U.S.-China Workshop on Environmental Monitoring for Public Health

美国-中国关于环境监测促进公共卫生和灾难恢复的研讨会将于2012年8月7日至8日在安徽黄山中国举行。研讨会将包括一次主旨演讲、一次立场文件会议、一次小组会议、五次技术会议和一次总结会议。将有大约20名美国人和20名中国人参加。此次研讨会的目的是让美国和中国在环境监测领域的专家汇聚一堂，促进和保持美国和中国在该领域的互利研究和教育合作。通过无线传感和网络技术，大规模环境监测系统为实现这些目标提供了重大承诺。研讨会的主题包括基础传感、网络微积分理论、新型传感器体系结构和协议，以及上述应用的支持平台和技术。研讨会可以为这一领域的基础研究突破创造大量机会，从而产生国际研究和教育影响。研讨会预计将为公众健康和灾难恢复制定环境监测研究议程；确定新的环境监测研究问题、挑战、潜在解决方案和未来方向；并组建5至7个小组，审查环境监测中的独特主题。这些理论、架构和协议将为主动、以患者为中心的医疗保健和实时灾难恢复提供新的平台。所有研讨会的研究主题、讨论和结果都将在网上公布。特别鼓励女性和少数族裔教职员工在研讨会上展示他们的研究成果。

The US-China workshop on environmental monitoring for public health and disaster recovery will be held at Yellow Mountains, Anhui, China on August 7-8, 2012. The workshop will include one keynote speech session, one position papers session, one panel session, five technical sessions, and one summary session. There will be approximately 20 US participants and 20 Chinese participants. The objective of this workshop is to bring together experts in the field of environmental monitoring from the U.S. and China, and to promote and sustain mutually beneficial research and education collaboration between the U.S. and China in this field. Via wireless sensing and network technologies, large-scale environmental monitoring systems offer major promise to realize these goals. Workshop topics include foundational sensing, network calculus theory; novel sensor architectures and protocols; and supporting platforms and technologies for the above applications. The workshop can foster substantial opportunities for fundamental research breakthroughs in this field that can bring about international research and educational impacts. The workshop anticipates establishing a research agenda for environmental monitoring for public health and disaster recovery; identify new environmental monitoring research problems, challenges, potential solutions, and future directions; and form five to seven teams that will examine unique topics in environmental monitoring. These theories, architectures, and protocols will enable novel platforms for proactive, patient-centric healthcare and real-time disaster recovery. All workshop research topics, discussions, and outcomes will be presented online. Female and minority faculty are especially encouraged to present their research at the workshop.