Scott DeBoer is Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Products Officer at Micron Technology.
Dan Grossman
Chris RammingFatma Özcan is a Principal Software Engineer at Google, specializing in systems research, with a focus on ML for databases, NL2SQL, and large-scale data analytics platforms. Previously, she held roles at IBM Almaden Research Center, where she was a Distinguished RSM and senior manager, contributing to the development of Big SQL, DB2 pureXML, and several SQL standards. A distinguished member of ACM, Fatma has held various leadership positions, including vice chair of ACM SIGMOD, co-chair of CRA-Industry, and editor-in-chief of PVLDB, while also serving on numerous program committees and boards for major conferences and journals in the database field.
March 20-21, 2025
The Alexis Royal Sonesta Hotel Seattle
1007 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Event Contact
Helen Wright
hwright@cra.org
Event Type
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Overview
Collaboration between academia and industry is essential for driving technological advancements and economic growth. This workshop identified successful partnership approaches and a range of best practices.
The goals for this workshop were to:
- Convene key computing research leaders from academia and industry to foster deeper collaboration and knowledge-sharing.
- Identify effective strategies for academia to leverage industry resources and expertise to drive high-impact research and innovation.
- Develop actionable incentives and frameworks for universities to encourage faculty and researchers to pursue collaborative projects with industry partners.
- Produce a comprehensive breadth of practices report that provided concrete guidelines and strategies for strengthening academia-industry partnerships.
Agenda
March 20, 2025 (Thursday)
| 07:30 AM | BREAKFAST | Author's Corner |
| 08:30 AM | Welcome | Grand Parlor |
| 09:00 AM | Keynote from Scott DeBoer, Micron
| Grand Parlor
Scott joined Micron in 1995 as a process technology engineer and has served in a variety of positions leading up to his appointment as vice president of Process R&D in 2007, executive vice president of Technology Development in 2017, and executive vice president of Technology and Products in 2019. He holds more than 120 U.S. patents and has authored dozens of technical publications. Scott currently serves as the Chair of the Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) for the United States Department of Commerce. He also serves on the board of directors of Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), Semiconductor Research Corp. (SRC), and Idaho Business for Education, as well as on the governing council of SRC’s JUMP and nCORE long-term research initiatives. Scott graduated from Hastings College with a bachelor’s degree. He earned a master’s degree in physics and a doctorate in electrical engineering from Iowa State University. |
| 09:45 AM | Invited Talks
| Grand Parlor
James Allan Associate Dean of Research & Engagement & Professor
Professor and Vice Director Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Senior Strategic Advisor
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| 10:30 AM | BREAK | Foyer |
| 11:00 AM | Lightning Talks | Grand Parlor |
| 11:30 AM | Panel- "Industry’s Role in Enhancing Research Collaboration"
| Grand Parlor Matt Gordon Director, Academic Research Initiatives Mark D. Hill Gene M. Amdahl & John P. Morgridge Professor Emeritus of Computer Sciences Managing Member
3C Caching LLC Hank Levy Professor Emeritus and Wissner-Slivka Chair Emeritus in Computer Science & Engineering Distinguished Engineer and Co-Director of the Systems Research Group Mary Hall (Moderator) Director of the School of Computing |
| 12:30 PM | LUNCH | Author's Corner |
| 01:30 PM | Lightning Talks | Grand Parlor |
| 02:00 PM | Breakout Session I | Grand Parlor |
| 03:00 PM | BREAK | Foyer |
| 03:30 PM | Report Out from Breakout Groups | Grand Parlor |
| 04:30 PM | Recap and Plan for Next Day | Grand Parlor |
| 06:00 PM | DINNER | Author's Corner |
March 21, 2025 (Friday)
| 08:00 AM | BREAKFAST | Author's Corner |
| 09:00 AM | Panel - "Industry's Role in Shaping Computing Education"
| Grand Parlor Lisa Amini Elizabeth Bruce Shivani Thakkar
Vivek Sarkar (Moderator)
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| 10:00 AM | BREAK | Foyer |
| 10:30 AM | Breakout Session #2 | Grand Parlor |
| 11:30 AM | Report Out from Breakout Groups | Grand Parlor |
| 12:30 PM | ADJOURN, lunch boxes to go | Author's Corner |
Organizers
Mary Hall
Director of the Kahlert School of Computing
University of Utah
Mary Hall is the Director of the Kahlert School of Computing at University of Utah, which is the state’s flagship university located within Utah’s capitol city and burgeoning tech corridor. This unique positioning of the university stimulates unique partnership opportunities. In 2022, she co-moderated (along with Ben Zorn of Microsoft Research) a CRA-Industry Roundtable on Building Stronger Regional Academia-Industry-Government Computing Research Partnerships.
Amit Jain
Professor, Department of Computer Science
Boise State
Dr. Amit Jain was the chair of the Computer Science Department at Boise State University from 2018-2024, where he helped lead explosive growth over the last ten years. He is particularly passionate about his role in the synergy between industry and academia that has been instrumental in this transformation of both the department and the local tech industry.
Fatma Özcan
Principal Software Engineer
Google
Vivek Sarkar
Dean, College of Computing
Georgia Tech
Vivek Sarkar is the John P. Imlay, Jr. Dean of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, and a professor in the School of Computer Science. His research focuses on parallel computing, including programming languages, compilers, runtime systems, and debugging and verification for high-performance systems. Prior to his academic career, Vivek had extensive experience in the tech industry, working at IBM, where he was a key contributor to the development of parallel programming tools and systems for high-performance computing.
