May 24, 2006
Computer Architecture Workshop at Princeton: June 6 deadline
As a joint effort of the Computing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women (CRA-W) and the Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC), we are organizing a summer school workshop in Computer Architecture to be held at Princeton University on July 19-21. The workshop is particularly targeted at women and under-represented minorities currently in computer architecture graduate programs, but undergrads and faculty members are also welcome to apply. A webpage with basic info and the application form is now available: http://www.princeton.edu/~archss06
The two-day workshop will include a range of panel sessions and presentations by leading computer architects on topics such as:
- How to get started in computer architecture research
- What architects should know about
compilers and system software
- What architects should know about circuits and fabrication issues
- Presentation and communication skills
- Along the career path
- The future of the computer architecture field
Important Dates:
Application Deadline: *Tuesday, June 6*
Notification to Attendees: *Tuesday, June 13*
Via anticipated funding from NSF's Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) program, we expect to provide support for travel and lodging expenses for accepted attendees.
Workshop Organizers:
Prof. Iris Bahar, Brown University
Prof. Mary Jane Irwin, Penn State University
Prof. Russ Joseph, Northwestern University
Prof. Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University
Prof. Sally McKee, Cornell University
Prof. Li-Shiuan Peh, Princeton University
Prof. Kelly Shaw, University of Richmond
Prof. Margaret Martonosi, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Engineering and Applied Science Princeton University mrm@princeton.edu http://www.princeton.edu/~mrm
May 4, 2005
CDC Distributed Rap Session 2005: Applications Required
Dear Colleagues:
We're seeking 6 underrepresented minority undergraduate (preferably junior and senior) computer science, computer engineering, or electrical engineering students to participate in a distributed rap session (DRS). The goal is to have 2 students from 3 institutions participate in a distributed research project over the Access Grid. They each will receive a $4000 stipend for their participation.
We are planning a face-to-face meeting the end of May in Atlanta, where we will provide the students with an overview of the project and directions regarding the summer research project. We will also provide travel support to this meeting.
An overview of the project is below. If you have any questions, please contact me via e-mail or phone (217.244.1763). If you have students who are interested in participating, please send me their resumes and contact information no later than Friday, May 20.
Look forward to hearing from you!
Phoebe Lenear
DRS Summer 2005
DRS will focus its 2004-2005 efforts on virtual communities that support distributed research of minority undergraduate computer science and engineering students. Three AG sites will host two students each, for a total of 6 students. Dr. Gerry Dozier, associate professor at Auburn University, will oversee the distributed research team, and serve as the research director.
Beginning, June 13 through August 6, the distributed research team will hold weekly AG meetings to discuss progress made, problems encountered, and goals achieved. The research will focus on the GENERTIA system (see abstract below).
Abstract
This project is an extension of the GENERTIA system developed by Douglas Brown (Clark Atlanta student) and his faculty mentors John Hurley and Gerry Dozier during Summer 2003.
The GENERTIA system will be divided into three parts:
(1) The GENERTIA Red Team which will be use genetic and evolutionary hackers to hack into and discover vulnerabilities to immunity-based network intrusion detection systems.
(2) The GENERTIA Blue Team which will take the list of vulnerabilities discovered by the red team and redesign the intrusion detection system to make less vulnerable to the attacks discovered by the red team.
(3) A new form of immunity-based network intrusion detection systems that is dynamic and more difficult for genetic & evolutionary hackers to compromise.
These three groups will be able to compete with one another. The result will be a far superior GENERTIA. It is hoped that at least 4 conference papers and three journal publications will result from the summer 2005 DRS.
October 1, 2006
Conference Support for Minority Students in CSE and their Mentors
Next Application Deadline: October 31, 2006 (for professional conferences in November 2006)
Attending a professional conference is both exciting and challenging for students: Which sessions do you attend? Whom should you get to know? Do you submit a poster, or a paper? Do you sign up to be a student volunteer?
To help students break through the ice and learn to enjoy conferences, the Coalition to Diversify Computing is offering support for minority students to attend technical conferences in specialized areas of research in the area of computing that are sponsored, co-sponsored, or in-cooperation with one of the CDC supporting societies (see below), with their mentors. Students and mentors will attend a professional conference as a team, providing the opportunity for the students to benefit from introductions to key researchers at the conference while they gain insight from their mentors into the dynamics of a professional event. Each team will consist of at least one student (up to three students may apply) and one mentor; up to $1,000 is available to support each selected student. Student support is given preference but mentors may apply for support as well. If selected, a mentor can receive up to $1,000. Note, however, that student support is separate from mentor support -- if a mentor applies for support, s/he may not receive it even when her/his student receives support.
According to Pat Teller, University of Texas, El Paso, the coordinator of this CDC project, "Attending a professional conference is a critical step in a student's academic career. It exposes them to the process of preparing and presenting a talk to colleagues, and enlightens them about the networking possibilities at such events. Students always come away much more prepared to submit a poster or paper of their own after having spent time with a mentor at a conference, showing them the ins and outs of this aspect of our professional lives."
The next deadline for applications is October 30, 2006. The student(s) and mentor must submit applications, which are available at http://www.cdc-computing.org/cdc_programs/sending_students/, before applications are reviewed.
The student application requires information on the student's field of study, academic career goals, and academic standing, in addition to information about the conference and how the student expects to benefit from attending. Students will be selected on October 31, 2006 based on their achievements and applications. Each selected student will be required to write a report on her/his experiences at the conference and suggested recommendations for improving the program. The mentor application requires information on the professor's willingness to mentor the student and her/his own perspective on the value of the conference; when requesting support, the mentor also must indicate why support is needed.
The CDC focuses its efforts on programs that increase the visibility of minorities, and on providing networking opportunities for minority researchers, faculty, and students. Projects include a CDC Web site (www.cdc-computing.org), the Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing conference, a database of contacts who have an interest in helping minorities pursue research careers, opportunities for conference participation, and a publication that highlights best practices in recruiting and retaining minority students.
The Coalition to Diversify Computing is a joint committee of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), the Computing Research Association (CRA), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) Computer Society. Currently, CDC projects are sponsored by the NSF's Engaging People in Cyberinfrastructure (EPIC) program, CRA, and ACM. See the CDC Web site, www.cdc-computing.org, for more information.
News Archives
October 19-22, 2005
Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Co-Sponsored by ACM and IEEE, In Cooperation with CRA)
May 20, 2005
CREU: Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Computer Science. Deadline: May 20, 2005. http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/crew
May 15 - 16, 2005
Meeting of CDC Leadership, CDC Project Leads, Richard Tapia Conference Program Committee, and CDC Steering Committee in Albuquerque, NM
May 1, 2005
Application Deadline for Conference Support for Minority Students in CSE and their Mentors
April 8, 2005
Paper Deadline for Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference
March 2005
Three new awardees of the Sending Students/Mentors to Technical Conferences project
May 17, 2004
Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research
May 1, 2004
Conference Support for Minority Students in CSE and their Mentors
October 15-18, 2003
Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia (Co-Sponsored by ACM and CRA)
July 7, 2003
CDC Status Report: January - June 2003
March 10, 2003
Applications deadline for Conference Support for Minority Students in CSE and their Mentors
February 28, 2003
Submission of papers/panels to the Tapia 2003 Conference due
June 18, 2001
Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing
July 19, 2000
A Study on the Efficient Use of the Access Grid for Distributed, Graduate Minority Rap Sessions
July 13, 2000
CDC Offer Concrete Suggestions For Addressing Underrepresentation In Computer Science.
June 23, 2000
Coalition to Diversity Computing Announces New Leadership
January 16, 2000
Antonia Stone - First Recipient of the ACM Lawler Award for Humanitarian Computer Science Contributions