U.S.-Brazil Frontiers of Science and Engineering Symposium

该奖项将有助于支持由美国国家科学院(NAS)和国家工程院(NAE)分别与巴西国家科学院合作举办的首届美国-巴西科学与工程前沿研讨会(USBFOS&AMP；E)。该研讨会将于2014年初在巴西举行，旨在促进科学和工程学科之间的交流与合作，并加强早期职业科学家和工程师之间的网络。这将是第一次有青年科学家和工程师参加的双边前沿会议，也将是第一次在拉丁美洲举行的会议。预计将有来自美国和巴西的约60-70名杰出的早期科学家和工程师(双方各30-35名)参加并参加本次研讨会。一个由来自美国和巴西的联合主席领导并由其他成员组成的项目组织委员会将确定主题和演讲者。研讨会的形式将包括由演讲者就前沿研究、新兴技术以及科学和工程领域的多种非正式互动进行演讲的正式会议。其他地区的类似研讨会促进了跨学科和国际合作，并成为美国许多新兴研究和创新前沿的参考点。USBFOS和AME的报告将在NAS和NAE-FOE网站上发布。

This award will help to support the first U.S.-Brazil Frontiers of Science and Engineering Symposium (USBFOS&E) organized by the National Academy of Science (NAS) and the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), respectively, in partnership with the National Academy of Sciences of Brazil. The symposium, to be held in Brazil in early 2014, is designed to facilitate exchange and collaboration across scientific and engineering disciplines and to enhance networks among early-career scientists and engineers. This would be the first bilateral Frontiers meeting involving both young scientists and engineers at the same meeting, and will also be the first to be held in Latin America. About 60-70 outstanding early-career scientists and engineers from the United States and Brazil (30-35 from each side) are expected to participate and attend this symposium. A program organizing committee, led by co-chairs from the U.S. and Brazil and consisting of additional members, will identify topics and speakers. The symposium format will include formal sessions with presentations by speakers on leading edge research, emerging technologies, and with multiple opportunities for informal interactions across science and engineering fields. Similar symposia in other regions have fostered interdisciplinary and international collaborations, and have served as a reference point for many of the emerging frontiers in research and innovation in the U.S. Presentations from the USBFOS&E will be posted on the NAS and NAE-FOE web sites.