Symposium Swimming in Nature; July 6-11, 2014, Boston, MA

水生生物不仅在水中游泳，它们还利用其他生物和物体产生的流动模式来定位自己、捕捉猎物、寻找配偶和节省能源。为了了解动物是如何使用和感知流动的，科学家必须将流体动力学、感觉和运动研究结合起来。近年来，水上运动的流体动力学分析和神经力学在方法学上取得了很大的进展。这次研讨会将促进和加强在跨学科研究的令人兴奋的前沿领域的专业知识交流。这次研讨会将使研究人员聚集在一起，整合跨多个系统(桡足类、水母、鱼类)、组织层面(从流动动力学到感觉系统到肌肉力学)和方法(计算建模、流动分析、机器人)的研究。通过将所有这些领域和学科的专家聚集在一起，研讨会将使与会者能够更好地了解依赖流量感知和流量使用的复杂行为背后的机制。研讨会的目的是提供一个想法的综合，同时突出新兴研究人员的工作。四场研讨会各有两场由高级讲者主讲，三场由初级同事主讲。高级演讲者将提供广泛的背景，并为所有跨学科的参与者建立共同的基础理解。演讲者被选中提供尚未汇集在一起的学科和专门知识，也不太可能在通常的年度会议上汇集起来。这次研讨会将汇集对流体-结构相互作用和流动传感感兴趣的科学家，他们从许多不同的角度来研究这个问题，从海洋学到机器人学。研讨会将在分组讨论、网络会议和协调讨论研究机会和局限性的过程中提供更多的参与机会。会议记录和出版物将用于传播讲习班成果。

Aquatic organisms not only swim in water, they use the flow patterns generated by other organisms and objects to orient themselves, to catch prey, to find mates, and to save energy. To understand how animals use and sense flow scientists must integrate fluid dynamical, sensory, and locomotory research. In recent years, fluid dynamic analysis and neuromechanics of aquatic locomotion have made large methodological progress. This symposium will facilitate and enhance the exchange of expertise at an exciting frontier of cross-disciplinary research. This symposiums will bring researchers together to integrate research across multiple systems (copepods, jellyfish, fish), organizational levels (from flow dynamics to sensory systems to muscle mechanics) and approaches (computational modeling, flow analysis, robotics). By bringing together experts in all these areas and disciplines, the symposiums will enable participants to better understand the mechanics behind complex behaviors that rely on flow sensing and flow use. The symposium is designed to offer a synthesis of ideas while highlighting the work of emerging investigators. Each of four symposium sessions comprises two talks by senior speakers and three talks by junior colleagues. Senior speakers will provide a broad context and build a shared foundational understanding for all the participants across disciplines. The speakers have been selected to offer a mix of disciplines and expertise that has not yet been brought together and that is unlikely to be assembled at the usual annual meetings. The symposium will bring together scientists who share an interest in fluid-structure interaction and flow sensing, yet come at this problem from many different angles, ranging from oceanography to robotics. Additional engagement opportunities at the symposium will be provided during breakout discussions, networking sessions, and coordinated discussions of research opportunities and limitations. Conference proceedings and publications will be used to disseminate the workshop outcomes.