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The IEEE Nanotechnology News July 2003 Volume 1, Number 2

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The IEEE Nanotechnology News. News and information
for the worldwide Nanotechnology community.

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Editorial
(1) As the end of summer approaches, many in the community are looking
forward to IEEE NANO-2003 in San Francisco.

Technical Highlights
(2)Your submissions welcomed

Conference Announcements
(3) International Workshop on Quantum Dots for Quantum Computing
(4) IEEE Nanotechnology Conference
(5) European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design
(6) Sixth International Conference on New Phenomena in Mesoscopic
Systems, and Fourth International Conference on Surfaces and Interfaces
of Mesoscopic Devices

People
(7) Your submissions welcomed

Job Openings
(8)Your submissions welcomed

Classified Ads
(9) Your submissions welcomed

-------------------------- Editorial --------------------------

(1) As the end of summer approaches, many in the community are looking
forward to IEEE NANO-2003 in San Francisco, from Aug. 11 (tutorials)
to the 14th (http://ieeenano2003.arc.nasa.gov/). In an effort to put the
conference topics in some kind of perspective, let me discuss new initiatives in
nanoscience and technology by the DOE. At a recent visit to Oak Ridge
National Laboratory I was educated by Douglas Lowndes about the full
scope of the DOE's Office of Basic Energy Sciences programs. In fact,
the next day ORNL, with the help of Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham,
broke ground on their new Center for Nanophase Materials Science. This
is only part of a huge program to build major infrastructure at five national
laboratories. Each will have new facilities, now in the planning stages except
for the first to get started at Oak Ridge: Center for Functional Nanomaterials
(Brookhaven), Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (Sandia), Center for
Nanophase Materials Science (Oak Ridge), Center for Nanoscale Materials
(Argonne), and the Molecular Foundry Laboratory (Lawrence Berkeley).
(http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/)

The overlap between these activities and those of IEEE, as presented at
IEEE NANO-2003, is considerable. Molecular electronics, carbon nanotubes,
manipulation at the atomic level, DNA as an electronic material, etc. etc. will
inevitably play major roles in the development of future products and technologies.
IEEE's role in microelectronic materials, circuits and systems will continue to
be at the core of the nano-age as the interface to molecules and bio-systems
become reality. The term "nanotechnology" now encompasses chemistry,
biology, and materials science as well as what has developed out of
microelectronics scaling. Many of us will have to retool to learn about these
fields so that the half-lives of our educations can be effectively extended. I
hope you will consider that the tutorials at NANO-2003 and the topics presented
will be an excellent tool in staying current with the cutting edge of research
in nanotechnology. See you there!

Sincerely,

Gary H. Bernstein

------------------Technical Highlights ------------------

(2)Your submissions welcomed

------------ Conference Announcements -------------

(3) International Workshop on Quantum Dots for Quantum Computing
The Second International Workshop on Quantum Dots for Quantum Computing
and Classical Size Effect Circuits will be held on the campus of the
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, 7-9 August 2003.
http://www.nd.edu/~iwqdqc/

(4) IEEE Nanotechnology Conference
The Third IEEE Nanotechnology Conference will be held in San Francisco,
California, 12-14 August 2003.
http://ieeenano2003.arc.nasa.gov/

(5) European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design will be held in
Krakow, Poland, 1-4 September 2003.
http://ecctd03.zet.agh.edu.pl/

(6) Sixth International Conference on New Phenomena in Mesoscopic
Systems, and Fourth International Conference on Surfaces and Interfaces
of Mesoscopic Devices will be held in  Maui, Hawaii, 1-5 December 2003.
Abstract deadline, August 15.
http://www.eas.asu.edu/~nano/S4N6.htm

---------------------------- People --------------------------

(7) Your submissions welcomed

----------------------- Job Openings ----------------------

(8) Your submissions welcomed

----------------------- Classified Ads ----------------------

(9) Your submissions welcomed

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