WORKSHOP: The IEEE VR 2016 Doctoral Consortium

研讨会：IEEE VR 2016 博士联盟

• 批准号: 1632727
• 负责人: Toni Pence
• 金额: $ 1.14万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-03-01 至 2017-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1632727&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WORKSHOP; IEEE; VR; 2016; Doctoral

This is funding to support participation by approximately 8 promising graduate students from educational institutions in the United States, along with about 5 senior members of the academic and industrial research communities as mentors, in a Doctoral Consortium (workshop) to be held in conjunction with the IEEE Virtual Reality (VR) 2016 conference that will take place March 19-23 in Greenville, SC, 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/2016. 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. Special efforts have been made by the organizers to achieve diversity among the students across institutions, and 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 first three such events, which were also supported by NSF. The event will begin with a dinner on Saturday, March 19, immediately prior to the start of the IEEE 3DUI Symposium, to welcome the students and provide initial mentorship and tips for networking at the conference. The main activities will take place on Sunday, March 20, in parallel with the second 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. Each student will also be asked to prepare a poster on his/her research that will be on display during the conference as part of the poster sessions, and to submit a short (2-page) abstract to be archived in the IEEE Digital Library. The VR conference will begin that evening, with a welcome reception where Doctoral Consortium participants will network with what they have learned over the first two days. Additional smaller activities 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/3DUI community.

这是为了支持美国教育机构的大约8位有前途的研究生，以及大约5位学术和工业研究社区的高级成员作为导师，在一个博士联盟（研讨会）中与之共同举行。 IEEE虚拟现实（VR）2016会议将于3月19日至23日在南卡罗来纳州的格林维尔举行，并自2006年以来与3D用户界面（3DUI）上的IEEE研讨会并列。虚拟现实是一个多学科领域，涉及以人为本的计算机模拟，该模拟试图模仿或增强现实世界的感官（通常是视觉，声音和触摸）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看法，信念和行为。 IEEE虚拟现实是由IEEE计算机协会于1993年首次组织，并每年举行一次，是该领域的主要国际会议和展览，其中包括技术论文演讲，讲习班，教程，研究示范和行业展览。有关会议的更多信息，请参见http://www.ieeeevr.org/2016。博士联盟的目的是为虚拟现实中的中级研究生提供一个独特的场所，以提供互动，支持和享有声望的指导，以使这些学生有一个宝贵的机会，从而从拥有广泛的高级个人那里获得独立的研究观点。集体知识的集体广度和深度，并在VR社区中建立一群年轻的研究人员。组织者已经做出了特殊的努力，以实现跨机构的学生之间的多样性，并从传统上在计算机科学领域的人数不足的团体中招募参与者，包括妇女，有色人种和残疾人。今年的IEEE VR博士联盟以前三个此类事件的成功格式建立在NSF的支持下。该活动将于3月19日（星期六）在IEEE 3DUI研讨会开始之前的晚餐开始，以欢迎学生，并在会议上提供最初的指导和网络技巧。主要活动将于3月20日（星期日）与IEEE 3DUI的第二天平行举行。 研讨会将包括早上和下午的会议，每个学生向其他学生参与者和一组VR研究人员展示他/她的作品，每次讨论和建设性的反馈之后，都有足够的时间来解决工作的优势，可能出现的挑战和问题以及结果的影响。所有学生和导师参加的小组工作午餐对于在未来10 - 20年内对该领域的“大图”设想的一部分统一小组中展示的个人目标和项目将特别有价值。还将要求每个学生在他/她的研究上准备一份海报，该海报将在会议期间作为海报会议的一部分展出，并提交简短（2页）摘要，以在IEEE数字图书馆中存档。 VR会议将在当晚开始，受到欢迎的招待会，博士联盟参与者将与他们在前两天所学到的知识进行交流。在本周剩余的时间里，将在分散时间进行其他较小的活动；特别是，由2-3名学生组成的小组将与VR/3DUI社区的高级成员见面，以指导午餐和/或其他网络活动。