Speaker support for workshop on advances in molecular programming and computing

分子编程和计算进展研讨会的演讲者支持

• 批准号: 1340383
• 负责人: Erik Winfree
• 金额: $ 2.76万
• 依托单位: California Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-05-01 至 2014-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1340383&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Speaker; support; workshop; advances; molecular

Support is requested for the participation of ~15 researchers from US academic institutions for a three-day workshop, ``Advances in Molecular Programming and Computing: Toward Chemistry as a New Information Technology'', that aims to assess the current state, prospects, and challenges in this new research area. A similar number of researchers from European and Asian countries will be participating, supported by other funding sources. Participation from key industry representatives will also be encouraged.The objective of the workshop is to articulate a vision for the advancement of the information science and technology aspects of molecular chemistry and biochemistry, ranging from molecular devices to DNA nanotechnology to synthetic biology as well as related areas involving information processing and programmability within engineered (and natural) molecular / chemical / biological systems. The concrete goal is to bring this emerging frontier more prominently to the attention of both US and non-US funding agencies, to explore it from theoretical, scientific, technological, and application perspectives, and to provide an unbiased assessment of its potential and challenges that will inform future decision-making. Through a written report, published along with original research and opinion articles as a formal proceedings, the workshop will explore how chemical and biochemical substrates might emerge as a new information technology in the coming century, and help articulate the challenges, the potential, and the need for vigorous research activity in this area, with an emphasis on how researchers (and funding agencies) with deep experience in information science and technology will be integral to developing this frontier.Intellectual Merit: Molecular programming will provide new insights and solutions to grand challenges in biology, chemistry, materials science, and medicine. In manufacturing it will enable fabrication of complex products from the bottom-up (e.g., programmable materials and devices grown from molecules); in biological engineering it will bring deeper computer science principles to the design of programmable subsystems within living cells. The knowledge gained will clarify the relationship between computation and the physical world---how information can be stored and processed by molecules, the limits of what can be computed and fabricated, and how quickly computation or fabrication can be done for a given energetic cost. While molecular programming will leverage existing tools from computer science, control theory, electrical engineering, and bioengineering, it will also require new approaches to analyzing complex programs, circuits, and networks of molecules.Broader Impact: This workshop will expand the network of scientists and engineers working in molecular programming and bring together a diverse community of researchers who will, over time, build this field.

请求支持来自美国学术机构的约 15 名研究人员参加为期三天的研讨会，“分子编程和计算的进展：化学作为一种新的信息技术”，旨在评估当前的状态、前景、以及这个新研究领域的挑战。 来自欧洲和亚洲国家的类似数量的研究人员将在其他资金来源的支持下参与其中。 还将鼓励主要行业代表的参与。研讨会的目的是阐明分子化学和生物化学信息科学和技术方面进步的愿景，范围从分子器件到 DNA 纳米技术到合成生物学以及相关技术涉及工程（和自然）分子/化学/生物系统中的信息处理和可编程性的领域。 具体目标是让美国和非美国资助机构更加重视这一新兴前沿，从理论、科学、技术和应用角度对其进行探索，并对其潜力和挑战提供公正的评估将为未来的决策提供信息。 通过书面报告，与原始研究和观点文章一起作为正式程序发表，研讨会将探讨化学和生化底物如何在下个世纪作为一种新的信息技术出现，并帮助阐明挑战、潜力和该领域需要开展积极的研究活动，重点是在信息科学和技术方面拥有丰富经验的研究人员（和资助机构）如何成为发展这一前沿的组成部分。智力优势：分子编程将为重大挑战提供新的见解和解决方案在生物学、化学、材料科学、和医学。在制造方面，它将能够自下而上地制造复杂的产品（例如，从分子中生长出来的可编程材料和设备）；在生物工程领域，它将为活细胞内可编程子系统的设计带来更深入的计算机科学原理。 所获得的知识将阐明计算与物理世界之间的关系——分子如何存储和处理信息、计算和制造内容的限制，以及在给定的能量成本下可以多快地完成计算或制造。虽然分子编程将利用计算机科学、控制理论、电气工程和生物工程的现有工具，但它也需要新的方法来分析复杂的程序、电路和分子网络。 更广泛的影响：本次研讨会将扩大科学家和科学家的网络从事分子编程的工程师将多元化的研究人员聚集在一起，随着时间的推移，他们将构建这个领域。