WORKSHOP: Doctoral Consortium at the IEEE VR 2018 Conference

这笔资金将支持来自美国教育机构的约10名有前途的研究生，以及约7名学术和工业研究界的高级成员作为导师，参加与IEEE虚拟现实（VR） 2018会议同时举行的博士联盟（DC）研讨会，该研讨会将于3月18日至22日在德国罗特林根举行，与德国电气协会合作。电子和信息技术（VDE），自2006年以来与IEEE 3D用户界面研讨会（3DUI）同时举行。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，旨在模仿或增强现实世界的感官（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虚拟现实大会于1993年首次由IEEE计算机协会组织，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，包括技术论文介绍、研讨会、教程、研究演示和工业展览。有关会议的更多信息可在http://www.ieeevr.org/2018网站上找到。博士联盟的目标是为虚拟现实领域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知识广度和深度的资深人士那里获得对他们研究的独立观点，并在VR社区内建立一个年轻研究人员的群体。由于今年的时间限制，18名DC学生参与者（其中10名来自美国教育机构，8名来自非美国教育机构）已经被选中。特别努力从计算机科学领域传统上代表性不足的群体中招募参与者，包括妇女、有色人种和残疾人。今年的IEEE VR博士联盟建立在前几届成功举办的基础上，这些活动也得到了美国国家科学基金会的支持。DC的主要活动将于3月18日星期日举行，与IEEE 3DUI的第一天同时举行。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研究小组展示他/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，以及结果的含义。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作为展望未来10-20年该领域未来的“大图景”的一部分尤其有价值。VR会议将于3月19日（周一）晚上以欢迎招待会开始，DC参与者将在招待会上交流他们在一整天活动中所学到的知识。DC与会者还将参加海报会议，这将给他们更多的机会建立联系并讨论他们的研究。其他较小的活动，包括与虚拟现实研究界的主要领导人共进午餐，将在本周剩下的时间里分散举行；特别是，由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。会议主办方将通过会议预算为DC提供尽可能多的财政支持，包括会议场地、视听租赁、休息期间的免费餐饮等。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.