2016 Archives - Page 9 of 11

Archive of articles published in the 2016 issue.

In Memoriam: Joanne Cohoon

In: March 2016, Vol. 28/No.3 /

The Computing Research Association is sad to announce the loss of Joanne Cohoon, a leader in the evaluation efforts of our programs, who died on February 14 at the age of 61. Joanne was involved with the CRA for more than a decade. In 2006, she was the principal investigator on an NSF-funded study that was initiated to test the validity of an earlier report, “Recruitment and Retention of Women Graduate Students in Computer Science and Engineering” (Cuny and Aspray, 2001). Joanne co-authored the report based on the study, “Recruiting and Retaining Women Graduate Students in Computer Science and Engineering,” which summarizes and expands on the results of a workshop and outlines research-based practices likely to promote gender balance in graduate computing programs.

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Join ACM and Shape the Future of Computing!

In: March 2016, Vol. 28/No.3, April 2016, Vol. 28/No.4, May 2016, Vol. 28/No.5, June 2016, Vol. 28/No.6, August 2016, Vol. 28/No.7, September 2016, Vol. 28/No.8, October 2016, Vol. 28/No.9, November 2016, Vol. 28/No.10 /

Join ACM and Shape the Future of Computing! For over 50 years, ACM has helped computing professionals to be their most creative, connect to peers, and see what’s next. Joining ACM means you dare to be the best computing professional you can be. Join ACM today and save 25% at http://www.acm.org/KeepInventing/CRA. ACM-W supports, celebrates, and advocates internationally for the full engagement of women in all aspects of the computing field.

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CRA at AAAS Family Science Days

In: March 2016, Vol. 28/No.3 /

The Computing Research Association had an action-packed weekend engaging the public with science at AAAS Family Science Days, February 13-14. There was a high turnout of families from the Washington, D.C. area who were eager to learn more about science and have some fun with hands on activities.

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Announcing the First Microsoft Open Source Challenge

In: March 2016, Vol. 28/No.3 /

Microsoft Research is delighted to announce its first Open Source Challenge that uses the many and various open source computer science tools from our researchers. From artificial intelligence to programming models, cryptography to education, there is something for every enquiring mind.

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2016 CRA Conference at Snowbird

In: March 2016, Vol. 28/No.3 /

Check out the updated program online at https://cra.org/events/snowbird-2016/#agenda.

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2016 CRA Conference at Snowbird Preliminary Program

In: February 2016, Vol. 28/No.2 /

The program for the 2016 CRA Conference at Snowbird has recently been updated. Below is the current program. Continue to visit the event page at https://cra.org/events/snowbird-2016/ for the latest information and updates. Online registration will open on the CRA website in a few weeks. New this year, we are excited to have organized discussions on interesting books in the field and want to hear your ideas! Email your book suggestions to Ellen Zegura at ewz@cc.gatech.edu.

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Expanding the Pipeline: On-Ramping to Academia: Returning to Academic From Industry or Research Laboratories

By: Coleen Carrigan, the California Polytechnic Institute at San Luis Obispo, and Eve Riskin, University of WashingtonIn: February 2016, Vol. 28/No.2 /

Pursuing scientific or engineering careers in industry, government, or private research after getting a Ph.D. once was considered a one-way ticket out of academia. However, in 2008, the University of Washington’s ADVANCE program received a National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE called “On-Ramps into Academia” to counter this belief. The goal of On-Ramps was to increase the pool of female faculty in STEM available to all universities by providing professional development to Ph.D.-level women in industry or research laboratories who wanted to transition into faculty positions. A popular strategy for increasing women faculty in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) departments is to hire from other universities, but this strategy fails to increase the number of women faculty nationally.

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CS in DC: Margaret Martonosi, Jefferson Science Fellow, U.S. Department of State

In: February 2016, Vol. 28/No.2 /

CRA board member Margaret Martonosi is currently serving as a Jefferson Science Fellow (JSF) within the U.S. State Department while on sabbatical from Princeton University for the 2015-2016 academic year. Within the State Department, she works in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs’ Office of International Communications and Information Policy (CIP). CIP is responsible for the formulation, coordination, and oversight of U.S. foreign policy related to information and communications technology (ICT).

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Twice as Many CREU/DREU Students Attend Graduate School, Compared to Other REU Students

By: Burçin Tamer, CERP Research ScientistIn: February 2016, Vol. 28/No.2 /

During their final year in college, a sample of undergraduate computing majors completed CERP’s annual survey for graduating students. The sample contained past participants of the CRA-W/CDC Alliance’s Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CREU) and Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU), students who had completed other REUs, and students who had never completed an REU. CREU/DREU participants were significantly more likely to report plans to attend a graduate program in computing in the upcoming fall, compared to students who had completed a different REU or no REU during college, p < .05. CREU/DREU students were also more likely to report that they were entering a Ph.D. program, compared to students with other REU experiences, or no REU experience, p < .05.

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Thank You Data Buddies!

By: Jane Stout, CERP DirectorIn: February 2016, Vol. 28/No.2 /

CRA wishes to thank the computing departments who distributed the Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP)’s Data Buddies survey during the fall of 2015! The collective effort of these departments provides data for CERP’s research on students’ experiences and successes in computing degree programs.

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Brain Science and Computer Science: Where Discovery Meets Invention

In: February 2016, Vol. 28/No.2 /

Contributions to this article were made by Gregory Hager, chair of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) and professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University and Martin Weiner, AAAS Science & Technology policy fellow in the Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering Directorate at NSF.

Recently, the organizers of the CCC workshop on Research Interfaces between Brain Science and Computer Science were invited to present their workshop report at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Jack Gallant (University of California, Berkeley), Polina Golland (MIT), and Gregory Hager (CCC chair, Johns Hopkins University) gave the presentation and led surrounding discussions.

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