CDC Academic Workshop - Application deadline February 6th

NSF-Sponsored Academic Workshop for Underrepresented Assistant
Professors, Associate Professors, and Senior Doctoral Students

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.