WORKSHOP: Doctoral Symposium at the Ninth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams (DIAGRAMS 2016)

研讨会：第九届图理论与应用国际会议博士生研讨会（DIAGRAMS 2016）

• 批准号: 1632246
• 负责人: Stephanie Schwartz
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: Millersville University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-03-01 至 2017-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1632246&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WORKSHOP; Doctoral; Symposium; Ninth; International

This is funding to support a Doctoral Consortium (workshop) for approximately 9 graduate students from the United States and abroad, along with a panel of distinguished research faculty mentors. The event will take place in conjunction with (and on the first day of) the Ninth International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams (DIAGRAMS 2016), to be held August 7-10, 2016, in Lafayette Hill (Philadelphia), PA. Diagrams are wide-ranging and open-ended representations that include sketches, drawings, charts, pictures, 2D and 3D geometric models, and maps. They are a vital tool in human communication in areas such as art and science, as well as commerce and industry. A better understanding of how effective diagrams can be generated and used has the potential to produce transformative advances in these areas. DIAGRAMS is the only conference series that provides a forum for all aspects of research on the theory and application of diagrams. It is a bi-annual, international and interdisciplinary event whose goals are to present and discuss (a) state-of-the-art research on computational, cognitive and socio-cultural theories, models and techniques of reasoning with diagrammatic representations, and (b) cutting-edge intelligent and interactive information technologies for using diagrammatic representations in supporting human reasoning. Research topics include understanding diagrammatic reasoning in humans, understanding the use of diagrammatic representation for communication, developing techniques for automated diagrammatic reasoning, and designing tools for use of diagrammatic representations. The conference series is overseen by the DIAGRAMS Steering Committee with a rotating membership; more information is available at the conference website http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2016. DIAGRAMS 2016 will significantly increase our understanding of diagrammatic reasoning in humans and machines, and will add momentum to the development of new information technologies for the use of diagrammatic representations in support of human reasoning. The conference will help develop human research capital by enabling interactions between senior and junior researchers and by catalyzing new collaborations. The Doctoral Consortium will increase the exposure and visibility of young graduate student researchers in these areas, and help train them by providing early input from senior researchers in the field in an interactive and constructive environment. The social network among this next generation of researchers, and the relationships with senior researchers, created by the workshop will play a critical role in their enculturation into the profession. Diversity of the selected students is a goal of the organizers, who will be proactive in an effort to ensure that both students and faculty are a diverse group across multiple dimensions including nationality, scientific discipline and gender. To further assure diversity, only one student will be selected from each educational institution, with preference given to students from underrepresented populations.The primary goal of the DIAGRAMS 2016 Doctoral Consortium is to increase the exposure and visibility of young graduate student researchers in these areas. The workshop will be a research-focused day-long meeting that affords participants an opportunity to present their work and get feedback from established researchers in the field, who will be present to comment on the young researchers' presentations in an informal and constructive environment. Each invited participant will have approximately half an hour for presentation of their research, that may include a short demonstration if appropriate, and which will be followed by discussion and critiquing. For some students, this may be their first opportunity to give a research talk outside their home institutions. Therefore, each student will be assigned a mentor (selected from the Program Committee), who will preview the student's presentation and offer suggestions for improvement as well as provide sample questions that may arise during the discussion. The Doctoral Consortium is open for attendance to all conference registrants, and summaries of the student presentations will be available on the conference website.

这笔资金将用于支持由来自美国和国外的大约 9 名研究生以及一组杰出的研究教师导师组成的博士联盟（研讨会）。该活动将与将于 2016 年 8 月 7 日至 10 日在宾夕法尼亚州拉斐特山（费城）举行的第九届图表理论与应用国际会议 (DIAGRAMS 2016) 同期举行（并在该会议的第一天举行）。 图表是范围广泛且开放式的表示形式，包括草图、绘图、图表、图片、2D 和 3D 几何模型以及地图。它们是艺术、科学、商业和工业等领域人类交流的重要工具。更好地理解如何生成和使用有效的图表有可能在这些领域产生变革性的进步。 DIAGRAMS 是唯一一个为图表理论和应用研究的各个方面提供论坛的会议系列。这是一个两年一度的国际性跨学科活动，其目标是展示和讨论（a）关于计算、认知和社会文化理论、模型和图解表示推理技术的最先进研究，以及（b）使用图解表示支持人类推理的尖端智能和交互式信息技术。研究主题包括理解人类的图解推理、理解图解表示在通信中的使用、开发自动图解推理技术以及设计使用图解表示的工具。该系列会议由 DIAGRAMS 指导委员会监督，成员轮换；更多信息请访问会议网站http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2016。 DIAGRAMS 2016 将显着增进我们对人类和机器图解推理的理解，并将为使用图解表示支持人类推理的新信息技术的发展增添动力。该会议将通过促进高级和初级研究人员之间的互动以及促进新的合作来帮助开发人力研究资本。博士联盟将增加年轻研究生研究人员在这些领域的曝光度和知名度，并通过在互动和建设性的环境中提供该领域高级研究人员的早期投入来帮助培训他们。研讨会所建立的下一代研究人员之间的社交网络以及与高级研究人员的关系将在他们融入该职业的过程中发挥关键作用。入选学生的多样性是组织者的目标，组织者将积极努力确保学生和教师在国籍、科学学科和性别等多个维度上都是多元化的群体。为了进一步确保多样性，每个教育机构只会选拔一名学生，并优先考虑来自代表性不足群体的学生。DIAGRAMS 2016 博士联盟的主要目标是增加年轻研究生研究人员在这些领域的曝光度和知名度。该研讨会将是一次以研究为重点的为期一天的会议，为参与者提供展示其工作并获得该领域知名研究人员反馈的机会，这些研究人员将在非正式和建设性的环境中对年轻研究人员的演示进行评论。每个受邀的参与者将有大约半小时的时间来展示他们的研究，其中可能包括一个简短的演示（如果合适），然后进行讨论和批评。对于一些学生来说，这可能是他们第一次有机会在自己所在机构之外进行研究演讲。 因此，每个学生都会被分配一名导师（从程序委员会中选出），他将预览学生的演讲并提出改进建议，并提供讨论过程中可能出现的示例问题。 博士联盟向所有会议注册者开放，学生演讲摘要将在会议网站上发布。