February 2011
USC Davidson Continuing Education Conference Center
3415 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California 90089
Workshop Agenda
| Thursday, 24 February 2011 | |
| Before 6:00 pm | Arrive to Radisson |
| 6:00 – 6:30 pm | Travel to Davidson Conference Center (bus available; center is within walking distance) |
| 6:30 – 8:00 pm | Welcome Reception and Speaker “Professionalism in the Workplace” John Slaughter, USC |
| Friday, 25 February 2011 | |
| 7:30 – 7:45 am | Travel to Davidson Conference Center |
| 7:45 – 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Opening remarks; presentations on CDC, CMD-IT, CAHSI, AccessComputing |
| 09:00 – 10:30am | PANEL 1 – “Launching a Successful Research Program” |
| Moderator: Valerie Taylor (TAMU, PDF) Panelists: Charles Isbell (GaTech), Illya Hicks (Rice), Nayda Santiago (UPRM, PDF), Olac Fuentes (UTEP) | |
| 10:30 – 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15 pm | PANEL 2 – “Navigating Through the Promotion and Tenure Process” |
| Moderator: Ann Gates (UTEP, PDF) Panelists: Ayanna Howard (GaTech, PDF), Ron Metoyer (OSU, PDF), Fernando Naveda (RIT, PDF), Jeanine Cook (NMSU, PDF) | |
| 12:15 – 02:00 pm | Lunch |
| 02:00 – 03:30 pm | PANEL 3 – “Engaging in Effective Career-Building Networking” |
| Moderator: Illya Hicks (Rice) Panelists: Dilma da Silva (IBM, PDF), John Cavazos (UDEL, PDF), Russ Joseph (NWU), Richard Ladner (Washington) | |
| 3:30 – 5:00 pm | Break and Time for Networking |
| 05:00 – 7:00 pm | Dinner and PANEL 4 – “Funding Agencies” |
| Moderator: Timothy Pinkston (USC, PDF) Panelists: Keith Marzullo (NSF), Sonia Sachs (DOE, PDF), William Harrod (Formerly DARPA, PDF), Robert Bonneau (AFOSR, PDF), Jim Murday (USC, PDF) | |
| 7:00 pm | Travel back to Radisson |
| 7:00pm – until | Sight-seeing in downtown LA (travel may be provided) |
| Saturday, 26 February 2011 | |
| 7:45 – 8:00 am | Travel to Davidson Conference Center |
| 8:00 – 8:45 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 – 9:00 am | Announcements and Updates |
| 9:00 – 11:00 am | Parallel Sessions: |
| PANEL 5 – “Getting Promoted from Associate to Full Professor” Moderator: Richard Ladner (U. of Washington) Panelists: Valerie Taylor (TAMU), Kunle Olukotun (Stanford), Brian Blake (Notre Dame, PDF) | |
| WORKSHOP 1 – “Affinity Research Group Model” Ann Gates (UTEP, PDF) and Elsa Villa (NMSU) | |
| 11:00am – 12:00 pm | Break and Time for Networking |
| Noon – 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 – 4:00 pm | Parallel Sessions: |
| PANEL 6 – “Getting Positioned for Opportunities in Administration” Moderator: Valerie Taylor (TAMU, PDF) Panelists: Brian Blake (Notre Dame), Fernando Naveda (RIT), Ann Gates (UTEP), Charles Isbell (GaTech) | |
| WORKSHOP 2 – “Writing Competitive Research Proposals” Timothy Pinkston (USC, PDF) and Jim Murday (USC, PDF) | |
| 4:00 – 5:00 pm | Break and Time for Networking |
| 5:00 – 7:00 pm | Dinner and PANEL 7 – “Alternative Career Choices” |
| Moderator: Timothy Pinkston (USC, PDF) Panelists: Daniel Jimenez (UTSA, PDF), Raquel Romano (Google), Amon Millner (Olin, PDF), Sandra Johnson (IBM, PDF), Jose Andre Morales (UTSA) | |
| 7:00pm | Travel back to Radisson |
| Sunday, 27 February 2011 | |
| 7:45 – 8:00 am | Travel to Davidson Conference Center |
| 8:00 – 8:45 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 – 10:15 am | Parallel Mock Review Panels |
| 10:15 – 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30am – 12:00 pm | Parallel Mock Review Panels |
| 12:00 – 1:30 pm | Box Lunch and Focus Group Discussions |
| 1:30 pm | End of Workshop |