2018 Career Mentoring Workshop

February 26-27, 2018

Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel
North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA, United States

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Overview

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.

Agenda

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
Mike Franklin, University of Chicago
Andrew Bernat, Computing Research Association
Susan Davidson, Computing Research Association Board Chair
08:30 AM Planning Your Research Career | F. Scott Fitzgerald C

Julia Hirschberg, Columbia University
H.V. Jagadish, University of Michigan
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
Ellen Zegura, Georgia Tech
11:15 AM Mentoring and Managing Students | F. Scott Fitzgerald C

Chris Johnson, University of Utah
Beth Mynatt, Georgia Tech
12:00 PM Lunch | Ballroom DE
01:00 PM Preparing a Tenure Dossier | F. Scott Fitzgerald C

Greg Hager, Johns Hopkins University
Vivek Sarkar, Georgia Tech
01:45 PM Time Management and Work-life Balance | F. Scott Fitzgerald C

Carla Brodley, Northeastern University
Mary Hall, University of Utah
02:30 PM Advice from Early Career Faculty | F. Scott Fitzgerald C

Stratos Idreos, Harvard University
Martha Kim, Columbia University
Ben Langmead, Johns Hopkins 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
Jonathan Smith, DARPA and University of Pennsylvania
Terry Yoo, NIH
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
Susanne Hambrusch, Purdue 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)
Ken Calvert, Division Director, Computer and Network Systems (CNS)
Howard Wactlar, Acting Division Director, Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
Manish Parashar, Office Director, Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC)
02:00 PM Small-Group Meetings with NSF/CISE Program Directors | Alcott Boardroom/ Hemingway Salon 3
04:00 PM Workshop Adjourn

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