Workshop on 'Frontiers in Electronics' (WOFE-13)) to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 17-20, 2013

目的：拟议的项目寻求财政支持，以支持将于2013年12月17日至20日在波多黎各圣胡安举行的电子前沿研讨会（WOFE-13）相关的会议组织费用。智力优势：本次电子前沿研讨会（WOFE-13）将汇集专注于电子设备和电路研究与开发前沿的研究人员。本次研讨会将是一个特别的论坛，聚集了来自学术界、工业界和政府机构的一些最具创造力的头脑和领先的专家，以回顾电子领域的最新进展。研讨会将包括广泛的主题，如纳米电子学，宽带隙技术，紫外光子学和太赫兹电子学。本次会议为社区提供了一个分享最先进的技术发展，激发新的想法，探索/促进新的合作的特殊机会。更广泛的影响：会议旨在汇集来自学术界，政府和工业界的国际研究人员，评估当前电子和光子学的最先进水平。会议将通过分享成果、方法、激发新想法和发起新的合作来推动这些领域的发展。WOFE-2013将特别注意吸引学生和年轻教师，特别强调邀请妇女和代表性不足的少数民族成员。 WOFE-13的论文集将发表在《International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems》的特刊上，并将以精装书的形式出版。

Objective: The proposed project seeks financial support for support conference organization expenses related to Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics (WOFE-13) to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 17-20, 2013. Intellectual Merit: This Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics (WOFE-13) will bring together researchers focused on the frontiers of electronic device and circuit research and development. This workshop will be a special forum to gather some of the most creative minds and leading experts from academia, industry, and government agencies, to review the most recent advances in electronics. The workshop will include a wide range of topics such as nanoelectronics, wide band gap technology, UV photonics, and Terahertz electronics. This meeting offers a special opportunity for the community to share state-of-the-art technological developments, stimulate new ideas, and explore/promote new collaborations.Broader Impact: The meeting aims to bring together international researchers from academia, government and industry to assess the current state-of-the-art of electronics and photonics. The meeting will help to advance these fields through sharing of results, methods, inspiring of new ideas, and initiation of new collaborations. WOFE-2013 will pay special attention to attracting students and young faculty with special emphasis to inviting women and members of the under representative minorities. Proceedings of WOFE-13 will appear in the Special Issue of International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems and will also be published as a hard cover book.