Celebration of 100 Years of Superconductivity; Support for an International Workshop in Bath

为了配合H.Kamerlingh Onnes在1911年发现超导电性一百周年，我们在2011年5月吸引了一个主要的ESF超导工作坊来到巴斯。为期3天的介观超导和涡旋成像研讨会已经获得了ESF超导纳米科学和工程研究网络计划(NES)30K欧元的核心支持。根据欧洲科学基金会的规定，这笔资金应用于支付贡献(或联系)欧洲国家的科学家的当地费用。这项提议寻求EPSRC的适度投资，以支持来自欧洲以外的另外七名世界领先的主旨讲师，使这次会议能够为未来英国在该领域的高影响力研究制定一个真正的国际议程。所有提议的主旨演讲者都是公认的超导专家，并被选中就该领域最重要的当代问题、寻求解决这些问题的最新实验结果以及未来最令人兴奋的研究方向提供独特的观点。我们还申请资金来支付额外10名EPSRC博士生的部分本地费用，使我们能够从参加ESF NES计划的13个英国团体中每个团体中至少资助一名学生。这些人将从他们接触该领域的最新想法和实验以及向公认的国际研究领袖展示他们的研究工作的机会中受益匪浅。除了为未来英国在该领域的高影响力研究制定议程外，会议还将展示当前英国在超导材料物理和应用方面的世界领先工作，无论是在学术界还是在工业部门。新的超导材料和器件在解决当前能源分配、碳排放、健康和医疗诊断以及安全领域的几个关键国家挑战方面具有非常强大的潜力。EPSRC的支持将在所有研讨会和宣传材料中得到充分认可。

To coincide with the centenary of the discovery of superconductivity by H. Kamerlingh Onnes in 1911 we have attracted a major ESF superconductivity workshop to Bath in May 2011. The 3-day workshop on Mesoscopic Superconductivity and Vortex Imaging has already been awarded Euro30k of core support by the ESF Research Network Programme Nanoscience and Engineering in Superconductivity (NES) . Under ESF rules this funding should be used to cover the local costs of scientists from contributing (or associated) European countries. This proposal seeks a modest EPSRC investment to support seven additional world-leading keynote lecturers from outside Europe, allowing this meeting to be able to set a truly international agenda for future high impact UK research in the area. All the proposed keynote speakers are recognised experts in superconductivity and have been selected to give their unique perspectives on the most important contemporary problems in the field, the results from the latest experiments seeking to address these and the most exciting research directions for the future. We also request funds to partially cover the local costs of 10 additional EPSRC PhD students, allowing us to support at least one student from each of the 13 UK groups participating in the ESF NES Programme. These stand to benefit immeasurably from their exposure to the latest ideas and experiments in the field as well as the opportunity to present their research work to recognised international research leaders. In addition to setting the agenda for future high impact UK research in the field the meeting will serve as a showcase for current world-leading UK work on the physics and applications of superconducting materials, both in academia and the industrial sector. New superconducting materials and devices have very strong potential for contributing towards solutions to several key current national challenges in the areas of energy distribution & carbon emissions, health & medical diagnosis and security. EPSRC support will be fully acknowledged in all workshop and publicity materials.