Conference: Chemical Sensing Innovation: Harnessing Recent Advances in Biological, Physical, Chemical and Data sciences for Engineering Next Generation Electronic Noses

该项目将组织和主办一次讲习班，以确定与化学传感有关的潜在汇聚加速器轨道的参数和子要素。这项工作的核心是让科学家和用户群体聚集在一起，设想如何最好地利用化学科学传感研究的进展，特别是关注与生物嗅觉、材料科学、生物电子和制造、基因工程、AI/ML/数据科学相关的领域之间的融合，以定义受使用启发的方法，从而为多种应用开发传感器。包括疾病诊断、国土安全、环境监测。预计拟议的讲习班将有助于确定一个轨道的试点工作，因为它可以促进若干应用的开发，包括疾病诊断、国土安全、环境监测。如果将这些见解落实到轨道上，可能会对将与嗅觉电路有关的科学研究转化为具有高选择性和灵敏度的便携式检测器/传感器产生革命性影响。该研讨会的工作计划包括在线构思、利益相关者虚拟会议和面对面的综合。一个特别的重点将是将来自不同领域的研究人员和用户社区聚集在一起，包括气候变化和环境监测、国土安全、农业。来自不同联邦机构以及行业的代表也将成为研讨会组织团队的一部分。这将带来来自不同领域和用户社区的专家的观点，这反过来将导致确定许多领域存在翻译研究机会的关键领域，如生物嗅觉、神经形态计算和材料科学。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will organize and host a workshop to identify the parameters and sub-elements for a potential Convergence Accelerator track related to chemical sensing. The core of this effort is to engage and bring together scientists and user communities together to envision how best to leverage the advances in chemical science sensing research, focusing especially on the convergence between areas related to biological olfaction, material science, bioelectronics and manufacturing, genetic engineering, AI/ML/Data Science, to define use inspired approaches that could lead to development of sensors for several applications. including diagnosis of diseases, homeland security, environmental monitoring. The proposed workshop is expected to help identify pilot efforts for a track in that it can facilitate development of several applications, including diagnosis of diseases, homeland security, environmental monitoring. These insights, if implemented in a track, could have transformative impacts on the translation of scientific research related to olfactory circuits into portable detectors/sensors with high selectivity and sensitivity. This workshop effort plans include online ideation, virtual meetings of stakeholders, and in-person synthesis. A particular focus will be on bringing together researchers and user communities from different segments including climate change and environmental monitoring, homeland security, agriculture. Representatives from different federal agencies as well as industry will also be part of the workshop organizing teams. This will bring in perspectives from experts in disparate fields and user communities and this, in turn, will lead to identification of key areas where opportunities for translational research exists at the intersection of many fields such as biological olfaction, neuromorphic computing, and materials sciences.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.