WORKSHOP: Think Tank (Doctoral Consortium) at the International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD) 2015

这笔资金将与将于7月6日至10日在奥地利格拉茨举行的2015年国际听觉显示会议(ICAD 2015)相结合，支持由来自美国和海外的约12名有前途的研究生学者和杰出的研究人员导师组成的“智囊团”(研讨会)。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://iem.kug.ac.at/icad15/.ICAD智库是一个博士联盟，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遍获取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构成了一个多元化的群体，涉及不同的维度，包括国籍和文化、科学学科和机构，学生的视野被开阔到该领域未来的利益。今年，组织者预计将有12名学生参加。从任何一所给定的大学中挑选的参与者不得超过两名，而且前提是该大学的两名参与者中至少有一名是女性。由于这是一次国际会议，组织者希望在国际和美国参与之间取得平衡，因此最多将有6名来自美国的学生参加，其余学生来自世界各地。根据CISE的政策，NSF的资金将仅用于补偿来自美国的学生参与者，这些学生将获得旅费和参加整个ICAD会议的支持。一些NSF资金也将用于资助小组成员(包括美国和外国)的旅行，因为他们为美国学生提供了巨大的价值。ICAD智库是一个全天活动，将于7月7日星期二举行，紧接会议之前，向包括硕士和博士生在内的所有教育阶段的研究生开放。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。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。智库将建立一个相互支持的学者社区和合作研究精神，为参与者提供一个友好、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。智库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，无论他们正在考虑学术或行业职业道路)。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。会议的最后一天将包括一次会议，智库主席的总结/审查/汇报将向与会者概述活动的成功情况，并介绍与会者(学生和小组成员)。

This is funding to support a "Think Tank" (workshop) of about 12 promising graduate student scholars from the United States and abroad, along with distinguished research faculty mentors, in conjunction with the 2015 International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD 2015), which will be held July 6-10 in Graz, Austria. 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://iem.kug.ac.at/icad15/. The ICAD Think Tank is a doctoral consortium that promotes 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 the students' horizons are broadened to the future benefit of the field. This year, the organizers expect there will be 12 student participants. No more than two attendees will be chosen from any given university, and only if at least one of the two attendees from that university is a woman. Because this is an international conference whose organizers desire a balance between international and U.S. participation, there will be up to 6 students from the U.S. with the remainder from around the world. In accordance with CISE policy, NSF funds will be used only to reimburse student participants from the United States, who will receive travel funds as well as support to attend the entire ICAD conference. Some NSF funds will also be used to subsidize travel by panel members (both U.S. and foreign-based), since they provide great value to the U.S. students.The ICAD Think Tank, a full-day event which will take place on Tuesday, July 7 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. The Think Tank 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 Think Tank 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 Think Tank 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. The last day of the conference will include a session in which a summary/review/debrief by the Think Tank Chair will provide conference attendees with an overview of the event's success and introduce the participants (students and panelists).