November 03, 2008
Applications Open for CRA-W/CDC Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)
http://www.cra-w.org/projects/dls/
The Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) and the Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) sponsor a Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) to encourage women and minorities to pursue graduate education in computer science and engineering.
The DLS brings prominent academic and industry researchers to campuses to deliver technical talk(s) and to participate in "recruiting" events such as a panel discussion about graduate school. At the events, students have the opportunity to discuss the graduate school process and experience with successful female and minority researchers, facilitating their ability to make an informed decision about pursuing graduate study. The DLS program covers all costs associated with the event (i.e., all travel costs for the visiting researchers and local expenses for food, publicity etc.).
University sites are needed to host DLS recruitment events. We are accepting applications for the 2008-2009 and the 2009-2010 academic years. Neighboring institutions are encouraged to propose a joint event. We are particularly interested in applications that include institutions that have significant numbers of students from groups underrepresented in computing, such as women and minorities.
Information regarding the DLS program, including application details, is available on the DLS website:
http://www.cra-w.org/projects/dls/
Please contact the DLS Co-Directors at dls@cra.org for further information about the program or if you have questions about hosting an event.
Sincerely,
Nancy Amato
Texas A&M
co-Director, CRA-W/CDC Distinguished Lecture Series
Dilma da Silva
IBM Research
co-Director, CRA-W/CDC Distinguished Lecture Series
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The Computing Research Association (CRA, http://cra.org) is an
association of more than 180 North American academic departments of
computer science and computer engineering; laboratories and centers
in industry, government, and academia engaging in basic computing
research; and affiliated professional societies.
The Coalition to Diversity Computing (CDC, http://www.cdc-computing.org/) is a joint organization of the ACM, CRA, and IEEE-CS.
The CRA-W/CDC DLS is supported by the National Science Foundation and Lucent.