IIS-RI: ICAPS 2016 Doctoral Consortium Travel Awards

每年与国际自动化计划与调度会议（ICAPS）一起举行的重要而长期的活动之一是ICAPS博士联盟（ICAPS DC）。ICAPS DC是在自动化规划和调度领域扩大参与和提高博士研究人员留存率的主要方法，这对于确保该领域研究和科学进步的持续活力至关重要。这项旅行补助金将为美国博士生提供旅行奖励，以支持他们参加ICAPS 2016 DC。ICAPS 2016 DC将是该活动的第十四届开幕，并将于2016年6月在英国伦敦举行。博士生中心的目标是提供一个论坛，让处于任何培训阶段的博士生可以从同行和导师那里获得职业和研究建议，展示他们的论文的初步结果和计划，并建立专业关系。在过去的ICAPS专题讨论中，一个受欢迎的组成部分将包括在2016年版中，即形成几个小型焦点小组，学生和指定的导师会面讨论每个学生的论文主题。为了扩大学生收到的反馈，学生们还将准备海报，以便在向所有与会者开放的社交活动中展示。为了支持职业发展，两位特邀演讲者将向学生发表演讲，讨论研究技能和毕业后过渡到工作场所的过程。最后，学生将有机会参加所有ICAPS会议活动，包括技术计划，研讨会和教程。

One of the important, long standing events that is held annually in conjunction with the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS) is the ICAPS Doctoral Consortium (ICAPS DC). The ICAPS DC is a primary method for broadening participation and improving retention of doctoral researchers in the field of automated planning and scheduling, which is essential to ensuring the continued vibrancy of research and scientific advancement in this area. This travel grant will enable travel awards to be provided to US doctoral students to support their participation of in the ICAPS 2016 DC. The ICAPS 2016 DC will be the fourteenth inception of the event, and will take place in June 2016 at London, England UK. The objective of the DC is to provide a forum where doctoral students, in any phase of their training, can receive career and research advice from peers and mentors, present preliminary results and plans for their dissertations, and build professional relationships. A popular component of past ICAPS DCs that will be included in the 2016 edition is the formation of several small focus groups where students and assigned mentors meet to discuss each student's dissertation topic. To broaden the feedback that students receive, students will also prepare posters that they will present during a social event open to all conference attendees. To support career development, two invited speakers will address the students, discussing research skills and the process of transitioning to the workplace after graduation. Finally, students will have the opportunity to attend to all ICAPS conference events, including the technical program, workshops and tutorials.