WORKSHOP: ThinkTank (Doctoral Consortium) at ICAD 2014

研讨会：ICAD 2014 上的 ThinkTank（博士联盟）

• 批准号: 1439555
• 负责人: Stephen Ruthmann
• 金额: $ 2.24万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-04-01 至 2015-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1439555&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WORKSHOP; ThinkTank; Doctoral; Consortium; ICAD

This is funding to support a "ThinkTank" (workshop) of approximately 16 promising scholars from the United States plus up to 4 from abroad, for a total of 20, along with distinguished research faculty, in conjunction with the 2014 International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD 2014), which will be held June 22-25 at the PI's institution in New York City. ICAD is the premier international forum for presenting research on the use of sound to display data, monitor systems, and provide enhanced user interfaces for computers and virtual reality systems. It is unique in its singular focus on auditory displays and the array of perception, technology, and application areas that this encompasses; this includes, for example, data sonification, auditory wayfinding, auditory graphs, speech interfaces, virtual environments, and associated perceptual, cognitive, technical, and technological research and development. Many of the interdisciplinary research and development efforts are of direct relevance to persons with perceptual disabilities, especially visual impairments; for example, developing wayfinding systems for the blind requires research into effective distance cues and object identifiers used in auditory displays. Research into the efficacy of auditory graphs may be used to help visually impaired students and scientists participate more fully in science. Even household devices can have more effective auditory displays that provide richer information than the basic "beeps" they presently tend to have. A common approach in this field is universal design, wherein a display strategy is developed once, to be used by all kinds of users, including those with and without specific access issues. This year's conference theme is Big Data; more details about the conference are available online at http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/icad2014/. The ICAD ThinkTank, a full-day event which will take place on Saturday, June 21 immediately preceding the conference, is open to graduate students at all stages of their educational program, including both Masters and PhD students. Exceptional undergraduates who have demonstrated interest in pursuing this field in their graduate careers may also be considered. Ten U.S.-based scholars will have their attendance fully supported by this award, while 6 more scholars local to the greater New York City area will be partially supported. The ThinkTank will bring together students from diverse backgrounds (e.g., engineering, computing, music, and psychology), so that they can experience the broad spectrum of approaches to auditory displays, assistive technologies and universal design. The ThinkTank will develop a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research, by providing participants with a friendly and open, yet rigorous, scientific forum in which to present their research ideas, to listen to ongoing work from peer students, and to receive constructive feedback from a panel of distinguished experts. Panel feedback is designed to help students understand and articulate how their work is positioned relative to related research, whether their topics are adequately focused for thesis research projects, whether their methods are correctly chosen and applied, and whether their results are appropriately analyzed and presented. The ThinkTank will also offer invited speakers and discussion groups (e.g., to provide students with relevant information about important issues for doctoral candidates, whether they are considering academic or industrial career paths). Each student participant will furthermore present his/her work in a special poster session during the conference proper. An evaluation of the ThinkTank will be conducted, and the findings made available to the organizers of future conferences and consortia. Broader Impacts: The ICAD ThinkTank will promote scholarship and networking among new researchers in an important emerging interdisciplinary area, and will help shape ongoing and future research projects that have clear and important implications for development of assistive technologies and universal access. The doctoral consortium will afford participants exposure to a larger community, allowing them to bond among themselves and with senior researchers at a critical stage in their professional development. Because the students and faculty constitute a diverse group across a variety of dimensions, including nationality and culture, scientific discipline, and institution (no more than two per university, and usually just one), the students' horizons are broadened to the future benefit of the field.

这笔资金将与将于6月22日至25日在纽约市PI机构举行的2014年国际听觉显示会议(ICAD 2014)相结合，支持一个由大约16名来自美国的有前途的学者和最多4名来自国外的学者组成的“智囊团”(研讨会)，总共20人，以及杰出的研究人员。ICAD是主要的国际论坛，用于介绍使用声音显示数据、监控系统以及为计算机和虚拟现实系统提供增强的用户界面的研究。它的独特之处在于它只专注于听觉显示以及它所涵盖的一系列感知、技术和应用领域；例如，这包括数据发声、听觉寻路、听觉图形、语音界面、虚拟环境以及相关的感知、认知、技术和技术研究和开发。许多跨学科的研究和开发努力与知觉障碍者，特别是视觉障碍者直接相关；例如，为盲人开发指路系统需要研究听觉显示中使用的有效距离线索和物体识别器。对听觉图形功效的研究可能有助于视障学生和科学家更充分地参与科学。即使是家用设备，也可以有更有效的听觉显示器，提供比它们目前往往具有的基本“哔哔”声更丰富的信息。该领域的一种常见方法是通用设计，其中只开发一次显示策略，供所有类型的用户使用，包括那些有或没有特定访问问题的用户。今年会议的主题是大数据；有关会议的更多细节，请访问http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/icad2014/.ICAD智库是一项全天活动，将于6月21日星期六举行，紧接会议之前，向研究生开放其教育计划的所有阶段，包括硕士和博士生。在研究生生涯中表现出有兴趣从事这一领域的优秀本科生也可以考虑。10名美国学者的出席将得到该奖项的完全支持，而另外6名大纽约地区的学者将得到部分支持。该智库将汇集来自不同背景(如工程、计算机、音乐和心理学)的学生，以便他们能够体验到听觉显示、辅助技术和通用设计的广泛方法。该智库将建立一个相互支持的学者社区和合作研究精神，为与会者提供一个友好、开放但严格的科学论坛，在其中展示他们的研究想法，听取同行学生正在进行的工作，并从杰出专家小组获得建设性的反馈。小组反馈旨在帮助学生了解和清楚他们的工作相对于相关研究的定位，他们的主题是否足够集中于论文研究项目，他们的方法是否得到正确的选择和应用，以及他们的结果是否得到适当的分析和展示。智囊团还将提供受邀的演讲者和讨论小组(例如，为博士生提供关于重要问题的相关信息，无论他们是在考虑学术还是行业职业道路)。每个学生参与者还将在会议期间的一个特别海报会议上展示他/她的作品。将对智囊团进行评估，并将评估结果提供给未来会议和联合会的组织者。更广泛的影响：ICAD智囊团将在一个重要的新兴跨学科领域促进新研究人员之间的学术和网络联系，并将帮助形成正在进行的和未来的研究项目，这些项目对辅助技术和普及利用的发展具有明确和重要的影响。博士联盟将让参与者接触到更大的社区，使他们能够相互联系，并在其专业发展的关键阶段与高级研究人员建立联系。由于学生和教职员工在不同的维度上构成了一个多样化的群体，包括国籍和文化、科学学科和机构(每所大学不超过两个，通常只有一个)，学生的视野被拓宽到该领域未来的利益。