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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: GHC2002
please forward to your colleagues [Technical Papers] [Panel and Workshops] [Technology Innovation Forums] [Technical Posters] [Birds-of-a-Feather] |
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The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2002 conference is a technical conference that consists of keynote speakers, technical papers, panels, workshops, technical posters, invited talks, and Technology Information Forums by successful researchers in the area of computing. The speakers are leaders in their respective fields, representing industrial, academic, and government communities.
The theme of the Third Grace Hopper Celebration is Ubiquity, as it applies to the ubiquity of women's impact on the field of computing, to the ubiquitous impact that computer technology is having on daily lives, and to computer technologies' impact across geographical and other physical boundaries. Pending funding, students and junior professionals will be able to apply for a travel grant to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration. Priority for awards will be given to those students and junior professionals who are presenters at GHC2002. Authors are invited to submit session proposals electronically (in ASCII, HTML or PDF formats) as follows:
Length requirements: Technical papers must be at most 5 pages including figures and references. Proposals for panels, workshops, TIFs, BOFs, and posters must be at most 2 pages. Submissions will be evaluated based upon quality and relevance to the field of computing; submissions beyond the required length will be penalized in the review process. Brief descriptions of the different types of submissions are given below. |
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INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
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Authors are invited to submit papers and proposals for the following:
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TECHNICAL PAPERS
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The goal of the technical papers is to highlight a broad range of technical work completed substantially by women engineers and scientists in the computing fieldand to expose that work to GHC2002's general audience. All papers will be reviewed for technical merit and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Although topics of technical papers can be any technical computing field (e.g., artificial intelligence, databases, microprocessors, etc.), we especially encourage submissions in the following systems areas: networking, ubiquitous computing, and distributed and parallel systems. GHC2002 will have an award for the best technical paper whose primary author is a "young investigator", i.e., a woman in an advanced degree program or a recent graduate of such a program. To be considered for this competition, authors must state that they are a "young investigator" with the submission of their paper.Original research is not a requirement of a technical paper submission. In fact, we strongly encourage Ph.D. thesis highlights and overviews of an author's technical field.
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PANELS AND WORKSHOPS
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The goal of panels and workshops is to provide in-depth presentations and discussion on a particular topic. Panels consist of short presentations by 3-4 leaders in the field, followed by moderated dialogue among the panelists and the audience members. Workshops consist of a combination of in-depth presentations by 1-2 workshop leaders and either structured training on the topic or in-depth discussion and problem-solving among the workshop group. Workshop attendance may be limited in size and have more stringent attendance criteria than panels. We seek a broad range of workshops and panels, including leading edge technical topics in computer science (e.g., nanotechnology, networking, ubiquitous computing, low-powered processors, Internet technologies and services, etc.) as well as professional topics (e.g., mentoring, professional development, networking, etc.). Suggested points to address in panel and workshop proposals include:
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TIFs are a unique form of highly interactive, facilitated workshop held for the second time at GHC2002. The goal of the technology innovation forums is to provide opportunities for women to brainstorm about specific technology directions and fold the results into technology research and development. The Technology Innovation Forum is designed to increase the impact of women on technology by providing opportunities for women to brainstorm about specific technology directions and fold the results into technology research and development. Topics for individual forum sessions may be broad and exploratory or focus on specific concept development. Some example topics are:
For topic leaders the forum is a means to expand participation in their field, extend the pool of potential technology directions, and possibly build new collaborations. Potential Leaders must submit the following:
Additionally, Leaders will be required to write up 1-3 page results from their Technology Innovation Forum after the conference. Leaders will be given training on how to run a successful forum. The Institute of Women and Technology and its affiliates have run several such forums all with tremendous success. Special talents are not required to lead a forum. |
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TECHNICAL POSTERS
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The goal of the technical posters is to provide an opportunity for an informal discussion on one's research with conference attendees. The proposed topic for a poster must lend itself to presentation via a poster; the author may provide handouts/URLs to conference attendees interested in additional details. GHC2002 will have an award for the best technical poster whose primary author is a "young investigator", i.e., a woman in an advanced degree program or a recent graduate of such a program. To be considered for this competition, submissions must state that their primary author is a "young investigator" with the submission of their poster. Information on how to propose/create a research poster is available at: http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds3-2/posters.html.
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The goal of the BOFs is to provide an informal discussion in a specific topic area related to women in computing. While we are interested in a wide range of topics, we particularly encourage those which will bring together participants with a common interest in technical areas. For example, if you want to meet other women interested in the mobile computing and networking research area, propose a BOF that will achieve this goal. A BOF proposal should include an abstract on the topic of the BOF, the expected audience for the BOF session, and a brief summary on the qualifications of the woman who will lead the BOF session.
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