Symposium Swimming in Nature; July 6-11, 2014, Boston, MA

水生生物不仅在水中游泳，它们还利用其他生物和物体产生的水流模式来确定自己的方向、捕捉猎物、寻找配偶和节省能量。为了了解动物如何使用和感知流，科学家必须将流体动力学、感觉和运动研究结合起来。近年来，水生运动的流体动力学分析和神经力学在方法上取得了很大进展。本次研讨会将促进和加强跨学科前沿研究领域的专业知识交流。本次研讨会将把研究人员聚集在一起，整合跨多个系统（桡足类、水母、鱼类）、组织层面（从流动动力学到感觉系统到肌肉力学）和方法（计算建模、流动分析、机器人）的研究。通过汇集所有这些领域和学科的专家，研讨会将使与会者能够更好地理解依赖于流量感知和流量使用的复杂行为背后的机制。研讨会的目的是提供一个综合的想法，同时突出新兴研究者的工作。每期四场研讨会由两场资深讲者讲座及三场初级讲者讲座组成。资深演讲者将提供一个广泛的背景，并为所有跨学科的参与者建立一个共享的基础理解。被选中的发言者提供了尚未汇集的学科和专业知识，这些学科和专业知识不太可能在通常的年度会议上汇集。研讨会将汇集对流体结构相互作用和流量传感感兴趣的科学家，但从许多不同的角度来解决这个问题，从海洋学到机器人。研讨会的其他参与机会将在分组讨论、网络会议和研究机会和局限性的协调讨论中提供。会议记录和出版物将用于传播讲习班的成果。

Aquatic organisms not only swim in water, they use the flow patterns generated by other organisms and objects to orient themselves, to catch prey, to find mates, and to save energy. To understand how animals use and sense flow scientists must integrate fluid dynamical, sensory, and locomotory research. In recent years, fluid dynamic analysis and neuromechanics of aquatic locomotion have made large methodological progress. This symposium will facilitate and enhance the exchange of expertise at an exciting frontier of cross-disciplinary research. This symposiums will bring researchers together to integrate research across multiple systems (copepods, jellyfish, fish), organizational levels (from flow dynamics to sensory systems to muscle mechanics) and approaches (computational modeling, flow analysis, robotics). By bringing together experts in all these areas and disciplines, the symposiums will enable participants to better understand the mechanics behind complex behaviors that rely on flow sensing and flow use. The symposium is designed to offer a synthesis of ideas while highlighting the work of emerging investigators. Each of four symposium sessions comprises two talks by senior speakers and three talks by junior colleagues. Senior speakers will provide a broad context and build a shared foundational understanding for all the participants across disciplines. The speakers have been selected to offer a mix of disciplines and expertise that has not yet been brought together and that is unlikely to be assembled at the usual annual meetings. The symposium will bring together scientists who share an interest in fluid-structure interaction and flow sensing, yet come at this problem from many different angles, ranging from oceanography to robotics. Additional engagement opportunities at the symposium will be provided during breakout discussions, networking sessions, and coordinated discussions of research opportunities and limitations. Conference proceedings and publications will be used to disseminate the workshop outcomes.