Workshop: International Workshop on Bio-inspired Methods and Large Scale Structural Monitoring; Tokyo, Japan; July 11-12, 2010

该项目将支持美国年轻研究人员和学生参加将于2010年7月11日至12日在日本东京举行的生物启发方法和大规模结构监测国际研讨会。桥梁、建筑、管道等大型民用基础设施系统的监测需要庞大的传感网络和广泛的传感器数据处理。现在已知生物系统采用高度复杂的传感器和数据处理来几乎毫不费力地维持其运行，因此可以从这些系统中学到很多东西来管理和监测大型土木结构。研讨会的重点是确定高优先级的新兴研究课题，这些课题可以用于开发大型民用基础设施系统的生物监测系统。它还将确定研究人员可以追求的合作研究主题和机制，以利用不同国家的资源。研讨会将促进国际研究人员之间的思想、研究数据、设备和资源的交流，以解决结构健康监测中共同关心的紧迫研究问题。该项目包括年轻研究人员和研究生的大力参与。

This project will support the travel of US young researchers and students to participate in the International Workshop on Bio-inspired Methods and Large Scale Structural Monitoring to be held in Tokyo, Japan on July 11-12, 2010. The monitoring of large civil infrastructure systems such as bridges, building, pipelines, etc. requires large sensing network and extensive sensor data processing. The biological systems are now known to employ highly sophisticate sensors and data processing to maintain their operation almost effortlessly and thus much can be learned from these systems to manage and monitor large civil structures. The focus of the workshop is to identify the high priority emerging research topics that can be pursued to develop bio-inspired monitoring systems for large scale civil infrastructure systems. It will also identify the collaborative research topics and mechanism that can be pursued by researchers to leverage the resources of different countries. The workshop will facilitate the exchange of ideas, research data, facilities, and resources among the international researchers to address the pressing research issues of common interest in structural health monitoring. The program includes a strong participation of young researchers and graduate students.