Conference Proposal: Student and Junior Faculty Support for the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) 2021

2021年可持续系统与技术国际研讨会（ISSST）将于2021年6月21日至25日举行。ISSST的程序将遵循这样的理念，即复杂的可持续性问题的解决方案将通过跨学科的方法来实现。自然科学家，工程师，社会科学家，行业代表和政策制定者之间的思想交叉授粉被编程，以促进社会面临的重大挑战的可持续解决方案的发展。ISSST 2021将突出四个主题：（1）可持续发展的计算工具，将数据科学和机器学习的新兴方法引入新的数据集和决策;（2）可持续发展的新兴理念，促进环境和社会评估工具的创新以及社区参与;（3）大系统、建筑和基础设施、交通、能源，突出高影响力技术系统的前沿研究;以及（4）废物管理、生命周期评估和可持续性，研究当前管理系统的规模和环境影响，以及创新如何促进更循环的低碳经济。会议还将举办特别会议，让与会者参加教育会议，研讨会，交流和专业技能发展。会议将突出技术系统的社会层面和拟议的工程解决方案。社会公平、差别准入和影响以及环境正义将在2021年会议的所有四个主题中占据突出地位。预计多场会议还将讨论COVID-19疫情对生产和消费、污染以及关键基础设施系统的影响。一组不同的成员将通过虚拟论文和海报演示以及正式和非正式讨论分享他们在可持续发展科学和工程方面的工作。所有会议都将现场直播，作者将开放访问数字期刊Figshare上的出版物。会议还将有各种全体会议/主旨发言人。所有这些都将为参与者提供一个讨论愿景、教育方法、挑战的场所，并为教育工作者和学生提供机会，以全面的方式接触可持续发展的研究经验。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

The 2021 International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) will be held virtually June 21-25, 2021. Proceedings at ISSST will follow the philosophy that the solutions to complex sustainability issues will be achieved via trans-disciplinary approaches. Cross-pollination of ideas among natural scientists, engineers, social scientists, industry representatives, and policy makers are programmed to facilitate the development of sustainable solutions to the grand challenges facing society. ISSST 2021 will highlight four themes: (1) Computational tools for sustainability, bringing emerging methods in data science and machine learning to novel data sets and decision-making; (2) Emerging ideas for sustainability, fostering innovations in environmental and social assessment tools and community engagement; (3) Large-scale systems, buildings and infrastructure, transportation, and energy, highlighting cutting-edge research on high-impact technological systems; and (4) Waste management, life cycle assessment, and sustainability, examining the scale and environmental implications of current management systems and how innovations could promote a more circular, low-carbon economy. The conference will also host special sessions to bring participants together in educational sessions, workshops, communications, and professional skills development. The conference will highlight the social dimensions of technological systems and proposed engineering solutions. Social equity, differential access and impacts, and environmental justice will be prominent across all of the four themes of the 2021 conference. Several sessions are also expected to address the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on production and consumption, pollution, and critical infrastructure systems. A diverse group of members will share their work in sustainability science and engineering through virtual paper and poster presentations, as well as formal and informal discussions. All sessions will be live broadcasted and authors will have open access to the publications on the digital journal, Figshare. The conference will also feature a variety of plenary/keynote speakers. All of this will provide participants a venue for discussing visions, educational approaches, challenges, as well as provide educators and students opportunities to gain exposure to research experience on sustainability in a holistic manner.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.