WORKSHOP: The iConference 2017 Doctoral Colloquium

这笔资金用于支持大约 12 名已完成论文提案的美国博士生（估计总共 21 名参与者）的参与。第十二届 iConference 将于 2017 年 3 月 22 日至 25 日在中国武汉举行，这将是亚洲的首届 iConference。 自 2005 年以来，iConferences 提供了一个论坛，来自世界各地的信息学者、研究人员和专业人士齐聚一堂，分享对当代社会关键信息问题的见解。 对信息科学新思想和研究领域的开放是这些活动的主要特征，这些活动成功地将原本很少相互交流的人们聚集在一起，从而有助于促进跨学科研究。 最近的 iConferences 吸引了大约 500 名与会者，这证明了与会者对鼓舞人心的社区意识、高质量的研究演示和无数参与机会的赞赏。 iConferences 由 iCaucus 主办，iCaucus 现在是一个由美国和国外 77 所信息学校组成的联盟，致力于推进信息领域的发展并帮助学生做好迎接 21 世纪信息挑战的准备。 今年的主题是“影响、扩展、发展：信息界的全球协作”；如需了解更多信息，请访问 http://ischools.org/the-iconference。 iConference 博士座谈会传统上汇集了下一代跨学科研究人员的最优秀人才，重点关注社会背景下信息和技术的相互作用，使他们能够在自己之间以及与高级研究人员之间建立网络。鼓励来自广泛相关学科的参与，从而扩大与会者对其研究主题的看法并促进该领域的进步。 2017年活动主办方将积极致力于在机构类型、研究主题、方法论、学科传统、性别、民族、民族或文化背景等关键维度上实现最大限度的多样性，使学生在专业发展的关键阶段拓宽视野。 根据以往的经验，组织者预计21名被录取的学生中大多数是女性，但至少会确保其中至少有10名是女性。 此外，任何一所大学录取的学生不得超过 4 名。博士生讨论会将紧密融入会议体验中，首先是强调技术计划期间具体内容的迎新活动，最后是一整天重点关注同行研究批评和职业发展的活动，该活动将与 3 月 25 日会议技术计划的闭幕会议重叠并紧随其后。博士生讨论会的主要目标是帮助培训下一代信息科学研究人员。为此，它将为学生参与者提供一个可以分享和讨论他们的目标、方法和结果的环境，以便从导师和其他学生那里获得对他们工作的反馈，这应该使他们能够加强他们的研究。 学生参与者将更好地了解从事信息科学研究的各个研究团体，并学习如何在该领域定位他们的工作。 此外，研讨会还将为学生提供海报会议等机会，以建立超出自己学科和机构的新专业联系，也将帮助他们在工业界或学术界成功开展职业生涯。

This is funding to support participation by approximately 12 U.S.-based doctoral students (out of an estimated 21 total participants) who have completed their dissertation proposals. along with distinguished faculty mentors, in a doctoral colloquium (workshop) on information science research to be held in conjunction with the twelfth iConference that will take place March 22-25, 2017, in Wuhan, China, and which will be the first iConference in Asia. Since 2005, the iConferences have provided a forum where information scholars, researchers and professionals from around the world gather to share insights on critical information issues in contemporary society. An openness to new ideas and research fields in information science is a primary characteristics of these events, which have been successful in bringing together people who otherwise might rarely interact with one another, thereby helping to promote interdisciplinary research. Recent iConferences have drawn approximately 500 attendees, a testament to participants' appreciation for the inspiring sense of community, high quality research presentations, and myriad opportunities for engagement. The iConferences are presented by the iCaucus, now a consortium of 77 Information Schools in the United States and abroad dedicated to advancing the information field and preparing students to meet the information challenges of the 21st Century. This year's theme is "Effect, Expand, Evolve: Global collaboration across the Information Community"; more information may be found online at http://ischools.org/the-iconference. The iConference doctoral colloquia traditionally bring together the best of the next generation of interdisciplinary researchers focused on the interplay of information and technology in a social context, allowing them to develop a network both among themselves and with senior researchers. Participation is encouraged from a broad range of relevant disciplines, thereby expanding attendees' perspectives on their topics of study and promoting advancement of the field. The organizers of the 2017 event will proactively work to maximize diversity along such key dimensions as institution type, research topic, methodological approach, disciplinary tradition, gender, ethnicity, and national or cultural background, so that the students' horizons are broadened at a critical stage in their professional development. Based on past experience, the organizers expect a majority of the 21 accepted students will be women, but at a minimum will ensure that at least 10 of them are. Furthermore, no more than 4 students will be accepted from any single university.The Doctoral Colloquium will be tightly integrated into the conference experience, starting with an orientation event highlighting specific content during the technical program, and culminating in a full day focused on peer-research critique and career development which will overlap with and immediately follow the closing session of the conference technical program on March 25. The primary objective of the Doctoral Colloquium is to help train the next generation of information science researchers. To this end, it will provide the student participants with an environment in which they can share and discuss their goals, methods and results in order to gain feedback on their work both from the mentors and from other students, which should allow them to enhance their research. The student participants will come away with a better understanding of the various research communities engaged in the study of information science, and learn how to position their work within the field. In addition, the colloquium will provide students with opportunities such as poster sessions to make new professional connections beyond their own disciplines and institutions, and it will also help them successfully launch their careers whether in industry or academia.