Conference Grant: Student Travel Awards for the 15th International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE 2012). To be held May 22-25 at University of Wisconsin Madison

国际计算电子学研讨会（IWCE）涵盖了基于无机和有机材料的半导体和半导体器件中电子输运和光电过程的高级模拟的各个方面。科学计划包括邀请讲座，贡献会谈，和海报展示。该研讨会是在一个单一的会议格式举行，并打算成为一个国际论坛，讨论当前的趋势和未来的方向计算电子学。第15届计算电子国际研讨会（IWCE 2012）将于2012年5月22日至25日在威斯康星州大学举行。麦迪逊。近年来，IWCE社区在能量收集领域越来越活跃，特别是热电领域。因此，在IWCE 2012上，在研讨会之前，将于2012年5月21日至22日举行为期两天的“纳米结构中的声子动力学、传热和热电现象学校”。要求资助学生参加IWCE会议和声子学校。这笔赠款将用于发放学生旅行奖励，其中包括住宿和注册费，每名学生最高可达750美元。20名学生的奖励将由这笔赠款提供。在项目委员会对所有提交的摘要进行审查后，排名最高的学生摘要的作者将被选为旅行奖获得者。如果有多篇排名相似的摘要，则代表性不足的少数民族学生或女学生将优先获得旅行奖。IWCE 2012将特别关注与材料科学、物理学和能源应用有关的计算电子学前沿。三个焦点会议，只有邀请会谈，和声子学校将提供一个潜在的新的研究方向注入整个社会。在自旋电子学、纳米结构中的热输运和能源应用材料等方面有许多具有挑战性的计算工作要做。这次研讨会将作为一个起点，许多令人兴奋的途径和anevolution的主题所解决的计算电子社区。此外，IWCE非常关注热和热电现象，准备在传热和电子社区之间架起一座桥梁，这将加强双方在寻求纳米材料解决能源问题方面的作用。通过让学生参加会议，我们将帮助新一代的研究人员在他们的职业生涯早期走上舞台，并在同行和高级研究人员中得到认可。该补助金将使20名学生参加会议，从而提高学生的参与度，提高他们在专业社区的曝光率，并使他们的职业生涯长期受益。我们将确保妇女和代表性不足的少数民族科学家作为特邀演讲人参加活动。突出这些榜样将对女生和少数民族学生产生有益的影响，这些学生参加国际妇女教育协会的活动将得到这笔赠款的支持。

The International Workshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE) covers all aspects ofadvanced simulation of electronic transport and optoelectronic processes in semiconductorsand semiconductor devices based on both inorganic and organic materials. The scientificprogram consists of invited lectures, contributed talks, and poster presentations. The workshopis held in a single-session format and is intended to be an international forum for discussions onthe current trends and future directions of computational electronics. The 15th InternationalWorkshop on Computational Electronics (IWCE 2012) will be held between May 22 and May25, 2012 at the University of Wisconsin ? Madison. In recent years, the IWCE community hasbeen increasingly active in the field of energy harvesting, especially thermoelectrics. Therefore,at IWCE 2012 there will be a companion two-day "School on Phonon Dynamics, Heat Transfer,and Thermoelectric Phenomena in Nanostructures" held May 21-22, 2012 before the workshop.Funding is requested to support student participation at the IWCE conference and thePhonon School. The grant will be used to issue student travel awards that will cover lodgingand registration fees up to $750 per student. Awards for 20 students will be provided by thisgrant. Following the program committee's review of all submitted abstracts, authors of the topranked student abstracts will be selected as the travel award recipients. In the case of multiplesimilarly ranked abstracts, priority for the travel award will be given to an underrepresentedminority student or a female student.Intellectual merit. IWCE 2012 will draw particular attention to the frontiers of computationalelectronics that connect to materials science, physics, and energy applications. Three focussessions, with only invited talks, and the Phonon School will offer an infusion of potential newresearch directions for the whole community. There is a lot of challenging computational work tobe done in spintronics, thermal transport in nanostructures, and materials for energyapplications. This workshop will serve as a starting point for many exciting avenues and anevolution of the topics addressed by the computational electronics community. In addition, witha strong focus on thermal and thermoelectric phenomena, IWCE is poised to make a bridgebetween the heat transfer and electronics communities, which will strengthen both in the questfor nanomaterials solutions to energy problems.Broader impacts. By enabling students to take part in the conference, we will be help the newgenerations of researchers to come onto the stage early in their career and be recognized fortheir work among peers and senior researchers. This grant will enable 20 students to attend theconference, thereby increasing student participation, improving their exposure in theprofessional community, and benefiting their careers in the long term. We will ensureparticipation of women and underrepresented minority scientists as invited speakers at theevent. Prominence of these role models will have a beneficial effect on the female and minoritystudents whose participation at the IWCE will be supported by this grant.