WORKSHOP: From Macro to Nano: Challenges and Opportunities in Integrative Complex Systems Engineering; Arlington, VA

本提案的目的是举办一个主题为“从宏观到纳米：综合复杂系统工程的挑战和机遇”的研讨会。本次研讨会将尝试根据共同线索定义广泛集成的复杂系统，帮助ECS部门将未来的资金计划和倡议集中在研究和教育领域，这将使系统研究的重要领域取得进展。集成的复杂系统，配置为信息收集设备网络，被视为应对广泛的社会挑战的关键，包括与全球变暖、医疗保健、交通、制造业生产力、环境质量和国土安全相关的挑战。这种系统将把以个人通信和万维网为代表的电子连接扩展到由环境直接提供的信息。知识价值和更广泛的影响：研讨会论文集将突出综合系统的挑战，并将确定未来十年的关键研究课题。研讨会将定义什么是宏观、微观和纳米系统，并将确定支持这些系统的一些关键示例。本次研讨会的成果将有助于确定ECS分部未来的信息系统重点领域，新的信息系统研究课题将影响跨学科和信息系统教育。并将提供新的和额外的机会，鼓励更多的年轻人从事科学和工程方面的职业。

The objective of this proposal is to have a workshop on the subject of "From Macro to Nano: Challenges and Opportunities in Integrative Complex Systems Engineering". This workshop will attempt to define broadly integrative complex systems in terms of common threads, helping the ECS Division to focus future funding programs and initiatives in research and education in areas that will enable progress in the important areas of systems research. Integrated complex systems, configured as networks of information-gathering devices, are viewed as critical in meeting a broad range of societal challenges, including those associated with global warming, health care, transportation, manufacturing productivity, environmental quality, and homeland security. Such systems will extend the electronic connectivity represented by personal communications and the worldwide web to information provided directly by the environment.Intellectual merit and broader impact: The workshop proceedings will highlight the challenges of integrative systems, and will define key research topics for the coming decade. The workshop will define what are the macro, micro, and nano systems and it will identify some key examples in support of these systems. The outcome of this workshop will help define future areas of IS emphasis for the ECS Division and the new IS research topics will impact the interdisciplinary and IS education. And will provide new and additional opportunities for encouraging more of our young people to pursue careers in science and engineering.