Workshop on Complex Interacting Systems for a Sustainable Future

摘要建议标题：NSF关于复杂交互系统促进可持续未来的研讨会建议编号：CTS-0646894主要调查者：Timothy J.Anderson研究所：佛罗里达大学分析(决策的理由)：这项建议将为组织和参加NSF关于“促进可持续未来的复杂交互系统”的研讨会提供资金。可持续发展领域包括广泛的学科，可持续工业必须考虑产品的整个生命周期、工业过程对环境、能源消耗、材料利用和人类社会背景的最广泛影响。在系统一级存在一个创新的研究机会，以解决这些相互作用的基础设施问题，这将是本次研讨会的核心主题。支持能力包括在解决复杂问题方面的最新进展，增加传感器的部署和先进的数据收集，以及在建模方面的进展，以更准确地描述组成部分(如地下水流动、全球能源需求、政策决策的整合等)。将在佛罗里达大学举办为期三天的讲习班，以满足可持续性方面的关键研究需要，并为工程局内新兴前沿的可持续性研究提供路线图。讲习班的目标包括确定强调系统一级可持续性要求的基础科学和工程学。可持续发展的核心主题将指导这次讨论：可持续能源、清洁水供应、环境保护、原料保证以及人力资源和社会因素。这项研究的更广泛影响将通过讨论国家和全球技术可持续发展决策来实现，包括政府、行业和学术领袖。研讨会将寻求在可持续发展领域建立机构间联邦联系。国际社会对这次会议的参与可能会很大。将以协调一致的方式处理教育问题、公共政策问题，以及与面临环境灾难可持续性关键问题的社区的接触。研讨会正在进行的活动将包括NSF新兴前沿工作组、专业学会会议和产学研合作组织。将建立一个网站，并将在2007年初提供初步文件和讲习班报告。

AbstractProposal Title: An NSF Workshop on Complex Interacting Systems for a Sustainable FutureProposal Number: CTS - 0646894Principal Investigator: Timothy J. AndersonInstitution: University of FloridaAnalysis (rationale for decision): This proposal would fund the organization and participation in the NSF workshop on "Complex Interacting Systems for a Sustainable Future". The field of sustainability encompasses a wide range of disciplines, and a sustainable industry must consider the full life cycle of products, the broadest impact of an industrial processes on the environment, energy consumption, materials utilization, and the human social context. An innovative research opportunity exists at the systems level to address these interacting infrastructures, which would be the core theme of this workshop. The enabling capabilities include recent advances in solving complex problems, the increased deployment of sensors with advanced data collection, and advances in modeling that more accurately describe components (such as ground water flow, global energy demands, integration of policy decisions, etc.). A three-day workshop would be conducted at the University of Florida to address critical research needs in sustainability and to provide a road map for research on sustainability for emerging frontiers within the Directorate of Engineering. The goals of the workshop include identification of the fundamental science and engineering that underlines the systems-level requirements for sustainability. A core of topics addressing sustainability will guide this discussion: sustainable energy resources, clean water supplies, environmental preservation, feedstock assurances, and human resources and social factors.The broader impacts of the research will be achieved through discussion of national and global technological sustainability decisions that include government, industry, and academic leaders. The workshop will seek to develop interagency Federal links in the area of sustainability. International participation in the meeting is likely to be significant. Educational issues, public policy issues, and outreach to communities facing critical issues regarding sustainability in the face of environmental disasters will be addressed in a concerted manner. Dissemination of the workshop's ongoing activities will include the NSF emerging frontiers working groups, professional society meetings, and industry-university partnership organizations. A website will be created, and preliminary documents as well as workshop report will be avaiable in early 2007.