WORKSHOP: Doctoral Consortium at the IEEE VR 2018 Conference

研讨会：IEEE VR 2018 会议上的博士联盟

• 批准号: 1831018
• 负责人: Aleshia Hayes
• 金额: $ 2.95万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-03-15 至 2019-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1831018&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WORKSHOP; Doctoral; Consortium; IEEE; VR

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.

这笔资金将用于支持来自美国教育机构的大约10名有前途的研究生，沿着学术和工业研究界的大约7名高级成员作为导师，参加将于3月18日至22日在德国罗伊特林根举行的IEEE虚拟现实（VR）2018会议期间举行的博士联盟（DC）研讨会。与德国电气、电子和信息技术协会（VDE）合作，自2006年以来与IEEE 3D用户界面研讨会（3DUI）一起举办。 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，试图模仿或增强真实的世界感官（通常是视觉，声音和触觉）和经验。 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年首次由IEEE计算机学会组织，自1995年以来每年举办一次，是该领域首屈一指的国际会议和展览，包括技术论文演示、研讨会、教程、研究演示和行业展览。 有关会议的更多信息可在http://www.ieeevr.org/2018上找到。 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，支持和着名的指导场所，为这些学生提供一个宝贵的机会，让他们从具有广泛的集体广度和知识深度的高级人员那里获得独立的研究观点，并在VR社区内建立一个年轻研究人员的队列。 由于今年的时间限制，18名DC学生参与者（包括10名来自美国教育机构和8名来自非美国机构）已经被选中。 今年的IEEE虚拟现实博士联盟在以往成功举办的基础上，也得到了美国国家科学基金会（NSF）的支持。今年的IEEE虚拟现实博士联盟将面向女性、有色人种、残疾人等传统上在计算机科学领域代表性较低的群体，特别招募参与者。 DC的主要活动将于3月18日星期日举行，与IEEE 3DUI的第一天平行。 研讨会将包括上午和下午的会议，每个学生向其他学生参与者和高级VR研究人员小组介绍他/她的工作，每次演讲后留出足够的时间进行讨论和建设性反馈，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小组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，作为未来10-20年该领域未来“大图景”的一部分。 VR会议将于3月19日（星期一）晚上开始，届时将举行欢迎招待会，DC与会者将与他们在全天活动中学到的东西进行交流。 DC与会者还将参加海报会议，这将使他们有更多机会建立联系和讨论他们的研究。 额外的小型活动，包括与VR研究社区的主要领导人共进午餐，将在本周剩下的时间分散进行;特别是，2-3名学生组成的小组将与VR社区的高级成员一起参加指导午餐和/或其他网络活动。 会议组织者将通过会议预算向DC慷慨提供尽可能多的财政支持，包括会议场地，音像租赁和休息期间的免费食品和饮料。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估而被认为值得支持。