U.S.-India Workshop: Distributed Development of the Principles and Applications of Digital Fabrication

该奖项支持将于2009年8月在浦那举行的美国-印度联合研讨会，主题是数字制造原理和应用的分布式开发。麻省理工学院比特和原子中心主任Neil Gershenfeld教授是此次研讨会的首席研究员，并与印度东道主、坎普尔印度理工学院(IIT-K)激光技术化学系和中心DeBabrata Goswami博士共同组织了这次研讨会。数字制造的研究类似于早期的通信和计算的数字化，通过功能系统的程序化组装将数字世界的可编程性带到物理世界。数字计算、通信和制造的交叉，反过来又意味着大量的小型实验室可以共同解决曾经局限于较少精英机构的研究问题。这次研讨会将寻求为重大挑战项目制定研究建议，这些项目可以通过这种方式解决，可能会提供更广泛的参与、更好的本地融合和更高的效率。未来的主题包括打印功能系统、用于医疗保健和环境的分析仪器、社区IT基础设施、辅助医疗技术、能源转换、遥感和教育基础设施。研讨会将与FAB5、第五届国际FAB实验室论坛和数字制造研讨会一起于8月17-21日在印度浦那举行。这是制造实验室网络中研究和社区参与者的全球聚会，该网络由美国国家科学基金会支持的麻省理工学院比特和原子中心推广计划发展而来。

0941547GershenfeldThis award supports a joint US?India workshop, to be held August 2009 in Pune, on distributed development of the principles and applications of digital fabrication. Professor Neil Gershenfeld, Director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms is the lead investigator and co-organizer of the workshop with Indian host, Dr. Debabrata Goswami, Department of Chemistry & Centre for Laser Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K). The study of digital fabrication is analogous to the earlier digitization of communication and computation, bringing the programmability of the digital world to the physical world through programmed assembly of functional systems. The intersection of digital computing, communications, and fabrication, in turn means that large numbers of small labs can collectively tackle research problems that were once limited to fewer elite institutions. This workshop will seek to develop research proposals for grand-challenge projects that can be addressed in this way, possibly offering broader participation, better local integration, and greater efficiency. Prospective topics include the printing of functional systems, analytical instrumentation for healthcare and the environment, community IT infrastructure, assistive medical technologies, energy conversion, remote sensing, and educational infrastructure.The workshop will be held in conjunction with FAB5, the Fifth International Fab Lab Forum and Symposium on Digital Fabrication, in Pune, India, August 17-21. This is a global gathering of both research and community participants in the fab lab network, which grew from an NSF-supported outreach program of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms.