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The mission of the Computing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) is to increase the success and participation of women in computing research and education at all levels. CRA-W strives to ensure that their activities have a positive impact on all underrepresented groups in CSE. CRA-W is committed to improving the working environment and increasing the success of all Computer Scientists and Engineers, without regard for gender, race, sexual orientation or socioeconomic background.

Supporting CRA-W: Every stakeholder that is basing their future on technical innovation in Computer Science & Engineering should be CRA-W’s partner in achieving their goal of increasing the number of women entering and contributing to computing research. To effect true change in the diversity of the research community, CRA-W needs sustained funding for on-going, long-term programs that have been proven to work and that will benefit from wide-scale name recognition and community support. CRA-W is seeking support from corporate and foundation sponsors to share in pursuing their mission. Support can help fund specific programs as well as individual student scholarships. Participation of employees of CRA-W sponsors at career mentoring events is encouraged, either for their own career development or as mentors for students. Benefits include visibility for sponsor organizations to the CRA-W community members. Sponsors are acknowledged on the CRA-W website. Additional means of communication with the CRA-W community depend on level of support.

CRA-W Updates: For news and announcements about CRA-W activities related to specific programs and Awards/Scholarships, sign up here.

Programs

Founded in 1991, CRA-W is an action oriented organization and its projects provide mentoring and support for women at every level of the research and education pipeline. The great success of the following CRA-W projects is due to the quality of people who serve on the committee and as project leaders:

Borg Early Career Award (BECA)

  • The BECA award recognizes women in industrial/governmental research labs who have had a positive and significant impact on advancing women in the computing research community.


Mid Career Mentoring Workshops (Mid-CMW)

  • The Mid CMW workshop brings women in the middle stages of a research career together with senior women for career mentoring. Topics include: how to be an effective leader, how to prepare for promotion to a more senior position, and how to balance work and life.


Early Career Mentoring Workshop (Early-CMW)

  • The Early CMW workshop brings researchers in the early stages of their careers together with women that are established in their fields for career mentoring. Topics include: how to build a great research program, how to prepare for promotion and success, and how to balance work and life.


Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU)

  • This joint program with the Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) is a program that encourages and supports undergraduate student research by matching undergraduates with faculty mentors for a research experience.


Discipline-Specific Mentoring Workshops (DSW)

  • The DSW workshops provide career mentoring and networking opportunities in the context of a specific research area, including coverage of technical topics.


Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)

  • The DLS program provides funding to host prominent academic and industrial researchers that can serve as role models and mentors for young women and minorities. The visitors deliver technical talks and participate in graduate recruiting events.


Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU)

  • The DREU program matches promising undergraduate women and underrepresented groups with a faculty mentor for a summer research experience at the faculty member’s home institution.


Grad Cohort Workshop

  • The Grad Cohort Workshop brings together women graduate students in their first three years of graduate with successful senior women researchers from academia, industry and government laboratories for discussions on how to succeed in graduate school and in a research career.


Scholarships for Women Studying Information Security (SWSIS)

  • ACSA and Hewlett-Packard (HP) provide scholarships to women studying for their Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in fields relating to Information Security. These $5,000 to $10,000 scholarships provide assistance to women at formative stages in their careers.


Other Activities

Mentoring Tracks at Grace Hopper

  • In these sessions at Grace Hopper, successful computer scientists provide mentoring and career guidance to undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and researchers in industry and government labs.


Mentoring Tracks at Tapia

  • In these sessions at Tapia, successful computer scientists provide mentoring and career guidance to undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and researchers in industry and government labs.


CRA-W Newsletter

  • The CRA-W Newsletter is published bi-annually and covers activities CRA-W is engaged in and interviews from CRA-W Alumnae.


Expanding the Pipeline Column

  • Expanding the Pipeline is a regular column in Computing Research News (CRN), a publication of the Computing Research Association that reaches more than 6,500 researchers. The column serves both as a vehicle for describing projects and issues related to women in CSE and a source of information for issues faced by underrepresented groups in CSE.


Broadening Participation Alliance

  • CRA-W and the Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) work in collaboration with funding from NSF to provide mentoring and support for women and underrepresented groups at every level of the research and education pipeline.


Awards

  • 2005: CRA-W was awarded the National Science Board's Public Service Award for its action-oriented programs aimed at increasing the number and success of women participating in computer science and engineering research and education.[1]
  • 2003: CRA-W was awarded a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring for long-running work to address the underrepresentation of women in computer science and engineering.[3]

References

  1. ^ NSF Announcement regarding 2005 NSB Award
  2. ^ ACM Announcement for 2004 A. Nico Habermann Award
  3. ^ NSF Announcement regarding 2003 PAESMEM Awards
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