An International Workshop on the Genome of Stone-based Civil Infrastructure Materials, Beijing, China, 2016

有证据表明，人类基因组的成功绘制可能会彻底改变癌症和精神障碍等疾病的治疗方法。 在工程材料的研究和开发中也设想了类似的概念。材料基因组计划（MGI）于2011年在美国启动，旨在开发材料创新基础设施，并激励材料设计文化的变革。材料“基因组”可以根据材料组成、微观结构和固有缺陷来描述，并且可以通过多尺度的材料表征方法来确定。基于测量的材料基因组，然后可以建立多尺度力学模型，以评估材料基因组对材料性能的影响。随着高性能计算方法和工具的可用性，基于材料的实际成分和微观结构的多尺度模型可以帮助加快材料设计过程，同时减少财务投资和劳动力成本。材料基因组研究的最终目标是通过合理的方法设计出具有所需性能的材料。这一问题尚未解决的金属材料，并可能是更具挑战性的解决石材为基础的民用基础设施材料，如水化水泥混凝土，沥青混凝土，骨料，和人类增强土壤。这些工程混合天然合成材料对社会的可持续发展非常重要，对经济和环境都有重大的潜在影响。将人类基因组的概念扩展到物质基因组会引起一些问题，包括：（i）什么是物质基因组？(ii)如何识别材料基因组并评估材料基因组对材料性能的影响？以及，（iii）了解材料基因组将如何加速材料设计的发现和创新？ 2016年将在中国北京科技大学举办一个国际研讨会，邀请世界领先的石基民用基础设施材料研究人员和教育工作者参加，制定一个路线图，帮助及时回答这些问题。关于石基民用基础设施材料基因组的国际讲习班的目的是：㈠审查和更新与金属和石基材料基因组有关的最新研究和发展; ㈡查明开展国际合作的技术障碍; ㈢促进建立一个国际财团，以查明石基材料基因组;以及（iv）为研究和教育制定路线图，以确定和建立材料基因组与石基基础设施材料的性质之间的关系。该研讨会将为美国参与者提供一个与中国和欧洲研究人员建立合作伙伴关系的机会。

Evidence suggests that the successful mapping of the human genome may revolutionize the treatment of cancers and mental disorders amongst other ailments. A similar concept has been conceived for research and development in the study of engineering material. The Material Genome Initiative (MGI) which began in the United States in 2011 is seeking to develop a material innovation infrastructure and to incentivize a change in material design culture. The material "genome" can be described in terms of the material composition, the microstructure, and the inherent defects and can be determined by material characterization methods at multiple scales. Based on the measured material genome, multiscale mechanical models can then be established to evaluate the influence of the material genome on material properties. With the availability of high performance computational methods and tools, multiscale models based on actual composition and the microstructure of materials can help to speed up the material design process with a minimum of financial investment and labor costs. The ultimate goal of the material genome research is to be able to design materials of desired properties and performance by rational approaches. This has not yet been resolved for well-understood metallic materials and may be even more challenging to address for stone-based civil infrastructure materials, such as hydrated cement concrete, asphalt concrete, aggregate, and human-augmented soil. These engineered hybrid natural-synthetic materials are important for the sustainable development of society, with significant potential impacts on both the economy and the environment. Expanding concepts from the human genome to the material genome raises a number of questions, including: (i) what is the material genome? (ii) how can one identify the material genome and evaluate the influence of the material genome on material properties? and, (iii) how will understanding the material genome speed up discovery and innovation in material design? An international workshop will be held at the University of Science and Technology in Beijing, China in 2016 that will include the world's leading researchers and educators in stone-based civil infrastructure materials to develop a roadmap to help answer these questions in a timely manner. The purpose of the international workshop on The Genome of Stone-based Civil Infrastructure Materials is to: (i) review and update the latest research and developments related to the genome of metallic and stone-based materials; (ii) identify technical barriers to developing international collaborations; (iii) promote the establishment of an international consortium for the identification of the genome for stone-based materials; and (iv) develop a roadmap for research and education in identifying and establishing a relationship between the material genome and the properties of stone-based infrastructure materials. The workshop will provide US participants an opportunity to develop partnerships for future interactions with Chinese and European researchers.