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

美国国家科学基金会纳米科学和工程受赠人会议：纳米技术进展将于2017年12月12-13日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿举行。现在已经是第17个年头了，该会议每年举行一次，以突出目前获得资助的项目的研究和教育活动。这次会议汇集了来自学术界、工业界和政府部门的研究人员、教育工作者和从业人员，分享进展、讨论挑战并探索新的合作机会。今年的会议聚焦于基础纳米技术和基础设施、重大挑战以及纳米制造领域的学科融合。除了这些主题的主旨演讲外，会议还包括围绕主要主题展开的小组讨论，展示当前研究的海报会议，以及多种网络机会。会议支持传播赠款资助的研究成果，促进新的探索途径的构思，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。纳米技术作为提高公众对科学和纳米技术教育看法的一个组成部分，也是讲习班的一个组成部分。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。议程包括大数据的纳米级建模/模拟和使用，基于纳米技术的设备和系统的设计，以及纳米级系统中的二维材料和量子现象，以及纳米中心的更新。第二天的议程集中在重大挑战和融合方面的进展，特邀演讲者和小组成员介绍了制造网络和纳米技术、跨学科的先进纳米生物制造融合以及类脑认知系统。在大脑启发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的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，并分享对未来20年的远见想法。在视频和网络上描绘纳米技术研究和开发的最佳实践工作午餐是一个亮点。会议最后讨论了纳米技术的教育和社会方面，小组讨论了纳米技术沉浸在公众对科学的认知中，纳米技术和融合技术的社会方面，以及教育中的融合。

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.