Workshop/Collaborative Research: Computational Mechanics Vision and Future Challenges; Ann Arbor, Michigan; October 31 to November 1, 2019

该补助金为将于2019年10月31日至11月1日在密歇根大学安阿伯校区举行的题为“计算力学愿景和未来挑战”的研讨会提供支持。计算力学是一个不同的领域，有不同的方法和技术，用于解决各种应用领域的基本和重要问题。由于预测计算建模在已建立和新兴的研究领域中的不断需求，计算力学在许多未来的科学发展中起着关键作用。然而，它面临着新的挑战和机遇，包括人工智能、复杂基础设施、增材制造以及对健康的新的紧迫关注。这就产生了一个重大的需要，以确定未来的挑战和研究和教育的机会，在这些领域面临的计算力学社区。本次研讨会的目的是征求和综合方向的计算力学研究和教育在美国在未来十年及以后。在为期一天半的研讨会上，来自计算力学领域的众多顶尖专家将齐聚一堂，以互动的方式讨论如何应对数据驱动建模/机器学习、增材制造、基于风险和不确定性的工程以及医学等领域的新挑战。我们将通过各种手段确保不同观众的参与，包括专门针对妇女和代表性不足的少数民族和早期职业专业人士，沿着职业中期和高级教师以及来自行业和政府的代表，使所有利益相关者参与计算力学社区的未来方向。研讨会的成果将是一份报告，其中包括对NSF和更大的计算力学领域的建议，该报告将在学术界、政府和工业界广泛传播。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This grant provides support for the workshop entitled "Computational Mechanics Vision and Future Challenges", to be held on October 31-November 1, 2019 at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Computational mechanics is a diverse field with different methodologies and techniques that are used to solve fundamental and important problems in various application areas. Because of the constant need for predictive computational modeling in both established and newly emerging research fields, computational mechanics plays a key role in many future scientific developments. However, it faces new challenges and opportunities from the rise to prominence of artificial intelligence, complex infrastructure, additive manufacturing as well as a newly urgent focus on health. This has created a significant need to identify the future challenges and research and educational opportunities facing the computational mechanics community in these areas. The objective of this workshop is to solicit and synthesize directions for computational mechanics research and education in the United States over the next decade and beyond. Funding from this grant will support planning activities, production of a report, and travel of invited participants.In this one-and-a-half-day workshop, leading experts across a wide cross-section of the computational mechanics community will convene in an interactive setting to discuss ways to address emerging challenges in the areas of data-driven modeling/machine learning, additive manufacturing, risk and uncertainty-based engineering, and medicine. We will ensure the participation of a diverse audience through various means, including specifically targeting women and underrepresented minorities and early career professionals, along with mid-career and senior faculty and representatives from industry and government, such that all stakeholders participate in the future directions of the computational mechanics community. The product of the workshop will be a report with recommendations for NSF and the larger computational mechanics field, which will be widely disseminated across the spectrum of academia, government, and industry.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.