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Whether you are in academia or a
research lab, growing your research
program means tapping into resources that
help you be more successful. Funding can
enable you to attract more students or work
on larger projects. Collaboration enables you
to work with people outside your area of
expertise, initiate new projects, and have a
lot of fun. Networking builds those relationships
with people inside and outside your
institution that can help you get things done.
With representatives from both academia
and research labs, this session will cover
strategies for identifying the resources that
are available to you and how best to take
advantage of them.
2:30-3:30 pm
CRA-W Career
Mentoring
Workshops #2
CRA-W Undergrad Track
Is Research for Me?
Location: Regency Ballroom VII
Presenters: Susan Rodger (Duke
University), Ellen Walker (Hiram College),
Abrita Chakravarty (Duke University), and
Susanna Ricco (Duke University)
Doing research gives us the opportunity
to create new technology that helps
all of us. The creativity, innovation, and fast
pace of research mean that the life of a
researcher will never be boring. Researchers
often have ample opportunity to travel and
the ability to structure their work to fit their
interests and work style. Sound appealing?
But is it really for you? This session provides
a hands-on experience of doing research, so
you can get a sense of whether it’s for you. It
also provides information on how to extend
this experience and do more research as an
p r O G r a m d e Ta i L
WEDNESDAY | SEPT 29
undergrad to decide if you want to pursue
research as a career.
CRA-W Grad Track
How Do I Build My Professional
Network?
Location: Hanover CDE
Presenters: Mary Czerwinski (Microsoft
Research) and Soha Hassoun (Tufts
University)
In this session, you will learn networking
skills through role-play and interactive
exercises. You will build skills in finding a
community, meeting people in the field, and
promoting your research and yourself. You
will learn how to present your ideas in a
concise and appealing way to the people
you meet. You will practice making technical
and business connections with others, and
learn how to leverage them for success in
graduate school and your later career.
CRA-W Early Career Researchers Track
How Do I Become a Leader in My Field?
Location: Hanover FG
Presenters: Irene Greif (IBM) and Deb
Agarwal (Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory), and Carla Gomes (Cornell
University)
Technical leadership results in advancement
in industry and government labs.
It also increases the impact of academic
research and can lead to widespread
adoption of research results. What does it
take to become a technical leader? What
are the rewards of technical leadership?
How can you become a thought leader in the
industry? What are the benefits of making a
technical impact that goes beyond your organization?
Panelists from academia, industry,
and government will share their secrets for
becoming technical leaders.
4:00-5:00 pm
CRA-W Career
Mentoring
Workshops #3
CRA-W Undergrad Track
How Do I Become a Researcher?
Location: Regency Ballroom VII
Presenters: Cecilia Aragon (University
of Washington and Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory), Maria Gini
(University of Minnesota), and Katherine
Panciera (University of Minnesota)
What’s it like to be in graduate school?
What benefits do you get once you
have your degree? And what is the road
to graduate school? How do you choose
the right graduate school for you? Is there
anything you can do during college to
improve your chances of being admitted?
How do you apply? What is the time line for
completing the application process? What
are the best kinds of recommendations?
Does work experience help? How can you
fund graduate school? Find out the answers
to these and other questions in this session
which will tell you all you need to know
to apply successfully to graduate school
and reap the rewards that come from an
advanced degree.
CRA-W Grad Track
What’s it Take to do Great Research?
Location: Hanover CDE
Presenters: Nina Bhatti (HP Labs) and
Mary Jean Harrold (Georgia Institute of
Technology)
Great research includes not only making
a discovery and finding evidence to
confirm the discovery, it includes identifying
an interesting problem in the first place,
promoting the ongoing research, and, in the
end, publishing the research results and
even moving the results into everyday use.
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