Supporting Student Development Activities at the International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB2020)

在更广泛的社区内介绍、讨论和接收关于奖学金的反馈的机会是学生职业发展的关键组成部分。博士联盟和本科生指导计划是促进不同水平的学者之间有意义的交流和培养职业道路的方式。由于新冠肺炎疫情，2020年国际生物识别联席会议(IJCB 2020)将过渡到虚拟编程，该奖项支持将博士财团和本科生导师计划作为会议的一部分。IJCB结合了两个主要的生物识别研究会议，生物识别理论、应用和系统(BTAS)会议和国际生物识别会议(ICB)。这次联合会议汇集了领先的计算机视觉专家，他们介绍了基本生物识别技术、新的生物识别算法和技术、生物识别技术的社会影响分析以及行为分析中的身份认同方面的进展。博士联盟的目标是突出高级博士生的工作，并促进专业生物识别社区高级成员的反馈。本科生指导计划的目标是将STEM领域的本科生与教师和行业专业人士相匹配，以获得生物识别方面的建议和网络。这些活动将扩大本科生和博士生在会议和整个生物识别专业社区的参与。IJCB2020将于2020年秋季举行。博士联盟由三个主要部分组成：博士参与者的虚拟海报演示，社区高级成员的个性化反馈，以及关于职业和专业发展主题的分组会议。本科生辅导计划支持2020年9月至12月的每月辅导课程。将通过几种方式招募学生参与者和导师，包括会议网站、电气和电子工程师学会(IEEE)生物识别理事会和相关组织的邮寄名单，并通过申请程序挑选，传统上代表人数较少的群体鼓励个人参加。将通过完成对地理位置、指导偏好、兴趣/经验的生物统计学领域和人际偏好的调查来促进导师配对。支持最多10名学生参加博士生联合体，支持最多30名本科生参加本科生导师计划。该项目的补充是一个全面的评估计划，其中包括导师和学员对优势、劣势和影响的调查。该奖项反映了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。

Opportunities to present, discuss and receive feedback on scholarship within a broader community are critical components of student professional development. A doctoral consortium and undergraduate student mentoring program are ways to foster meaningful interchanges between scholars at varying levels and nurture career pathways. With a transition to virtual programming for the 2020 International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2020) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this award supports the incorporation of a doctoral consortium and undergraduate student mentoring program as part of the conference. IJCB combines two major biometrics research conferences, the Biometrics Theory, Applications, and Systems (BTAS) conference and the International Conference on Biometrics (ICB). The combined conference brings together leading computer vision experts presenting on advances in fundamental biometrics techniques, new biometrics algorithms and technologies, analyses of the social impact of biometrics technology, and identity in behavior analysis. The goals of the doctoral consortium are to highlight the work of advanced Ph.D. students and facilitate feedback by senior members of the professional biometrics community. The goal of the undergraduate student mentoring program is to match undergraduate students majoring in STEM areas with faculty and industry professionals for advisement and networking in biometrics. These activities will broaden participation for undergraduate and doctoral students in the conference and the biometrics professional community at large.IJCB2020 will be held virtually in fall 2020. The doctoral consortium consists of three main components: virtual poster presentations by doctoral participants, individualized feedback by senior members of the community, and breakout sessions on career and professional development topics. The undergraduate student mentoring program supports monthly mentoring sessions in September-December 2020. Student participants and mentors will be recruited through several means, including the conference website, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Biometrics Council, and related organization mailing lists and selected through an application process, with participation encouraged by individuals from traditionally underrepresented groups. Mentor matching will be facilitated through the completion of a survey of geographic locations, mentoring preferences, biometrics areas of interest/experience, and interpersonal preferences. Up to ten students will be supported to participate in the doctoral consortium, and up to thirty undergraduate students will be supported to participate in the undergraduate student mentoring program. The project is complemented by a comprehensive evaluation plan to include surveys from mentors and mentees on the strengths, weaknesses, and impacts.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.