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.

这笔资金用于支持一个由来自美国和海外的大约9名研究生组成的博士联盟(研讨会)，以及一个由杰出的研究人员导师组成的小组。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)举行的第九届国际图表理论和应用会议(图表2016)同时(以及第一天)举行。图是范围广泛的开放式表示法，包括草图、图纸、图表、图片、2D和3D几何模型以及地图。在艺术和科学以及商业和工业等领域，它们是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取得变革性的进展。图表是唯一一个为图表理论和应用的所有方面的研究提供论坛的会议系列。它是一项每两年举行一次的国际跨学科活动，其目标是介绍和讨论(A)关于计算、认知和社会文化理论、模型和图解推理技术的最新研究，以及(B)利用图解表示支持人类推理的前沿智能和交互信息技术。研究主题包括理解人类的图表推理，了解图表表示用于交流的使用，开发自动图表推理的技术，以及设计使用图表表示的工具。会议系列由图表指导委员会监督，成员轮流；更多信息请访问会议网站http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2016.图表2016将显著增加我们对人类和机器中图表推理的理解，并将为使用图表表示支持人类推理的新信息技术的发展增添动力。会议将通过促进高级和初级研究人员之间的互动以及通过催化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率和知名度，并通过在互动和建设性的环境中提供该领域资深研究人员的早期投入来帮助培训他们。研讨会建立的下一代研究人员之间的社交网络，以及与资深研究人员的关系，将在他们融入这一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，他们将积极努力，确保学生和教职员工都是一个多元化的群体，包括国籍、科学学科和性别。为了进一步确保多样性，每家教育机构将只挑选一名学生，优先考虑来自代表性较低人群的学生。2016年图表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率和知名度。研讨会将是一次为期一天的以研究为重点的会议，让与会者有机会介绍他们的工作，并从该领域的知名研究人员那里获得反馈，他们将在非正式和建设性的环境中对年轻研究人员的陈述发表评论。每个受邀的参与者将有大约半小时的时间介绍他们的研究，如果合适的话，可以包括一个简短的演示，然后将进行讨论和批评。对于一些学生来说，这可能是他们第一次有机会在自己的机构之外进行研究演讲。因此，每个学生都将被指派一名导师(从项目委员会中挑选出来)，他将预览学生的演示文稿，提供改进建议，并提供讨论过程中可能出现的样本问题。博士生联盟向所有会议注册人员开放，学生报告的摘要将在会议网站上提供。