Doctoral Mentoring Consortium at the Sixteenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

该奖学金将为参加2017年5月8日至12日在新加坡举行的第13届自主代理和多代理系统国际会议（AAMAS）的博士指导联盟（DMC）的部分学生提供旅费支持。这是一个主要的国际会议，研究人员在代理和多代理系统（MAS）在一个完全国际化的研究社区。该联盟面向已经确定博士课题并刚刚开始独立研究的学生进行研究和职业发展。DMC的核心活动包括让学生有机会与同龄人展示和讨论他们的工作；与一组资深研究人员互动，为博士研究提供建议；一个职业小组，讨论工业界和学术界的职业选择；由指定导师领导的小组活动；以及与AAMAS的国际研究社区互动的大量机会，这可能会导致未来的合作活动。此外，DMC还包括一个全天和半天的教程计划，将由该领域的主要研究人员提供具体子领域的详细概述。赞助学生到AAMAS旅行除了DMC计划之外还有许多好处。被资助的学生有充分的机会参加一个完善的AAMAS研讨会和会议计划，涵盖了这个社区的各种研究领域。这是学生与来自世界各地的科学家进行讨论并探索新的研究方向和主题的机会。今年的AAMAS还包括机器人、虚拟代理、创新应用和特殊挑战与愿景方面的独特会议活动。学生也有机会参加演示课程。这种代理技术和与代理相关的软件和硬件的演示是崭露头角的研究人员的动机和灵感的重要来源。AAMAS是一个重要的国际会议，将在那些仍然参与代理和MAS的学生的研究生涯中发挥重要作用。学生们在这个更广阔的场地上通过技术思想的交流获得了宝贵的研究见解。在这个过程中，他们与来自世界各地的潜在合作者建立了宝贵的联系。随着智能软件和具体化系统变得越来越普遍，很明显，智能代理技术的进步将在广泛的领域产生重大影响，包括健康和福祉、电子商务和国防等国家优先事项。

This grant supports student travel for select students participating in the Doctoral Mentoring Consortium (DMC) at the Thirteenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), Singapore, May 8-12, 2017. This is the premier international conference for researchers in agents and multi-agent systems (MAS) across a fully international research community. This consortium is oriented on research and career development for students who have identified their PhD topics and are just embarking on that independent research. The central activities for the DMC include opportunities for students to present and discuss their work with their peers; interaction with an identified group of senior researchers for advice on Ph.D. research, a career panel to discuss career choices in industry and academia, small group activities led by assigned mentors, and a great deal of opportunity for interactions with the international research community in AAMAS, which might lead to future collaborative activity. In addition, the DMC includes a tutorial program with full-day and half-day tutorials that will provide detailed overviews of specific subfields by leading researchers in the field. Sponsoring student travel to AAMAS conveys many benefits beyond the DMC program. The sponsored students have full access to a well-developed AAMAS workshop and conference program covering a diverse range of research areas in this community. This is an opportunity for students to engage in discussion with scientists from around the world and to explore new research directions and topics. This year AAMAS also includes unique conference activities in Robotics, Virtual Agents, Innovative Applications and Special Challenges and Visions. Students also have the opportunity to attend the Demonstrations track. Such demonstrations of agent technologies and agent-related software and hardware are a significant source of motivation and inspiration to budding researchers. AAMAS is the major international conference that will figure prominently in the research careers of students who remain involved in agents and MAS. Students gain valuable research insights from the exchange of technical ideas in this broader venue. In the process, they make valuable connections with potential collaborators from around the world. As intelligent software and embodies systems become more prevalent, it is clear that advances in intelligent agent technology will have significant impact in a wide range of domains, including such national priorities as health and wellbeing, e-commerce, and national defense.