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The Student Think Tank is a full day meeting for students doing, Doctoral or
Masters projects in auditory display. It will be held on June 9, two days
before the ICAD 2010 conference in Washington, DC. It will be free of charge
for all participants and refreshments will be provided throughout the day.
The Think Tank is your chance to set a whole roomful of auditory researchers
to work on your particular research issue, to help you chose which method,
tool or technique to use, to save you from heading down a dead end. Besides
providing breakthrough insights into your particular project the Think Tank
will foster friendships and networks that are essential in an international
community for auditory display.
The Think Tank is open to all students who make a submission by 5 April
2010.
What to Submit
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Your research problem
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The description of your problem should begin with a title, a sentence
summarising your research question or hypothesis, and 200 words summarising
the problem you would like to discuss, which can be anything from choosing
the right tools and techniques, to choosing research topics, to how to
organise your thesis, to philosophical or aesthetic issues anything where
you could benefit from the perspectives and experience of other students and
expertise from the panel.
Your biography
Your biography should start with your name, the title of your program of
study, the names of your supervisors, the number of years you have been
studying, your department and institution, and up to 200 words on your
background.
Selection and Notification
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Ten of the submissions will be selected by the Panel for formal presentation
and ³think-tanking². Notifications of selection will be emailed by 30 April
2010. The selected problems will be representative examples of a widespread
problem, or will be particularly interesting or difficult (as determined by
the expert Panel). Each student whose problem is selected will prepare a 15
minute presentation for the Think Tank which will be followed by a 15 minute
discussion by everyone in attendance. The Panel will present a report on
the think-tank in the ICAD 2010 conference program.
All those who submit a problem may participate in the Think Tank to watch
the presentations and join in the discussions; however, only the ten
selected submissions will be able to make a formal oral presentation. Even
if your problem is not selected you will leave with a sense of what other
students are doing and how they are approaching problems in auditory
display, as well as new friends to talk about your project with during the
rest of the ICAD 2010 conference and in the future. If your problem is
selected you may also leave with the breakthrough you need!
Financial assistance is available as follows:
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1. Thanks to funding from the NSF, students based in the USA who are
selected to present at the Think Tank will receive air fare (from within the
US), ICAD conference registration, and 7 nights accommodation in the shared
dorms.
2. Students from outside the USA who are selected to present are not
eligible for the NSF subsidy and will have to attend the Think Tank and
conference at their own expense. They will, however, benefit from the input
and advice of the assembled experts in the panel.
3. Any other students (US-based or not) who are not selected to make a
formal presentation and get formal feedback, are still invited to
participate in the Think Tank to watch the presentations and join in the
discussions; they are not eligible to receive any funding.
Think Tank Panel
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The Think Tank Panel comprises six international researchers who work across
a range of disciplines covered by auditory display. The confirmed Panel
members are:
1. Dr Paul Vickers [Chair] (Northumbria University, UK)
2. Dr Kelly Snook (Nasa, USA)
3. Dr Bruce Walker (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
4. TBC
5. TBC
6. TBC
How to Submit
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Please email submissions by 5 April to [log in to unmask]
Notifications of selection will be emailed back to the addresses used for
submission by 30 April.
Paul Vickers
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Dr P. Vickers BSc PhD CEng MIET FHEA
Reader in Human-Computer Interaction
School of Computing, Engineering, & Information Sciences
Northumbria University
Pandon Building, Camden Street
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE2 1XE
Tel +44 (0)191 243-7614
Fax +44 (0)705 341-7761
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
web: www.paulvickers.com/northumbria
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