CRA-W

CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshop Agenda

June 9-10, 2007

FCRC Conference, San Diego, CA

On behalf of the Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W), the Workshop Committee Chair Annie I. Antón welcomes you to the CRA-W Workshop on Research Career Mentoring for Women in Computer Science and Engineering. The goal of the workshop is to provide mentoring activities targeting women in professional research careers. The workshop is structured to provide researchers at all levels with critical information about the culture of and the content required for professional research and contacts with successful role models and mentors. Participants are invited to choose from one of two tracks: 1) academic researchers and graduate students; and 2) industrial and national laboratory women. There are also several joint sessions giving participants an opportunity to interact and network with women in their field.

SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2007

8:00 (Atlas Foyer) — Continental Breakfast

8:30 (Sunrise Rm) — Welcome and Overview - Annie I. Antón, North Carolina State University

8:45 (Sunrise Rm) — Keynote Address - Robin Murphy, University of South Florida

9:30 (Sunrise Rm) — Networking and Professional Interaction - Annie I. Antón, North Carolina State (slides)

10:30 (Atlas Foyer) — Break

11:00 (Sunrise Rm) — Time Management, Family, and Quality of Life Issues - Kathleen Fisher, AT&T Chandra Krintz, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (slides)

12:30 (Royal Palm Court) — Lunch - Participants grouped by research area

2:00 (Sunrise Rm) — Panel Session: Securing Funding for Research - Jan Cuny, National Science Foundation and University of Oregon Kathy Yelick, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and UC Berkeley (slides)

3:30 (Atlas Foyer) — Break

4:00 (Sunrise Rm) — Panel Session: The Job Search Process - Kathleen Fisher, AT&T Mary Lou Soffa, University of Virginia (slides)

6:30 (Tiki Pavillion) — Dinner

SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2007

8:00 (Atlas Foyer) — Continental Breakfast

9:00 (Sunrise Rm) — Panel Session: Building Your Research Career - Mary Lou Soffa, University of Virginia Robin Murphy, University of South Florida Tessa Lau, IBM

10:30 (Atlas Foyer) — Break

11:00 (Sunrise Rm) — Parallel Track - Panel Sessions Session A: The Tenure Process Annie I. Antón, North Carolina State University Kathy Yelick, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and UC Berkeley (slides) Session B: Research Careers in Industry / National Labs Evi Dube, Lawrence Livermore National Labs Tessa Lau, IBM Geetanjali Sampemane, Google (slides)

12:00 (Royal Palm Court) — Lunch - Participants grouped by stage in career

2:00 (Sunrise Rm) — Panel Session: Career Paths Contrasted - Kathryn McKinley, University of Texas, Austin Andrea Lawrence, Spelman College Susan Dumais, Microsoft Joann Ordille, Avaya Labs (slides)

3:00 (Atlas Foyer) — Break - Participants grouped by stage in career

3:30 (Sunrise Rm) — Parallel Track - Panel Sessions Session A: Teaching, Mentoring, Service Annie I. Antón, North Carolina State University Andrea Lawrence, Spelman College Session B: Strategies for Success in Industry and National Labs Susan Dumais, Microsoft Evi Dube, Lawrence Livermore National Labs Joanne Ordille, Avaya Labs Geetanjali Sampemane, Google

5:00 (Sunrise Rm) — Wrap-up and Evaluation

The Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) is grateful for the financial support from the National Science Foundation for this workshop. These funds were especially important for offering travel grants to participants and panelists. The chairs is also grateful for the invaluable assistance of Carla Romero at the CRA and Kathleen Fisher for serving as our industry liaison.