2021 Workshop on Plasma Science Facility Networks

该奖项支持计划于2021年11月在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡举行的2021年等离子体科学设施网络研讨会的组织。研讨会将汇集等离子体科学和科学相关社区的代表，以解决以下问题：(1)建立和运营等离子体科学用户设施网络需要什么？可以利用、扩展或升级哪些设施或仪器？(2)拟议设施的估计用户群为何？现有设施的扩建或升级是否会增加用户基础或扩展到新的等离子体科学或其他子领域？(3)管理等离子体科学用户设施网络透明和有效运行的最佳实践是什么？(4)网络如何扩大对用户设施的访问，特别是少数民族服务机构和主要本科院校？研讨会参与者将被确定，并将在研讨会会议日期之前通过虚拟会议或市政厅开始准备对上述问题的结构化回答。研讨会的演讲将通过网络直播，并有机会与非现场参与者进行在线评论和问答。举办本次研讨会是为了响应美国国家科学院等离子体2020年十年调查和其他最近的社区报告提出的建议，这些报告倡导在等离子体科学设施网络上进行机构间和方案间合作，以利用和最大限度地发挥其科学和方案影响。研讨会的目标是讨论在等离子体科学子领域范围内建立和运营等离子体科学用户设施网络的机遇和挑战。讲习班将就上述问题编写一份报告，并打算在科学杂志上发表该报告或经过适当修改的版本。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

This award supports organization of the 2021 Workshop on Plasma Science Facility Networks planned to be held in November, 2021 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The workshop will bring together representatives of the plasma science and scientifically related communities to address the following questions: (1) What is required to establish and operate a network of plasma science user facilities? What facilities or instrumentation can be leveraged, expanded or upgraded? (2) What is the estimated user base for the proposed facilities? Will expansions or upgrades to existing facilities increase the user base or expand to new plasma science or other sub-fields? (3) What are the best practices for managing transparent and effective operation of user facility networks for plasma science? (4) How can networks broaden access to user facilities, specifically to Minority Serving Institutions and Primarily Undergraduate Institutions?The workshop participants will be identified and will begin to prepare structured responses to the above questions well ahead of the workshop meeting dates via virtual meetings or townhalls. The workshop presentations will be webcast with the opportunity for online commentary and questions and answers with offsite participants. This workshop is being held in response to recommendations made by the National Academies Plasma 2020 Decadal Survey and other recent community reports which have advocated for inter-agency and inter-program collaboration on networks of plasma science facilities in order to leverage and maximize their scientific and programmatic impact. The goal of the workshop is to discuss the opportunities and the challenges associated with establishing and operating networks of plasma science user facilities across the spectrum of plasma science sub-fields. The workshop will produce a report addressing the above questions and will aim to publish the report or some appropriately modified version in a scientific journal.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.