February 27-28, 2020
Conrad Washington DC
950 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC, USA
Event Contact
CRA Staff
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The eleventh biennial Career Mentoring Workshop will be offered by the Computing Research Association on February 27 and 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. This exciting workshop provides advice and mentoring activities for those starting an academic computing research career. Most attendees are in their first or second year as assistant professors. The workshop, consisting of a series of panels, is interspersed with opportunities to network with senior researchers and representatives from government agencies.
Agenda Topics:
Planning Your Research Career
Networking: Building Your Research Village
Teaching
Mentoring and Managing Students
Preparing a Tenure Dossier
Time Management and Work-life Balance
Advice from Early Career Faculty
Reception with CRA Board Members and Leadership Summit Participants
Speed Networking
Research Funding Overviews from DARPA, NIH, and Industry
How to Write a Good Proposal
Overview of NSF and CISE
Hearing from NSF/CISE Division Directors
Small-Group Meetings with NSF/CISE Program Directors
February 27, 2020 (Thursday)
| 07:00 AM | Registration | Outside Grand Ballroom C & D |
| 07:00 AM | Breakfast | Grand Ballroom A & B |
| 08:15 AM | Welcome/Overview
| Grand Ballroom C & D Carla Brodley, Northeastern
Dan Grossman, University of Washington
Andrew Bernat, CRA
Ellen Zegura, CRA Board Chair
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| 08:30 AM | Planning Your Research Career
| Grand Ballroom C & D Rachel Pottinger, University of British Columbia
Barbara Ryder, Virginia Tech
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| 09:15 AM | Career Networking
| Grand Ballroom C & D James Allan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Charles Isbell, Georgia Tech
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| 10:00 AM | Break | Gallery Grand Ballroom |
| 10:30 AM | Teaching
| Grand Ballroom C & D Ran Libeskand-Hadas, Harvey Mudd College
Ellen Zegura, Georgia Tech
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| 11:15 AM | Mentoring and Managing Students
| Grand Ballroom C & D Mary Hall, University of Utah
Mark Hill, University of Wisconsin
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch | Grand Ballroom A & B |
| 01:00 PM | Preparing a Tenure Dossier
| Grand Ballroom C & D Greg Morrisett, Cornell University
Vivek Sarkar, Georgia Tech
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| 01:45 PM | Time Management and Work-Life Balance
| Grand Ballroom C & D Carla Brodley, Northeastern
Dan Grossman, University of Washington
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| 02:30 PM | Advice From Early Career Faculty
| Grand Ballroom C & D Michael Carbin, MIT
Nicola Dell, Cornell University Chris Parnin, North Carolina State University
Byron Wallace, Northeastern University
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| 03:30 PM | Reception with CRA Board Members and Leadership Summit Participants Begins | Gallery Falling Flowers |
| 03:50 PM | Speed-networking Event Begins | Grand Ballroom C & D |
| 04:40 PM | Speed-networking Event Ends, Reception Continues | Gallery Falling Flowers |
| 05:30 PM | Reception Ends |
February 28, 2020 (Friday)
| 07:30 AM | Breakfast | Grand Ballroom A & B |
| 08:30 AM | Research Funding Overviews
| Grand Ballroom C & D Jaime Teevan, Microsoft
Bill Scherlis, DARPA
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| 09:30 AM | Coffee Break | Gallery Grand Ballroom |
| 10:00 AM | How to Write a Good Proposal
| Grand Ballroom C & D Nancy Amato, University of Illinois |
| 11:00 AM | Overview of NSF and CISE
| Grand Ballroom C & D Margaret Martonosi, NSF CISE AD |
| 11:45 AM | Lunch (on own) |
| 01:00 PM | NSF/CISE Division Directors
| Grand Ballroom C & D CCF: CNS: IIS: OAC: |
| 01:45 PM | Small-group meetings with NSF/CISE Program Directors | Grand Ballroom A & B |
| 03:30 PM | Workshop Adjourn |
2020 CRA Conference at Snowbird