Dear Students:
Please discuss with your professors and consider submitting your
research work or homework projects to The First New England
Undergradaute Computing Symposium (NEUCS): Celebrating Excellence and
Diversity in Computer Science
It will take place at Wellesley College on April 18, 2009. This is a
good opportunity do showcase your work.
Saturday, 4 April 2009 – Sunday, 5 April 2009
Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront in Portland, Oregon
Held in conjunction with the Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity
in Computing Conference
http://apply2.cse.tamu.edu/AcademicCareerWorkshop/
Deadline for Participant Applications - Friday, 6 February 2009
The Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC), a joint organization of
the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), the Computing Research
Association (CRA), and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS), is
organizing the second annual Academic Workshop for Underrepresented
Participants funded by an NSF Broadening Participation in Computing
grant. The BPC Demonstration grant provides funding for participant
travel, lodging, and meeting logistics.
The goal of the workshop is to mentor underrepresented assistant- and
associate-level faculty and senior doctoral students about the
academic career ladder. It is well known that mentoring activities
are critical for successful promotions in the professoriate. Such
activities are especially needed for underrepresented ethnic faculty
in the field of computing, where the number at a given institution is
usually very small. The workshop will include panels of diverse
senior faculty talking about the tenure and promotion process,
launching a research program, professionalism, and a detailed session
on proposal writing. The workshop organizers include Valerie Taylor
(Texas A&M University), Bryant York (Portland State University), Illya
Hicks (Rice University), and Domingo Rodriguez (University of Puerto
Rico in Mayaguez).
We invite underrepresented assistant- and associate-level faculty and
senior doctoral students to submit an on-line application at the
following URL: http://apply2.cse.tamu.edu/AcademicCareerWorkshop/ by
Friday, 6 February 2009. Participants will be notified by Monday, 20
February 2009. Funding will be provided for all participants.
Questions about the program can be sent to Valerie Taylor,
taylor@cse.tamu.edu.
Application Deadline: February 15, 2009
www.cra.org/Activities/craw/gradcohort/
CRA-W is announcing the formation of the Sixth Grad Cohort for Women.
Cohort activities will kick off with a workshop March 27-28, 2009 in
San Mateo, CA, funded by generous donations from Microsoft and Google.
This workshop is the cornerstone of CRA-W's Grad Cohort Program to
increase the ranks of senior women in computing by building and
mentoring nationwide communities of women through their graduate
studies.
At the Grad Cohort Workshop, we will welcome new women graduate
students in their first year of graduate school into the community of
computing researchers and professionals by providing them with a broad
range of strategies and role models. Students from previous grad
cohorts are also invited to apply. All of the students will meet for
two days with 10 to 15 senior computing researchers and professionals
who will share pertinent information on graduate school survival
skills, as well as more personal information and insights about their
experiences. The rewards of a research career will be emphasized. The
workshop will include a mix of formal presentations and informal
discussions and social events. Through this workshop, students will be
able to build mentoring relationships and develop peer networks that
will form the basis for ongoing activities during their graduate
careers.
Eligibility:
* Women students in their first year of graduate school in computer
science and engineering or a closely related field
* Women students in their second year of graduate school - preference
will be given to those students who participated in the CRA-W Grad
Cohort in their first year of graduate school.
* A limited number of in slots will be available for women students in
their third year of graduate school - preference will be given to
those students who have participated in two previous CRA-W Grad
Cohorts.
Travel expenses, meals and lodging will be provided for students
chosen to participate in this program.
For more information and to apply for the Grad Cohort program:
http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/gradcohort/
Application deadline is February 15, 2009.
List of STEM Field Degrees at UMass Lowell:
* Atmospheric Sciences
* Bioinformatics
* Biological Engineering
* Biological Sciences
* Biotechnology
* Chemical Engineering
* Chemistry
* Civil Engineering
* Clinical Lab Sciences
* Computer Engineering
* Computer Science
* Ecology
* Electrical Engineering
* Environmental Studies
* Exercise Physiology
* Geoscience
* Mathematics
* Mechanical Engineering
* Medical Technology
* Nanomaterials Engineering
* Nuclear Engineering
* Nursing- 4 year program
* Paper Engineering
* Physics
* Plastics Engineering
$5,000 in Scholarship Prizes to be Awarded in Second IEEE-USA Online
Engineering Video Competition for Undergraduates on "How Engineers
Make A World of Difference".
WASHINGTON (26 August 2008) -- IEEE-USA is launching the
organization's second online engineering video competition for
undergraduate students on "How Engineers Make a World of Difference,"
and will award four scholarship prizes totaling $5,000 to the
undergraduates who create the most effective 90-second video clips
aimed at an 11-to-13-year-old student audience.
The clips should reinforce engineers' contributions to the quality of
life and convey how engineering can be a creative and rewarding
career. Winning entries will be announced and shown during Engineers
Week, February 15-21, 2009. The competition is open to all U.S.
undergraduate students in engineering, computer science, and
information technology. Entries can be provided by individuals or
teams, with at least one undergraduate participant who is an IEEE
Student Member. More than one video entry is permissible. Entries must
be submitted through YouTube by midnight Eastern Time on Friday, 16
January 2009. The competition will be judged by two engineering
graduate students, Andrew Quecan and Suzette Presas; and Nate Ball,
engineer-host for PBS' "Design Squad."
For more information on how to enter the IEEE-USA Online Engineering
Video Scholarship Competition and to upload an entry on YouTube, go
to: http://www.ieeeusa.org/communications/video_competition. To view
the IEEE.tv program on the first 2007-2008 IEEE-USA competition, go to
http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/IEEEtv/about.html.
Hi Everyone:
We are now soliciting summer 2009 applications for students and
faculty mentors for the CRA-W/CDC Distributed Research Experiences for
Undergraduates (DREU) Program (formally known as DMP). The
announcement below describes the DREU program and provides links to
the on-line student and mentor applications.
Please help us spread the word by sending the announcement below to
the undergraduate students in your department. We would appreciate you
sending a broad announcement to all students in your department, AND a
personal email to those students that you think would be a good fit
for this program. (Personal encouragement definitely works best!)
Please consider applying as a mentor yourself, and also please
forward this announcement to potentially interested faculty - male and
female. (Men have served as mentors since summer 2004. In fact, both
both male and female mentors are needed for CDC students.)
Thanks in advance for your help.
Nancy Amato, Professor, Texas A&M University Co-Director, Distributed
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CDC)
Tracy Camp, Professor, Colorado School of Mines Co-Director,
Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CRA-W)
Maria Gini, Professor, University of Minnesota Co-Director,
Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CRA-W)
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SUMMER 2009 PAID RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS
via CRA-W/CDC DREU
(DREU was known as the DMP from 1994-2008)
Application Deadline February 15, 2009
The CRA-W/CDC Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(DREU) Program is a highly selective program that matches promising
undergraduates with a faculty mentor for a summer research experience
at the faculty member's home institution. The objective of the DREU
is to increase the number of women and students from underrepresented
groups entering graduate studies in the fields of computer science and
engineering. The DREU experience is invaluable for students who are
considering graduate school, providing them with a close-up view of
what graduate school is really like and also increasing their
competitiveness as an applicant for graduate admissions and
fellowships.
Funding for the student consists of $6000 for the summer (10 weeks),
plus relocation travel assistance when appropriate. Additional funds
may be available to support student conference travel, either during
the summer or afterward, and for outreach activities promoting the
DREU.
An on-line Application for students and faculty mentors, more
information about DREU, and webpages authored by previous participants
are available at:
Application Deadline February 15, 2009
Awards Announced: mid-March 2009
Notes for faculty mentors regarding the DREU Program:
* Cost sharing by faculty mentors is encouraged. The number of
students interested in the DREU program has increased substantially
over the last several years. To enable more students to participate,
faculty are now encouraged to provide funds to support (partially or
fully) students; the DREU will provide travel support for all
students.
* All interested faculty are eligible to be DREU mentors. All
interested faculty are encouraged to apply as mentors. Nonetheless,
based on the documented benefits of role models with similar gender or
from similar demographic groups, it is anticipated that DREU funds
will mostly be used to support students matched with mentors from
groups underrepresented in computing. Hence, other mentors applying
should attempt to provide full funding for their students' stipends
(the program will provide travel support).
For more information about the DREU, consult the DREU webpages
or contact the DREU Co-Directors at dreu@cse.tamu.edu
Nancy Amato, Professor, Texas A&M University Co-Director, Distributed
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CDC)
Tracy Camp, Professor, Colorado School of Mines Co-Director,
Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CRA-W)
Maria Gini, Professor, University of Minnesota Co-Director,
Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CRA-W)
The Computing Research Association (CRA, http://cra.org) is an
association of more than 180 North American academic departments of
computer science and computer engineering; laboratories and centers in
industry, government, and academia engaging in basic computing
research; and affiliated professional societies.
The Coalition to Diversity Computing (CDC,
http://www.cdc-computing.org) is a joint organization of the ACM, CRA,
and IEEE-CS.
DREU is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation with
additional support from AAAI, the Luce Foundation, and USENIX.
