2018 Career Mentoring Workshop
February 26-27, 2018
Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel
North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA, United States
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The biennial Career Mentoring Workshop was offered by the Computing Research Association on February 26-27, 2018, at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel in Arlington, V.A.
This workshop provides career advice and mentoring activities for junior assistant professors in computer science and engineering. The workshop, consisting of a series of panels, is interspersed with opportunities to network with senior researchers and representatives from government agencies.
February 26, 2018 (Monday)
07:00 AM | Registration | Pre-Function C |
07:30 AM | Breakfast | Ballroom DE |
08:15 AM | Welcome/Overview
| F. Scott Fitzgerald C Sarita Adve, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
08:30 AM | Planning Your Research Career
| F. Scott Fitzgerald C Julia Hirschberg, Columbia University |
09:15 AM | Networking: Building Your Research Village
| F. Scott Fitzgerald C Kathryn McKinley, Google and University of Texas |
10:00 AM | AM Break | Pre-Function C |
10:30 AM | Teaching
| F. Scott Fitzgerald C Dan Grossman, University of Washington |
11:15 AM | Mentoring and Managing Students
| F. Scott Fitzgerald C Chris Johnson, University of Utah |
12:00 PM | Lunch | Ballroom DE |
01:00 PM | Preparing a Tenure Dossier
| F. Scott Fitzgerald C Greg Hager, Johns Hopkins University |
01:45 PM | Time Management and Work-life Balance
| F. Scott Fitzgerald C Carla Brodley, Northeastern University |
02:30 PM | Advice from Early Career Faculty
| F. Scott Fitzgerald C Stratos Idreos, Harvard University |
03:30 PM | Reception with CRA Board Members and Leadership Summit Participants | Pre-Function C |
February 27, 2018 (Tuesday)
07:30 AM | Breakfast | Restaurant |
08:30 AM | Research Funding Overviews
| F. Scott Fitzgerald C Brent Hailpern, IBM |
10:00 AM | Coffee Break - Meet presenters and board members | Pre-Function C |
10:30 AM | How to Write a Good Proposal
| F. Scott Fitzgerald C Nancy Amato, Texas A&M University |
11:30 AM | Overview of NSF and CISE
| F. Scott Fitzgerald C Jim Kurose, NSF |
12:00 PM | Lunch (on own) |
01:15 PM | NSF/CISE Division Directors
| F. Scott Fitzgerald C Thyaga Nandagopal, Deputy Division Director, Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) |
02:00 PM | Small-Group Meetings with NSF/CISE Program Directors | Alcott Boardroom/ Hemingway Salon 3 |
04:00 PM | Workshop Adjourn |