WORKSHOP: ThinkTank (Doctoral Consortium) at ICAD 2017

研讨会：ICAD 2017 上的 ThinkTank（博士联盟）

• 批准号: 1720407
• 负责人: Mark Ballora
• 金额: $ 2.26万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1720407&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WORKSHOP; ThinkTank; Doctoral; Consortium; ICAD

This is funding to support a "Think Tank" (workshop) of about 13 promising graduate student scholars along with distinguished research faculty mentors, in conjunction with the 23rd Annual International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD 2017), which will be held June 20-23 on the University Park campus of Pennsylvania State University. ICAD is the premier international forum for presenting research on the use of sound to display data, monitor systems, and provide enhanced user interfaces for computers and virtual reality systems. It is unique in its singular focus on auditory displays and the array of perception, technology, and application areas that this encompasses, which include for example data sonification, auditory wayfinding, auditory graphs, speech interfaces, virtual environments, and associated perceptual, cognitive, technical, and technological research and development. Many of the interdisciplinary research and development efforts are of direct relevance to persons with perceptual disabilities, especially visual impairments; for example, developing wayfinding systems for the blind requires research into effective distance cues and object identifiers used in auditory displays. Research into the efficacy of auditory graphs may be used to help visually impaired students and scientists participate more fully in science. Even household devices can have more effective auditory displays that provide richer information than the basic "beeps" they presently tend to generate. A common approach in this field is universal design, wherein a display strategy is developed once, to be used by all kinds of users, including those with and without specific access issues. This year's conference theme is Sound in Learning; more details about the conference are available online at http://icad.org/icad2017/. The ICAD Think Tank is a doctoral consortium that promotes scholarship and networking among new researchers in this important emerging interdisciplinary area. It will help shape ongoing and future research projects that have clear and important implications for development of assistive technologies and universal access. The doctoral consortium will afford participants exposure to a larger community, allowing them to bond among themselves and with senior researchers at a critical stage in their professional development. Because the students and faculty constitute a diverse group across a variety of dimensions, including nationality and culture, scientific discipline, and institution, the students' horizons are broadened to the future benefit of the field. This year, the organizers expect that up to 10 U.S.-based Think Tank Scholars will have their travel and attendance heavily subsidized. Additionally, up to 3 U.S.-based Think Tank Scholars local to the central Pennsylvania area will have their attendance at ICAD 2017 (but not travel and accommodation) subsidized, for a total of 13 Student Scholars. Some NSF funds will also be used to support travel by research faculty panelists (both U.S. and foreign-based), since they provide great value to the US students, but NSF funds will not be used to support travel and participation of non-U.S. students. The organizers will be proactive in promoting diversity among the attendees. Stage in their academic program, research topic, gender and disability status are examples of dimensions on which participant diversity will be pursued; geographic and institutional diversity will also be strongly considered.The ICAD Think Tank, a full-day event which will take place on June 19 immediately preceding the conference, is open to graduate students at all stages of their educational program, including both Masters and PhD students. Exceptional undergraduates who have demonstrated interest in pursuing this field in their graduate careers may also be considered. The Think Tank will bring together students from diverse backgrounds (e.g., engineering, computing, music, and psychology), so that they can experience the broad spectrum of approaches to auditory displays, assistive technologies and universal design. The Think Tank will develop a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research, by providing participants with a friendly and open, yet rigorous, scientific forum in which to present their research ideas, to listen to ongoing work from peer students, and to receive constructive feedback from a panel of distinguished experts. Panel feedback is designed to help students understand and articulate how their work is positioned relative to related research, whether their topics are adequately focused for thesis research projects, whether their methods are correctly chosen and applied, and whether their results are appropriately analyzed and presented. The Think Tank will also offer invited speakers and discussion groups (e.g., to provide students with relevant information about important issues for doctoral candidates, whether they are considering academic or industrial career paths). Each student participant will furthermore present his/her work in a special poster session during the conference proper. And the Think Tank Chair will provide a summary/review/debrief at the conference banquet that includes an overview of the event's success and in which all Think Tank participants (students and panelists) are introduced to the community.

这笔资金将用于支持由约 13 名有前途的研究生学者和杰出研究教师导师组成的“智囊团”（研讨会），以及将于 6 月 20 日举行的第 23 届国际听觉表现年会 (ICAD 2017)。 23日，宾夕法尼亚州立大学大学公园校区。 ICAD 是展示利用声音显示数据、监控系统以及为计算机和虚拟现实系统提供增强用户界面的研究的首要国际论坛。 它的独特之处在于其对听觉显示及其所涵盖的一系列感知、技术和应用领域的独特关注，其中包括例如数据声音化、听觉寻路、听觉图表、语音界面、虚拟环境以及相关的感知、认知、技术、工艺研究与开发。 许多跨学科研究和开发工作与知觉障碍者，特别是视力障碍者直接相关；例如，为盲人开发寻路系统需要研究听觉显示中使用的有效距离线索和物体标识符。 对听觉图功效的研究可用于帮助视障学生和科学家更充分地参与科学。 即使家用设备也可以拥有更有效的听觉显示，提供比它们目前倾向于产生的基本“嘟嘟声”更丰富的信息。 该领域的常见方法是通用设计，其中显示策略开发一次后即可供各种用户使用，包括那些有或没有特定访问问题的用户。 今年会议的主题是“声音学习”；有关会议的更多详细信息，请访问 http://icad.org/icad2017/。 ICAD 智库是一个博士联盟，旨在促进这一重要的新兴跨学科领域的新研究人员之间的学术交流和交流。 它将有助于塑造正在进行的和未来的研究项目，这些项目对辅助技术的发展和普及具有明确和重要的影响。 博士联盟将为参与者提供接触更大社区的机会，使他们能够在专业发展的关键阶段相互联系并与高级研究人员建立联系。 由于学生和教师构成了一个跨多个维度的多元化群体，包括国籍和文化、科学学科和机构，因此学生的视野被拓宽，以利于该领域的未来利益。 今年，组织者预计最多 10 名美国智库学者的旅行和出席将获得巨额补贴。 此外，宾夕法尼亚州中部地区的最多 3 名美国智库学者将获得参加 2017 年 ICAD 会议的补贴（但不包括旅行和住宿），学生学者总数为 13 名。 一些 NSF 资金还将用于支持研究人员小组成员（美国和外国）的旅行，因为它们为美国学生提供了巨大的价值，但 NSF 资金不会用于支持非美国学生的旅行和参与。 组织者将积极促进与会者的多样性。 学术计划的阶段、研究主题、性别和残疾状况都是追求参与者多样性的维度的例子；地理和机构多样性也将得到重点考虑。ICAD 智库是一项全天活动，将于会议之前的 6 月 19 日举行，向教育计划各个阶段的研究生开放，包括硕士和博士学生。 也可以考虑在研究生职业生涯中表现出对这一领域的兴趣的优秀本科生。 该智库将汇集来自不同背景（例如工程、计算机、音乐和心理学）的学生，以便他们能够体验听觉显示、辅助技术和通用设计的广泛方法。 智库将通过为参与者提供一个友好、开放且严谨的科学论坛来展示他们的研究想法，倾听同行学生正在进行的工作，并获得杰出专家小组的建设性反馈。 小组反馈旨在帮助学生理解和阐明他们的工作相对于相关研究的定位，他们的主题是否充分集中于论文研究项目，他们的方法是否正确选择和应用，以及他们的结果是否得到适当的分析和呈现。 智库还将提供受邀演讲者和讨论小组（例如，为学生提供有关博士生重要问题的相关信息，无论他们正在考虑学术还是工业职业道路）。 此外，每位学生参与者还将在会议期间的特别海报会议上展示他/她的作品。 智库主席将在会议宴会上提供总结/回顾/汇报，其中包括对活动成功的概述，并向社区介绍所有智库参与者（学生和小组成员）。