U.S.-Brazil Frontiers of Science and Engineering Symposium

该奖项将有助于支持由美国国家科学院（NAS）和美国国家工程院（NAE）与巴西国家科学院合作组织的第一届美国-巴西科学与工程前沿研讨会（USBFOS&amp；E）。该研讨会将于2014年初在巴西举行，旨在促进科学和工程学科之间的交流与合作，并加强早期职业科学家和工程师之间的网络。这将是第一次有年轻科学家和工程师参加的双边前沿会议，也是第一次在拉丁美洲举行的会议。预计将有来自美国和巴西的60-70名杰出的早期职业科学家和工程师（双方各30-35人）参加并出席本次研讨会。由来自美国和巴西的联合主席领导并由其他成员组成的项目组织委员会将确定主题和演讲者。研讨会的形式将包括正式会议，演讲者将介绍前沿研究和新兴技术，并有多种机会在科学和工程领域进行非正式互动。在其他地区举行的类似专题讨论会促进了跨学科和国际合作，并成为美国许多新兴研究和创新前沿的参考点。来自美国科学院和科学院的报告将发布在NAS和NAE-FOE网站上。

This award will help to support the first U.S.-Brazil Frontiers of Science and Engineering Symposium (USBFOS&E) organized by the National Academy of Science (NAS) and the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), respectively, in partnership with the National Academy of Sciences of Brazil. The symposium, to be held in Brazil in early 2014, is designed to facilitate exchange and collaboration across scientific and engineering disciplines and to enhance networks among early-career scientists and engineers. This would be the first bilateral Frontiers meeting involving both young scientists and engineers at the same meeting, and will also be the first to be held in Latin America. About 60-70 outstanding early-career scientists and engineers from the United States and Brazil (30-35 from each side) are expected to participate and attend this symposium. A program organizing committee, led by co-chairs from the U.S. and Brazil and consisting of additional members, will identify topics and speakers. The symposium format will include formal sessions with presentations by speakers on leading edge research, emerging technologies, and with multiple opportunities for informal interactions across science and engineering fields. Similar symposia in other regions have fostered interdisciplinary and international collaborations, and have served as a reference point for many of the emerging frontiers in research and innovation in the U.S. Presentations from the USBFOS&E will be posted on the NAS and NAE-FOE web sites.