AAAI/SIGART 2012 Doctoral Consortium

该奖项支持在美国的博士生参加将于2012年7月22日至23日在加拿大安大略省多伦多举行的第16届SIGART/AAAI博士联盟，以及将于7月22日至26日举行的第26届人工智能会议(AAAI-12)。该奖项为12名学生参与者提供旅行津贴，以及辅导午餐、集体晚餐和海报会议。参与者将根据提交的材料选出，其中包括论文研究摘要、简历和博士导师的推荐信。博士联盟将持续两天，包括参与者陈述、小组讨论、指定导师对参与者的反馈、非正式讨论(午餐和休息时间)、学生和导师的集体晚餐和海报会议。每位参与者将进行20分钟的陈述，随后由指定的导师领导20分钟的讨论，以提供对研究和陈述本身的反馈。为了帮助参与者从研究生过渡到成功的研究项目，将有两个小组讨论相关的职业问题：一个是在过去5年内完成博士学位的研究人员小组将专注于如何完成一篇论文并进行求职；一个由来自学术界和产业界的高级研究人员小组将专注于建立研究资金和在求职过程中展示自己。此外，还将有第三个小组进一步讨论研究、职业和资金问题。所有这些活动都是为了实现支持新兴的下一代研究人员这一总体目标。为博士联盟计划的活动具有重大的学术价值，因为它们加强了参与者博士论文项目的科学质量，并在他们的研究努力和专业发展的关键时刻提供了对他们工作的更多视角的宝贵接触。博士联盟有可能产生重大的更广泛的影响，通过促进下一代科学家的教育，扩大对稳健智能研究的参与，例如，通过纳入在该领域没有强大计划的机构的那些人，以及通过在社区所有部门促进充满活力的学术和合作。

This award supports participation of U.S.-based doctoral students in the 16th SIGART/AAAI Doctoral Consortium to be held July 22-23, 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in conjunction with the Twenty-Sixth Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-12), to be held July 22-26. This award provides travel stipends for 12 student participants as well as mentoring lunches, a group dinner, and a poster session. The participants will be selected on the basis of a packet of submitted materials that include a summary of thesis research; a curriculum vitae; and a letter of recommendation from the Ph.D. advisor.The Doctoral Consortium will extend over two days and will include participant presentations, panel discussions, feedback to participants from assigned mentors, informal discussions (over lunch and during breaks), a group dinner for students and mentors, and a poster session. Each participant will give a 20-minute presentation that will be followed by 20 minutes of discussion led by an assigned mentor to provide feedback on the research and the presentation itself. To help the participants make the transition from being graduate students to launching a successful research program, there will be two panel discussions on relevant career issues: a panel of researchers who have completed their Ph.D.s within the last 5 years will focus on how to finish a dissertation and conduct a job search; and a panel of senior researchers from academia and industry will focus on establishing research funding and presenting oneself during the job search process. In addition, there will be a third panel that will further address issues on research, careers, and funding. All of these activities are in furtherance of the overarching goal of supporting the emerging next generation of researchers. The activities planned for the Doctoral Consortium have significant Intellectual Merit in that they strengthen the scientific quality of the participants' doctoral dissertation projects and provide valuable exposure to additional perspectives on their work at a critical time in their research endeavors and professional development. The Doctoral Consortium has potential for significant Broader Impact by furthering the education of the next generation of scientists, broadening participation in Robust Intelligence research, for instance, by including those from at institutions without strong programs in this area, and by fostering energetic scholarship and collaboration throughout all sectors of the community.