Conference Proposal - Integrative Smart Sensing using Non-Classical Behavior in Biology

越来越多的证据表明，量子力学行为在某些生物功能中起着重要作用。 例子从植物的光合作用到动物的磁感受。 对生命系统中发现的量子和其他非经典行为的解释，为创造新的、非传统的生物传感技术提供了可能性，这些技术可以超越我们目前的检测能力来监测我们的周围环境。 约翰霍普金斯大学（在空军科学研究办公室的支持下）将举办为期两天的题为“深入了解非经典传感”的研讨会，探讨这一新兴领域的机遇和挑战。 本次研讨会是生物功能中的非经典行为的后续：智能传感研讨会的潜力阿灵顿，弗吉尼亚州于2018年4月12日至13日举行。 讲习班的结果将向公众散发和提供。传感器技术的研究长期以来一直集中在基于“经典”化学、电磁和机械模态的转导平台上。 尽管这些传感器平台中的许多已经成功部署，但是基于非经典（例如，应探讨和发展各种方式。 生物学中的非经典行为和智能传感交叉点的探索可用于理解自然界中的新现象，并为监测生命系统与环境的相互作用提供新的机会。 因此，非常希望对生物学和智能传感中的综合量子和其他非经典现象进行更具互动性的讨论。 本次研讨会的总体目标是聚集一群不同的，世界级的科学领导人：（1）审查该领域迄今为止的进展;（2）探索识别新的量子生物学行为和其他非经典现象所需的先进工具和技术;（3）确定智能传感器中出现的非经典行为的挑战和潜在方法;以及（4）建立一个社区，分享想法、资源和技术，以应对研讨会上确定的挑战，并教育和培训该领域的下一代研究人员。 研讨会由著名学者和研究人员领导，包括一系列小组讨论（邀请简短发言），然后与所有与会者进行深入讨论。 产出将是一份讲习班报告，公众可在网站上查阅，并作为一份出版的报告。 虽然量子生物学的研讨会和专题讨论会越来越多，但拟议的研讨会更深入地探讨了与测量/检测生物学中这种量子现象的实施有关的问题。 我们希望，本次研讨会将启动和激发关于将量子和其他非经典效应与智能传感相结合的讨论，并启动对潜在影响和及时量子技术需求的研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

There is an increasing body of evidence that quantum mechanical behavior plays non-trivial roles in certain biological functions. Examples range from photosynthesis in plants to magnetoreception in animals. Incorporating quantum and other non-classical behaviors found in living systems opens the possibility of creating novel, non-traditional biosensing technologies that can sense beyond our current detection capabilities to monitor our surroundings. Johns Hopkins University (with support from also the Air Force Office of Scientific Research) is to convene a 2-day workshop entitled "Getting a Deeper Sense for Non-Classical Sensing", which will explore the opportunities and challenges of this nascent field. This workshop is a follow up to the Non-Classical Behaviors in Biological Functions: Potential for Smart Sensing Workshop held Arlington, VA on April 12-13, 2018. The findings of the workshop will be disseminated and accessible to the public. Research in sensor technology has been long focused on transduction platforms based on "classical" chemical, electromagnetic, and mechanical modalities. Despite the fact that many of these sensor platforms have been successfully deployed, alternatives sensors systems based on non-classical (e.g., quantum) modalities should be explored and developed. The exploration at the intersection of non-classical behavior in biology and smart sensing can be used to understand new phenomena in nature as well as offer new opportunities for monitoring living system interactions with its environment. It is, thus, highly desired to have a more interactive discussion on integrative quantum and other non-classical phenomena in biology and smart sensing. The overarching goals of this workshop are to assemble a group of diverse, world-class scientific leaders to: (1) review the progress to date in the field; (2) explore advanced tools and techniques need to identify novel quantum biology behavior and other non-classical phenomena; (3) identify challenges and potential approaches for the incorporation of non-classical behavior appearing in smart sensors; and (4) develop a community to share ideas, resources, and technologies to address challenges identified through the workshop as well as to educate and train the next generation of researchers in this area. Led by leading scholars and researchers, the workshop consists of a series of panels (invited short presentations) followed by in-depth discussions with all the participants. The output will be a workshop report that will be accessible to the public on a website and as a published report. While there has been increasing number of workshops and symposia in quantum biology, the proposed workshop probes more deeply into issues relating toward the implementation of measuring/detecting such quantum phenomena in biology. We expect that this workshop will initiate and stimulate the discussion on integrating quantum and other non-classical effects in biology with smart sensing and initiating research toward potential impactful and timely quantum technology needs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.