WORKSHOP: Doctoral Consortium at the IEEE VR 2018 Conference

这笔资金用于支持大约10名来自美国教育机构的有前途的研究生，以及大约7名学术和工业研究社区的资深成员作为导师，参加一个博士联盟(DC)研讨会，该研讨会将与IEEE虚拟现实(VR)2018年会议一起举行，该会议将于3月18-22日在德国鲁特林根举行，与德国电气、电子和信息技术协会(VDE)合作，自2006年以来一直与IEEE 3D用户界面研讨会(3DUI)共存。虚拟现实是一个多学科领域，涉及以人为中心的计算机模拟，寻求模拟或增强现实世界的感觉(通常是视觉、声音和触觉)和体验。VR研究包括方法和系统的开发和评估，以及促进和理解用户的感知、信念和行为。IEEE虚拟现实于1993年由IEEE计算机学会组织，自1995年以来每年举办一次，是该领域最重要的国际会议和展览，包括技术论文演示、研讨会、教程、研究演示和来自行业的展品。欲了解更多有关这次会议的信息，请访问http://www.ieeevr.org/2018.。博士联盟的目标是为虚拟现实中的中级研究生提供一个独特的互动、支持和有声望的指导场所，为这些学生提供一个宝贵的机会，让他们从具有广泛集体广度和深度的高级个人那里获得关于他们研究的独立观点，并在VR社区内建立一支年轻的研究人员队伍。由于今年的时间限制，18名区学生(包括10名来自美国的教育机构和8名来自非美国的机构)已经被挑选出来。特别努力从计算机科学领域传统上代表性较低的群体招募参与者，包括女性、有色人种和残疾人。今年的IEEE VR博士联盟建立在前几届此类活动成功形式的基础上，这些活动也得到了NSF的支持。区议会的主要活动将在三月十八日(星期日)与IEEE 3DUI的首日同时举行。工作坊将包括上午和下午的环节，每个学生向其他学生参与者和一个由资深VR研究人员组成的小组介绍他/她的工作，在每次演讲后留出足够的时间进行讨论和建设性的反馈，以解决工作的优势、可能出现的挑战和问题以及结果的影响。由所有学生和导师参加的集体工作午餐对于统一小组内提出的个人目标和项目将特别有价值，这些目标和项目是该领域未来10-20年“大图景”设想的一部分。VR会议将于3月19日星期一晚上在欢迎招待会上开始，DC参与者将在全天的活动中与他们所学到的知识建立联系。DC与会者还将参加海报会议，这将给他们更多的机会建立网络和讨论他们的研究。其他较小的活动，包括与VR研究社区的关键领导人共进午餐，将在本周剩余时间内分散举行；特别是2-3名学生组成的小组将聚在一起，与VR社区的高级成员共进午餐和/或其他网络活动。会议组织者将通过会议预算向DC提供尽可能多的财政支持，包括会议空间、视听租赁以及休息期间的食品和饮料免费。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This is funding to support participation by approximately 10 promising graduate students from educational institutions in the United States, along with about 7 senior members of the academic and industrial research communities as mentors, in a Doctoral Consortium (DC) workshop to be held in conjunction with the IEEE Virtual Reality (VR) 2018 conference that will take place March 18-22 in Reutlingen, Germany, in cooperation with the German Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (VDE), and which is collocated since 2006 with the IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI). Virtual reality is a multidisciplinary field involving human-centered computer simulations that seek to imitate or augment real world senses (usually sight, sound, and touch) and experiences. VR research includes the development and assessment of methods and systems, and facilitating and understanding user perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors. First organized by the IEEE Computer Society in 1993 and held annually since 1995, IEEE Virtual Reality is the premier international conference and exhibition in this field and includes technical paper presentations, workshops, tutorials, research demonstrations, and exhibits from industry. More information about the conference may be found online at http://www.ieeevr.org/2018. The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to provide a unique venue for interactive, supportive, and prestigious mentoring for mid-level graduate students in virtual reality, to afford these students a valuable opportunity to get independent perspectives on their research from senior individuals with a wide collective breadth and depth of knowledge, and to build a cohort of young researchers within the VR community. Due to this year's timing constraints, the 18 DC student participants (including 10 from US educational institutions and 8 from non-US institutions) have already been selected. Special efforts were made to recruit participants from groups traditionally underrepresented in the field of computer science, including women, persons of color, and people with disabilities.This year's IEEE VR Doctoral Consortium builds on the successful format of the previous such events, which were also supported by NSF. The main activities of the DC will take place on Sunday, March 18, in parallel with the first day of IEEE 3DUI. The workshop will include morning and afternoon sessions in which each student presents his/her work to the other student participants and a panel of senior VR researchers, with sufficient time set aside after each talk for discussion and constructive feedback that addresses the strengths of the work, challenges and issues that may arise, and implications of the results. A group working lunch attended by all the students and mentors will be particularly valuable for unifying the individual goals and projects presented within the group as part of a "big picture" envisioning of the future of the field over the next 10-20 years. The VR conference will begin the evening of Monday, March 19, with a welcome reception, where DC participants will network with what they have learned during the full day event. DC attendees will also take part in a poster session, which will give them more opportunities to network and discuss their research. Additional smaller activities, including a lunch with key leaders in the VR research community, will take place at scattered times over the rest of the week; in particular, small groups of 2-3 students will meet for mentoring lunches and/or other networking events with senior members of the VR community. The conference organizers will generously provide as much financial support as possible to the DC through the conference's budget, including meeting space, audio-visual rental, and food and beverage during breaks for free.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.