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CRA-W/CDC Broadening Participation in AI

at AAAI-14: Twenty-Eighth Conference on Artificial Intelligence
July 27-31 2014, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

The program will include a series of planned sessions scheduled over the entire conference:

1. Afternoon session on Monday July 28 before the start of the main conference.
   When: from 2:00pm to 5:30pm
   Where: in room 204A on the Second Level of the Convention Centre
   What:
   • career panel of faculty (Monica Anderson, Andrea Danyluk, Maria Gini, Adele Howe, and Sheila McIlraith) on networking, picking a research area/advisor, research and teaching careers post PhD.
   • coffee break and time to talk with at least two people you did not know before
   • two meetings of 30 minutes each with an assigned faculty mentor. Assignments will be distributed before the coffee break. Each meeting will have 1-2 students per mentor. Each student will met with two different mentors. Each meeting will start by you giving your elevator speech.
2. Women lunch on Tuesday July 29
   When: from 11:50am to 1:00pm
   Where: in room 206A/B on the Second Level of the Convention Centre
   What: informal discussion at each table with other women attending the conference (this is also for men from underrepresented groups). To start the conversation we set up a google doc where you can add your questions and share your answers/advice at
   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mpT-MiIurzYXw1T_YsQ28q-p8oEpWoBFy2Y2eqNfUIg/edit?usp=sharing
   There is a charge of $5.00 for the lunch, which does not cover the cost of the lunch, but is to minimize the number of no shows. You can claim the $5.00 on your expenses.
3. Breakfast on Thursday July 31
   When: from 7:15am to 8:30am
   Where: in room 205A on the Second Level of the Convention Centre
   What:
   • short presentation on resources (scholarships, funding, book, etc) available. A list of resources is posted in the google docs already listed
     https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mpT-MiIurzYXw1T_YsQ28q-p8oEpWoBFy2Y2eqNfUIg/edit?usp=sharing
     
   • discussion on what you learned, what you liked most, what you would suggest for a future event.

Travel Awards

Eligibility: travel funding is available for students who are US citizens or permanent residents. Students who are funded will have to attend the conference, the doctoral mentoring consortium, and the three working/meal sessions listed above.

Selection Criteria: Priority will be given to women, other members of underrepresented groups (Hispanics, African American, and Native American), and students who do not have access to mentoring networks at their home institutions.

Funding: awards will provide $1,000-$1,500 for conference registration, travel and lodging expenses. The awards will be given in form of reimbursement after the conference.

Expected number of awards: 12-15.

Application for attendance and travel awards

A form will be emailed to your research advisor asking them to provide some supplementary information about you. The form will contain multiple-choice questions about your current student status, and why your advisor would like you to participate.

Application deadline: CLOSED

Organizers

Professor Monica Anderson
Department of Computer Science, University of Alabama
Box 870290, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Professor Andrea Danyluk
Department of Computer Science, Williams College
47 Lab Campus Drive, Williamstown, MA 01267

Professor Adele Howe
Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1873