Travel Support for US Researchers to Attend an International Meeting on Synergy with and Learning from Nature; Istanbul, Turkey; October 20-22, 2011

该奖项为12名美国研究人员提供差旅支持，以参加关于与自然协同作用和向自然学习的国际会议。将于2011年10月20日至22日在土耳其伊斯坦布尔举行。会议的目标是将不同的研究界聚集在一起，确定将促进工程和物理科学以及生命科学方面的知识的研究领域。具体地说，会议将集中讨论与自然协同并向自然学习的工程系统的理解和设计。这次会议由欧洲科学基金会(ESF)、土耳其科学技术委员会(TUBITAK)、日本科学技术厅(JST)、台湾国家科学委员会(NSC)和韩国机械材料研究所(KIMM)共同主办。来自世界各地的专家将出席会议。会议的一个关键成果将是一项国际研究议程，旨在帮助资助机构优先投资于先进传感器和基于传感器的决策和控制领域的研究资金。会议的次要成果将是鼓励妇女和少数群体参与这一科学和工程领域。

This award provides travel support for 12 United States researchers to attend an international meeting on ?Synergy with and Learning from Nature? to be held on October 20-22, 2011, in Istanbul, Turkey. The goal of the meeting is to bring together diverse research communities to identify research areas that will advance knowledge both in engineering and physical sciences as well as in life sciences. Specifically, the meeting will focus on the understanding and design of engineering systems that are in synergy with and learning from nature. The meeting is co-sponsored by the European Science Foundation (ESF), the Turkish Science and Technology Council (TUBITAK), the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC), and the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM). It will be attended by experts from all over the world.A key outcome of the meeting will be an international research agenda designed to help funding agencies to prioritize the investment of their research funds in the area of advanced sensors and sensor-based decision making and control. A secondary outcome of the meeting will be encouragement to women and minorities to become involved in this area of science and engineering.