NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conference, December 12-13, 2017

美国国家科学基金会纳米科学与工程受助人会议：纳米技术的进展将于2017年12月12日至13日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿举行。今年是第十七个年头，该会议每年举行一次，以突出当前资助项目的研究和教育活动。会议汇集了来自学术界、工业界和政府部门的研究人员、教育工作者和实践者，分享进展，讨论挑战，并探索新的合作机会。今年的会议聚焦于纳米技术的基础和基础设施、重大挑战以及纳米制造学科的融合。除了这些主题的主题演讲外，会议还包括扩展主要主题的小组讨论，展示当前研究的海报会议，以及多种交流机会。该会议支持资助研究成果的传播，促进探索新途径的构想，促进许多学科的进步，包括公共卫生和医学、环境科学、网络安全、材料和制造业。纳米技术是提高公众对科学认识的一个组成部分，纳米技术教育也是研讨会的一个组成部分。会议还为NSF项目主任提供了与主要研究人员讨论的机会。会议的第一天包括关于基础纳米技术和基础设施进展的主题演讲和小组讨论。会议议程包括纳米级建模/模拟和大数据的使用、基于纳米技术的设备和系统的设计、纳米级系统中的二维材料和量子现象，以及纳米中心的最新进展。第2天的议程侧重于重大挑战和融合方面的进展，邀请演讲者和小组成员介绍制造网络和纳米技术，先进的纳米生物制造跨学科融合以及类脑认知系统。在以大脑为灵感的计算硬件架构和脑机接口，以及神经和突触功能的纳米设备重建方面具有专业知识的小组成员将讨论纳米技术如何为类脑计算做出贡献，并分享未来20年的远见。一个关于在视频和网络上描述纳米技术研究和发展的最佳实践的工作午餐是一个亮点。会议以纳米技术的教育和社会方面结束，并就纳米技术在公众科学认知中的沉浸、纳米技术和融合技术的社会方面以及教育中的融合进行了小组讨论。

The National Science Foundation's Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conference: Progress in Nanotechnology will be held December 12-13, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Now in its seventeenth year, the conference is held annually to highlight the research and education activities of currently-funded projects. The conference brings together researchers, educators, and practitioners from academic, industry, and government sectors to share progress, discuss challenges, and explore new opportunities for collaboration. This year's conference focuses on foundational nanotechnology and infrastructure, grand challenges, and convergence of disciplines in nanomanufacturing. In addition to keynote presentations on these topics, the conference features panel discussions expanding on the main topics, poster sessions presenting current research, and multiple networking opportunities. The conference supports dissemination of grant-funded research results and fosters ideation of new avenues of exploration, promoting advances in many disciplines including public health and medicine, environmental science, cybersecurity, materials, and manufacturing. Nanotechnology as a component of improving the public perception of science and nanotechnology education is also a component of the workshop. The conference also affords NSF program directors opportunities for discussions with principal investigators.Day 1 of the conference includes keynotes and panel discussions on Progress in Foundational Nanotechnology and Infrastructure. The agenda includes nanoscale modeling/simulation and use of big data, nanotechnology-based devices and systems by design, and two-dimensional materials and quantum phenomena in nanoscales systems, along with updates from nano-centers. The Day 2 agenda focuses on Progress in Grand Challenges and Convergence, with invited speakers and panelists presenting on manufacturing networks and nanotechnology, advanced nano-biomanufacturing convergence across disciplines, and brain-like cognitive systems. Panelists with expertise in brain-inspired computing hardware architecture and brain-machine interfaces, and nano device re-creation of neural and synaptic functions will discuss how nanotechnology contributes to brain-like computing and share visionary ideas for the next twenty years. A working lunch on best practices when portraying nanotechnology research and development in video and on the web is a highlight. The conference closes with educational and societal aspects of nanotechnology, with panel discussions on nanotechnology immersion in the public perception of science, societal aspects of nanotechnology and converging technologies, and convergence in education.