February 27-28, 2020
Conrad Washington DC
950 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC, USA
Event Contact
CRA Staff
info@cra.org
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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 |
| 07:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 08:15 AM | Welcome/Overview
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
Rachel Pottinger, University of British Columbia
Barbara Ryder, Virginia Tech
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| 09:15 AM | Career Networking
James Allan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Charles Isbell, Georgia Tech
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| 10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM | Teaching
Ran Libeskand-Hadas, Harvey Mudd College
Ellen Zegura, Georgia Tech
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| 11:15 AM | Mentoring and Managing Students
Mary Hall, University of Utah
Mark Hill, University of Wisconsin
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch |
| 01:00 PM | Preparing a Tenure Dossier
Greg Morrisett, Cornell University
Vivek Sarkar, Georgia Tech
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| 01:45 PM | Time Management and Work-Life Balance
Carla Brodley, Northeastern
Dan Grossman, University of Washington
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| 02:30 PM | Advice From Early Career Faculty
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 |
| 03:50 PM | Speed-networking Event Begins |
| 04:40 PM | Speed-networking Event Ends, Reception Continues |
| 05:30 PM | Reception Ends |
February 28, 2020 (Friday)
| 07:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 08:30 AM | Research Funding Overviews
Jaime Teevan, Microsoft
TBD, DARPA
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| 09:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:00 AM | How to Write a Good Proposal
Nancy Amato, University of Illinois |
| 11:00 AM | Overview of NSF and CISE
Margaret Martonosi, incoming NSF CISE AD |
| 11:45 AM | Lunch (on own) |
| 01:00 PM | NSF/CISE Division Directors
TBD |
| 01:45 PM | Small-group meetings with NSF/CISE Program Directors |
| 03:30 PM | Workshop Adjourn |
2020 CRA Conference at Snowbird