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），美国空军研究实验室（AFRL）、美国国家标准与技术研究院（NIST）和美国国家科学基金会（National Science Foundation）于2015年夏天发起了一项大挑战。 材料科学与工程数据挑战赛的目标是展示如何使用现有的数字材料数据来推动材料行为新模型的开发，沿着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文件的形式提交他们的结果。比赛于2016年3月31日结束，选出六个获奖团体在2016年10月23日至27日在犹他湖城举行的材料科学技术（MS T）2016会议上展示他们的研究成果。该奖项支持旅行和注册，以便Grand Challenge的获胜者能够参加MS T，并在为比赛组织的特别研讨会上展示他们的发现。Grand Challenge的获胜者将向超过3，000名与会者的多元化国际观众展示他们的成果。大挑战赛的获胜者的参与将使他们与材料基因组计划的国家目标相关的重要发现在材料科学和工程领域的学生，专业人士和思想领袖的广泛参与的会议上得到广泛传播。

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.