fundamental questions in systems and modeling, with the goal of identifying knowledge gaps that require further research pursuit. The Hot Topics in Engineering Design Workshop will further advance the fundamental theory of systems engineering through examination of model-based design, value-centric design for adaptability, and by placing a rigorous footing under systems engineering processes. The investigation embodied in this workshop is a necessary step in a major research program examining fundamental issues in the design of large complex systems. The Workshop on New Directions in Dynamical Systems Inspired by Biological, Energy, Environmental, and Information Sciences, will further advance uncertainty quantification (UQ) and data driven dynamical systems (DDDS); dynamical systems in biomechanics/biomimetics, and energy generation/distribution systems; and identify new directions for research in dynamical systems. The Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities for Research in Multiscale Modeling in Mechanics and Materials (M4), aims to attain a systematic rationale, which is scientifically rigorous, to the field of multiscale modeling in mechanics and materials, as opposed to the present approaches that are largely heuristic in nature. These workshops will produce research agenda aimed at significantly advancing the respective fields in systems and modeling.Each of these workshops will be strengthened by inviting a culturally diverse group of researchers and practitioners, and will offer travel stipends to a number of graduate students as well, thereby enabling these researchers of the future to frame their research with the latest and most cutting-edge insights in their field. Additionally, the topics identified by each workshop have broad and sweeping impact across numerous fields, from energy, to defense, to manufacturing - all identified as Grand Challenges for the next century. The critical investigations of each workshop into existing practice and potentials for future research in each area, suggest tremendous possibilities for impacting industrial practice across these fields. The workshops will encourage interaction of the communities involved, with presentations by thought leaders in the respective fields, emphasis on discussion and interaction, and encouragement of participation by graduate students. Each workshop will produce a report that will provide a complete and balanced result of discussions, along with a collection of key research questions and research proposal directions for future consideration. Additionally, results from the workshops will be disseminated through presentations, conference papers, and journal articles.