WORKSHOP: The IEEE VR 2017 Doctoral Consortium

研讨会：IEEE VR 2017 博士联盟

• 批准号: 1736043
• 负责人: Toni Pence
• 金额: $ 1.55万
• 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: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-04-01 至 2018-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1736043&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WORKSHOP; IEEE; VR; 2017; Doctoral

This is funding to support participation by approximately 7 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) 2017 conference that will take place March 18-22 in Los Angeles, CA, 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/2017. 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 previous such events, which were also supported by NSF. The main activities of the DC will take place on Saturday, 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 Sunday, March 19, with a welcome reception, where DC participants will network with what they have learned during the full day event. The DC attendees will also participate 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 3DUI and VR research communities, 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. The IEEE VR/3DUI conference planners will generously provide as much financial support as possible to the DC through the main conference's budget, including meeting space, audio-visual rental, and food and beverage during breaks for free. In addition, the IEEE VR/3DUI conference will pay for a welcoming dinner and the working lunch for the students and mentoring committee, which will provide critical opportunities for students to learn from mentors and VIP leaders in the field.

This is funding to support participation by approximately 7 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) 2017 conference that will take place March 18-22 in Los Angeles, CA, and which is collocated since 2006 with the IEEE Symposium on 3D用户界面（3DUI）。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，可以在http://www.ieeeevr.org/2017在线找到。 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，为这些学生提供互动，支持和享有声望的指导，以使这些学生有一个宝贵的机会，以从具有广泛的集体广度和知识的高级个人中获得独立的研究，并在VR社区中建立了一群年轻研究者。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博士联盟以先前此类事件的成功格式建立，并得到了NSF的支持。 DC的主要活动将于3月18日（星期六）与IEEE 3DUI的第一天平行。 研讨会将包括每位学生的早晨和下午会议，其中每个学生向其他学生参与者和高级VR研究人员小组展示他/她的工作，每次讨论和建设性的反馈之后，有足够的时间搁置了时间，以解决工作的优势，可能会带来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。 VR会议将于3月19日（星期日）举行，并举行欢迎招待会，DC参与者将与他们在全天活动中学到的知识进行交流。 华盛顿特区的参加者还将参加海报会议，这将为他们提供更多网络和讨论他们的研究的机会。 其他较小的活动，包括与3DUI和VR研究社区的主要领导者共进午餐，将在本周剩下的时间分散时间举行；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。 IEEE VR/3DUI会议计划者将通过主要会议的预算为DC提供尽可能多的财务支持，包括会议空间，视听租赁以及休息期间的食品和饮料。 此外，IEEE VR/3DUI会议将为学生和指导委员会提供欢迎的晚餐和工作午餐费用，这将为学生提供至关重要的机会，以便学生向该领域的导师和VIP领导者学习。