Dates and Deadlines
Borg Early Career Award (BECA)
The Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) is pleased to announce the BECA (Borg Early Career Award). The award honors the late Anita Borg, who was an early member of CRA-W and an inspiration for her commitment to increasing the participation of women in computing research.
The annual award will be given to a woman in computer science and/or engineering who has made significant research contributions and who has contributed to her profession, especially in the outreach to women. This award recognizes work in areas of academia and industrial/government research labs that has had a positive and significant impact on advancing women in the computing research community and is targeted at women who are relatively early in their careers (at most 8 years post-PhD).
Due date: 15 February 2011.
2011 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Opens Call for Participation
The 11th Annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) has opened its Call for Participation. The annual conference, presented by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, is the world’s largest gathering of women in computing. The Grace Hopper Celebration will take place from November 9 – 12, 2011, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. This year’s theme, “What if…?” recognizes that innovation in technology arises from the question, “What if a culture of technology that encourages participation and inquiry from a diverse workforce leads to greater levels of innovation?” Submissions are encouraged that answer the question – What if …?
Due Date: 15 March 2011. The Grace Hopper Celebration is designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. Leading researchers present their current work, while special sessions focus on the role of women in today’s technology fields, including computer science, information technology, research and engineering. The technical conference features well-known keynote speakers and invited technical speakers, panels, workshops, new investigator technical papers, PhD forums, technical posters, birds-of-a-feather sessions, the ACM Student Research Competition, and an Awards Celebration.
ACM-IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award
Due Date: 30 March 2011.
Society of Women Engineers Awards (multiple)
The Society of Women Engineers strives to advance and honor the contributions of women at all stages of their careers and recognize the successes of SWE members and individuals who enhance the engineering profession through contributions to industry, education, and the community.
Due Date: 31 March 2011. Multiple awards are available, including many early-career awards.
National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies Awards (Multiple Awards)
The NAE dedicates more than $1 million annually to recognize leaders in engineering for their lifetime dedication to their field and their commitment to advancing the human condition and to bring a better understanding of the importance of engineering and engineering education to society. Multiple awards, including the Charles Stark Draper Prize, the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize, the Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education, the Founders Award, and the Arthur M. Bueche Award.
Due Date: 1 April 2011.
ACM-W Travel Scholarship Applications for Students
ACM-W provides support for women undergraduates and graduate students who wish to attend research conferences. Deadline information is available at the research conferences. Deadline information is available at https://women.acm.org/scholarships/.
CRA-W SIGCSE Pre-Workshop for Women Faculty and Grad Students
The Computing Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) will sponsor a career/mentoring workshop titled Managing the Academic Career for Women Faculty in Undergraduate Computing Programs. The day-long workshop, to be held on Wednesday, March 9, will be co-located with the SIGCSE 2011 conference in Dallas.
The goal of the workshop is to provide critical mentoring information for women at all career levels in undergraduate teaching. The target audiences of the workshop are pre-tenure faculty and graduate students in Computer Science and Engineering who are interested in an academic career, as well as post-tenure (senior) faculty seeking to improve their teaching and mentoring skills.
Tentative topics will include: mentoring, teaching survival tactics, getting what you need, getting started with research, research with undergraduates, promotion and tenure, time management, and balancing strategies for coordinating teaching, research, and service activities.