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

这笔助学金支持参加2014年5月5日至9日在法国巴黎举行的第十三届自主代理和多代理系统国际会议(AAMAS)的博士导师联盟(DMC)的部分学生的旅费。这是在一个完全国际化的研究社区中，为代理和多代理系统(MAS)研究人员举办的首屈一指的国际会议。该联盟致力于为那些已经确定了博士课题并刚刚开始独立研究的学生提供研究和职业发展方面的帮助。DMC的主要活动包括让学生有机会介绍他们的工作并与他们的同行讨论他们的工作；与一群确定的高级研究人员互动，寻求博士研究方面的建议；一个“职业小组”，讨论在工业和学术界的职业选择；由指定的导师领导的小组活动，以及在AAMAS与国际研究界互动的大量机会，这可能会导致未来的合作活动。此外，DMC还包括一个包含全天和半天教程的教程计划，该计划将提供该领域主要研究人员对特定子领域的详细概述。赞助学生到AAMAS旅行带来了DMC计划以外的许多好处。受资助的学生完全有权参加AAMAS精心设计的研讨会和会议计划，该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还包括在机器人、虚拟代理、创新应用和特殊挑战和愿景方面的独特会议活动。学生也有机会参加示范赛道。这种对代理技术和与代理相关的软件和硬件的演示是激励和激励初出茅庐的研究人员的重要来源。支持这种学生参与的更广泛的影响是显而易见的。AAMAS是主要的国际会议，将在仍参与代理和MAS的学生的研究职业生涯中占据突出地位。在这个更广阔的场地里，学生们从技术思想的交流中获得有价值的研究见解。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。随着智能软件和体现系统变得更加普遍，显然智能代理技术的进步将在几乎任何可以想象到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), Paris, France, May 5-9, 2014. 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 "careers 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. The broader impact of supporting this student participation is clear. 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 virtually any domain imaginable, including such national priorities as health and well-being, e-commerce, and national defense.