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Nanoinformatics Roadmap 2020 followup

The Nanoinformatics 2010: A Collaborative Roadmapping Workshop which was held in November 2010 and which I noted in my Sept. 27, 2010 posting has published a roadmap. According to the April 13, 2011 news item on Nanowerk,

The National Nanomanufacturing Network is very pleased to announce that the Nanoinformatics 2020 Roadmap, a guidance document written by and intended for the broader nanoinformatics community, is now publicly available. Nanoinformatics encompasses the acquisition of information relevant to the nanoscale science and engineering community and the implementation of effective mechanisms for working with that information.

The Nanoinformatics 2020 Roadmap is the first broad-based community effort to articulate the comprehensive needs and goals in nanoinformatics.

You can download the roadmap from the Nanoinformatics Community Wiki or from the InterNano website.

ETA May 10, 2011: There was a May 4, 2011 news item about the Nanoinformatics Roadmap on Nanowerk which does a better job of explaining the purpose of the roadmap (from the news item),

Imagine hearing every day about useful health- and labor-saving devices invented in nearby towns, but knowing no highway or road to reach them. A map would help dramatically, in much the same way a recently published “Nanoinformatics 2020 Roadmap” is expected to enable and enhance connections among nanotechnology science and engineering researchers, manufacturers and interested government agencies.

I found this to be the most approachable description of the work.