Support for the Open Source Systems 2011 Doctoral Consortium

这笔资金用于资助美国博士生和教师导师参加一个国际博士联盟，研究自由和开源软件，该联盟将于2011年10月5日至8日在巴西萨尔瓦多举行的第七届开源系统国际会议（OSS 2011）。过去十年见证了自由/自由和开源软件（FLOSS）技术的兴趣和传播的巨大增长，并改变了组织和个人创建、获取和分发软件和基于软件的服务的方式。OSS会议是一个领先的国际论坛，由学术界、行业专业人士和FLOSS实践者组成的不同社区可以聚集在一起分享研究成果和经验。OSS 2011博士联盟将为一组大约13-15名研究FLOSS的博士生提供一个环境，在这个环境中，他们可以在研究的早期阶段分享和讨论他们的目标、方法和结果。它将在10月4日，OSS会议开始的前一天举行。通过参与博士联盟，学生将从其他学生和教师那里获得关于他们工作的反馈，使他们能够加强自己的研究计划。学生还将更好地了解从事开源软件研究的不同研究团体。此外，该联盟将为学生提供在自己学科之外建立新的专业联系的机会。由于该财团今年将在巴西举行，它也将提供发展新的国际联系的机会。将通过在会议网站上发布广告、在相关邮件列表中发帖以及直接向从事FLOSS相关研究的教师征集学生来招募博士联盟。将特别注意确定代表人数不足的群体的参加者。为了申请该联盟，学生将提交一份论文，概述他们的研究目标和迄今为止的工作。申请将由联盟主席筛选，以适合主题领域，发展状况和研究项目的质量。更广泛的影响：传统上，OSS博士联盟将开源软件研究领域的下一代最好的研究人员聚集在一起，允许他们在他们自己之间以及在他们专业发展的关键阶段与高级研究人员建立一个社会网络。鼓励所有研究与oss相关的博士生申请，无论他们在哪个领域获得学位。鼓励广泛的相关学科和方法的参与，包括（但不限于）计算机科学、社会学、心理学、人类学、信息科学、认知科学、传播学和经济学。虽然NSF的资金将主要用于支持在美国注册研究生项目的学生的参与，但也可能支持一些国际参与者，因为认识到OSS领域包含在世界不同地区不同的教育和文化传统这一事实。组织者将明确地确定并包括尽可能广泛的高素质参与者群体。作为这些步骤的结果，学生和教师参与者将构成一个不同维度的多元化群体，这将有助于拓宽学生的视野，以造福该领域的未来。

This is funding to support travel for a diverse group of US PhD students and faculty mentors to participate in an international doctoral consortium on research on Free and Open Source Software that will be co-located with the 7th International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS 2011), October 5-8, 2011 in Salvador, BA, Brazil. The last decade has witnessed a tremendous growth in the interest and diffusion of Free/libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) technologies, and has changed the way organizations and individuals create, acquire, and distribute software and software-based services. The OSS conference is a leading international forum where a diverse community of academics, industry professionals and FLOSS practitioners can come together to share research findings and experiences. The OSS 2011 Doctoral Consortium will provide a group of approximately 13-15 PhD students studying FLOSS with an environment in which they can share and discuss their goals, methods and results at an early stage of their research. It will take place on October 4, the day before the OSS conference begins. By participating in the doctoral consortium, students will gain feedback on their work from other students and faculty members, allowing them to enhance their own research proposal. Students will also develop a better understanding of the different research communities engaged in the study of open source software. In addition, the consortium will provide students with opportunities to make new professional connections beyond their own disciplines. Because the consortium will be held in Brazil this year, it will also provide opportunities to develop new international connections. Students will be recruited for the doctoral consortium through advertisement on the conference website, postings to relevant mailing lists and direct solicitation to faculty working on FLOSS related research. Particular attention will be placed on identifying participants from under-represented groups. To apply for the consortium, students will submit a paper outlining their research goals and work to date. Applications will be screened by the consortium chairs for fit to the topic area, state of development and quality of the research project.Broader impacts: The OSS doctoral consortia traditionally bring together the best of the next generation of researchers in open source software research, allowing them to create a social network both among themselves and with senior researchers at a critical stage in their professional development. Applications are encouraged from all doctoral students whose research is OSS-related, regardless of the fields in which they are earning their degrees. Participation is encouraged from a broad range of relevant disciplines and approaches, including (but not limited to) computer science, sociology, psychology, anthropology, information science, cognitive science, communication, and economics. While NSF funds will be used chiefly to support participation by students enrolled in graduate programs in the United States, some international participants may be supported as well in recognition of the fact that the OSS field embraces educational and cultural traditions that vary in different parts of the world. The organizers will try explicitly to identify and include the broadest possible group of highly qualified participants. As a consequence of these steps, the student and faculty participants will constitute a diverse group across a variety of dimensions, which will help broaden the students' horizons to the future benefit of the field.