Are you interested in ...
- figuring out whether you have what it takes to get a Ph.D.?
- discovering why it's cool to get a Ph.D.?
- learning about the interesting things you can do after receiving a Ph.D.?
- learning what you need to do build a strong graduate school application?
- being able to network with internationally known researchers?

Then, you should read on!

We proudly announce the CRA-W/CDC Systems Research Mentoring Workshop. The purpose of this mentoring workshop is to encourage women and minority computer science students to obtain a Ph.D. in computer science. We are specifically interested in attracting undergraduate students (especially sophomores, juniors, and seniors) or graduate students enrolled in M.S. programs. This workshop will be a combination of learning about the work being done in several areas of systems research and mentoring with respect to helping students prepare for and apply to graduate school. We will bring together several women and minority leaders in computer systems research from academia and industry to give talks on the kind of research typically performed after obtaining a Ph.D. The workshop will engage women and minority students, specifically interested in systems research, in a process of imagining how they might contribute to the world. Academic and industry leaders from several areas of systems research, e.g., operating systems, compilers, architecture, and software engineering will review the progress that the field has made, and will present a number of future problems that we should be prepared to tackle in the coming decade.

Students will be reimbursed for all reasonable travel expenses. There is no charge for the academic workshop. Anyone may apply to the workshop, but first priority will be given to women and under-represented minority applicants. Applications are due on April 1. Application due date extended until April 5th!

Our effort is inspired and modeled on two previous well-received summer schools, the Programming Language Summer School held at The University of Texas at Austin and the Computer Architecture Summer School held at Princeton, both sponsored by CRA-W and CDC.

This academic mentoring workshop will be divided into panels. The first set of panels will cover hot topics and future directions in several systems areas, such as tools, compilers, runtime systems, operating systems, distributed systems, networks, computer architecture, and high-performance and grid computing. The second set of panels will cover topics involving motivating and preparing students to go to graduate school. Each speaker will give a brief presentation on the panel topic and all speakers will answer student questions and engage students in discussion.

This workshop is being organized by John Cavazos (University of Delaware), Daniel A. Jiménez (The University of Texas at San Antonio), and Lori Pollock (University of Delaware).

Application Here

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Speakers & Panelists

Compiler/Runtime Systems/Libraries/Tools:
Nancy Amato (Texas A&M University)
Emery Berger (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
John Cavazos (University of Delaware)
Operating Systems/Database Systems/Grid Computing:
Mary Fernandez (AT&T)
Amelie Marian (Rutgers University)
Rich Martin (Rutgers University)
Michela Taufer (University of Delaware)
Software Engineering/Verification/Security:
Stephen Siegel (University of Delaware)
Yuan Yuan (Google)
Architecture/High-Performance Computing/Grid Computing:
Joel Emer (Intel)
Russ Joseph (Northwestern University)
Mentoring:
Brian Blake (Georgetown University)
Jan Cuny (NSF and University of Oregon)
David Kaeli (Northeastern University)
Timothy Pinkston (NSF and University of Southern California)
Lori Pollock (University of Delaware)

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Corporate Supporters

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Sponsors

Sponsored by  Committee on the Status of  Women in Computing Research(CRA-W)

Sponsored by     ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN)

Sponsored by   The Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC)

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