CRA-W has run career mentoring workshops at the Grace Hopper conference since 2009. Each of the tracks: Undergraduate, Graduate and Early Professionals includes three sessions. Members of the CRA-W board also contributes to the conference in many other ways. Please contact A.J. Brush (ajbrush@microsoft.com) with any questions. More generally CRA-W runs career mentoring workshops throughout the year.
Grace Hopper 2011
Congratulations to Mary Lou Soffa, the Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award Winner!
Career Mentoring Workshops
The 2011 Career Mentoring workshops were a great success with at least 70 attendees at each session and 125 at our "Finding Your Dream Job" session. The agenda with presenter bios can be found at 2011 Grace Hopper Conference website, slides available are linked below.
Undergraduate Track:
Undergraduate Research Experience Internships
Jamike Burge, Andrea Danyluk
The Graduate School Experience
Raquel Romano, Rachel Pottinger, Manuela Veloso
How to Apply to Graduate School
Fatmi Mili, Lori Pollock
Graduate Track:
Graduate School Survival Skills
Rachel Pottinger, Tiffani Williams
Publishing Your Research
Ruzena Bajcsy and Meredith Ringel Morris
Building Your Professional Network
Evi Dube, Vidya Setlur, Caroyln Strobel
Early Career Researchers
Finding Your Dream Job
Erika Shehan Poole, Kathryn McKinley
Starting and Growing Your Own Research Program
Deb Agarwal, Cecilia Aragon
Preparing for Promotion
Mary Czerwinski, Nancy Amato
Industry Researcher Birds of a Feather
Thursday 5:15 - 6:15, CRA-W board members A.J. Brush, Patty Lopez, along with Gilda Garreton from Intel will host the Industry Researcher Birds of a Feather.
Conference Leadership
Lori Pollock: General Co-Chair of the conference, Academic Advisory Board
Nancy Amato: Academic Advisory Board, Scholarships
Tessa Lau: Birds of a Feather Co-Chair
Carla Ellis: Invited Technical Speakers Co-Chair
A.J. Brush:CRA-W workshop organizer, Industry Advisory Board, BOF committee
Dilma Da Silva: Panels and Workshops
Patty Lopez: Panels and Workshops, PhD Forum, ABI Board of Advisors
Mary Lou Soffa: New Investigators,
Grace Hopper 2010
More than 80 students attended each mentoring workshop session on average. Tracy Camp served as Conference General Chair, Lori Pollock served as Program Co-Chair. Board members were involved in 5 committees and 15 panels and sessions during the conference.
The full Agenda is the Grace Hopper website, slides we have available are linked below.
Undergraduate Track:
What is research?
Nancy Amato, Dilma Da Silva, Katie Wolf
Is research for me?
Susan Rodger, Ellen Walker, Abrita Chakravarty, Susanna Ricco
How do I become a researcher?
Cecilia Aragon, Maria Gini, Katherin Panciera
Graduate Track:
How do I enjoy and suceed in grad school?
Elizabeth Mynatt, Erika SHehan Poole, Jane Prey
How do I build my professional network?
Mary Czerwinski, Soha Hassoun
What's it take to do great research
Nina Bhatti, Mary Jean Harold
Early Career Researchers
How do I start my own research program?
Andrea Danyluk, Lise Getoor, Ashely Stroupe
How do I become a leader in my field?
Irene Greif, Deb Agarwal, Carla Gomes
How do I get promoted?
Laura Hass, Ellen Zegura