Celebration of 100 Years of Superconductivity; Support for an International Workshop in Bath

为了纪念1911年H. Kamerlingh Onnes发现超导一百周年，我们于2011年5月在巴斯吸引了一个主要的ESF超导研讨会。为期3天的介观超导和涡旋成像研讨会已经获得了ESF研究网络项目纳米科学与超导工程（NES） 3万欧元的核心支持。根据ESF的规定，这笔资金应该用于支付资助（或相关）欧洲国家科学家的当地费用。该提案寻求EPSRC的适度投资，以支持来自欧洲以外的另外七位世界领先的主题讲师，使本次会议能够为未来在该领域具有高影响力的英国研究制定真正的国际议程。所有提议的主题演讲者都是公认的超导专家，并被选中对该领域最重要的当代问题给出他们独特的观点，从最新的实验结果中寻求解决这些问题，以及未来最令人兴奋的研究方向。我们还要求资金部分支付额外10名EPSRC博士生的当地费用，使我们能够支持参加ESF NES项目的13个英国小组中每个小组至少一名学生。他们接触到该领域的最新思想和实验，并有机会向公认的国际研究领导者展示他们的研究成果，这将使他们受益匪浅。除了为未来英国在该领域的高影响力研究制定议程外，会议还将展示英国在学术界和工业部门超导材料的物理和应用方面目前世界领先的工作。新的超导材料和设备具有非常强大的潜力，有助于解决能源分配和碳排放、健康和医疗诊断以及安全等领域当前国家面临的几个关键挑战。EPSRC的支持将在所有研讨会和宣传材料中得到充分肯定。

To coincide with the centenary of the discovery of superconductivity by H. Kamerlingh Onnes in 1911 we have attracted a major ESF superconductivity workshop to Bath in May 2011. The 3-day workshop on Mesoscopic Superconductivity and Vortex Imaging has already been awarded Euro30k of core support by the ESF Research Network Programme Nanoscience and Engineering in Superconductivity (NES) . Under ESF rules this funding should be used to cover the local costs of scientists from contributing (or associated) European countries. This proposal seeks a modest EPSRC investment to support seven additional world-leading keynote lecturers from outside Europe, allowing this meeting to be able to set a truly international agenda for future high impact UK research in the area. All the proposed keynote speakers are recognised experts in superconductivity and have been selected to give their unique perspectives on the most important contemporary problems in the field, the results from the latest experiments seeking to address these and the most exciting research directions for the future. We also request funds to partially cover the local costs of 10 additional EPSRC PhD students, allowing us to support at least one student from each of the 13 UK groups participating in the ESF NES Programme. These stand to benefit immeasurably from their exposure to the latest ideas and experiments in the field as well as the opportunity to present their research work to recognised international research leaders. In addition to setting the agenda for future high impact UK research in the field the meeting will serve as a showcase for current world-leading UK work on the physics and applications of superconducting materials, both in academia and the industrial sector. New superconducting materials and devices have very strong potential for contributing towards solutions to several key current national challenges in the areas of energy distribution & carbon emissions, health & medical diagnosis and security. EPSRC support will be fully acknowledged in all workshop and publicity materials.