WORKSHOP: The iConference 2017 Doctoral Colloquium

这笔资金用于支持大约12名美国博士生的参与（估计总共有21名参与者），他们已经完成了他们的论文提案。在将于2017年3月22日至25日在中国武汉举行的第十二届iconconference上，与杰出的教师导师一起，参加关于信息科学研究的博士讨论会（研讨会），这将是亚洲的第一次iconconference。自2005年以来，iconconferences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聚集在一起，分享对当代社会关键信息问题的见解。对信息科学的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往的人们聚集在一起，从而有助于促进跨学科研究。最近的会议吸引了大约500名与会者，这证明了与会者对鼓舞人心的社区意识、高质量的研究报告和无数参与机会的赞赏。这些会议由iCaucus主办，iCaucus现在是一个由美国和国外的77所信息学院组成的联盟，致力于推动信息领域的发展，使学生为迎接21世纪的信息挑战做好准备。今年的主题是“影响、扩展、发展：信息社区的全球合作”；更多信息可在http://ischools.org/the-iconference网站上找到。传统上，iconconference博士座谈会汇集了下一代最优秀的跨学科研究人员，他们专注于信息和技术在社会背景下的相互作用，使他们能够在自己之间和与高级研究人员建立一个网络。鼓励来自相关学科的广泛参与，从而扩大与会者对其研究主题的看法，促进该领域的进步。2017年活动的组织者将积极努力，在机构类型、研究主题、方法方法、学科传统、性别、种族、国家或文化背景等关键维度上最大限度地提高多样性，以便在学生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将是女性，但至少要确保其中至少有10名是女性。此外，任何一所大学的录取人数不得超过4人。博士讨论会将与会议体验紧密结合，以一个突出技术项目具体内容的定向活动开始，以全天关注同行研究评论和职业发展的活动结束，这将与3月25日会议技术项目的闭幕会议重叠并紧随其后。博士研讨会的主要目标是帮助培养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环境，在这个环境中，他们可以分享和讨论他们的目标、方法和结果，以便从导师和其他学生那里获得关于他们工作的反馈，这应该使他们能够加强他们的研究。学员将对从事信息科学研究的各种研究团体有更好的了解，并学习如何在该领域内定位自己的工作。此外，研讨会将为学生提供海报会议等机会，让他们在自己的学科和机构之外建立新的专业联系，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.