Symposium on the Materials Science and Engineering Data Challenge at Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) 2016; Salt Lake City, Utah; 23-27 October 2016

为了响应材料基因组计划(MGI)，2015年夏天，通过空军研究实验室(AFRL)、国家标准与技术研究所(NIST)和国家科学基金会的合作，发起了一项大挑战。材料科学与工程数据挑战赛的目标是展示如何利用现有的数字材料数据来推动新材料行为模型的开发，以及新材料成分或创新工艺的发现。大挑战的参与者被要求以技术论文的形式提交他们的结果。竞赛于2016年3月31日结束，六个获奖小组被选为2016年10月23日至27日在犹他州盐湖城举行的材料科学与技术(MS&amp；T)2016大会上展示他们的研究成果。该奖项支持旅行和注册，使大挑战赛的获胜者能够参加MS&amp；T并在为比赛组织的特别研讨会上展示他们的发现。大挑战赛的获胜者将向超过3000名参赛者的不同的国际观众展示他们的结果。大挑战的获胜者的参与将使他们能够在材料科学和工程领域的学生、专业人员和思想领袖参加的会议上广泛传播他们与材料基因组倡议的国家目标相关的重要发现。

In response to the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), a Grand Challenge was launched in the summer of 2015 through a partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the National Science Foundation. The goal of the Materials Science and Engineering Data Challenge is to demonstrate how existing digital materials data can be used to advance the development of new models of materials behavior along with discovery of novel material compositions or innovative processes. Participants of the Grand Challenge were asked to submit their results in the form of a technical paper. The competition was closed on March 31, 2016 and six winning groups were selected to present their research findings at the Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) 2016 conference, to be held from October 23-27, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah. This award supports travel and registration to enable the winners of the Grand Challenge to attend MS&T and present their findings at a special symposium organized for the competition.Winners of the Grand Challenge will present their results to a diverse, international audience of more than 3,000 attendees. Participation by the winners of the Grand Challenge will enable widespread dissemination of their important findings related to the national goals of the Materials Genome initiative at a well-attended conference of students, professionals, and thought leaders in the field of materials science and engineering.