Exploring Virtual Interactive Models for Large Scale Research Mentoring of Undergraduate Women in Computing

探索虚拟交互模型对计算机专业本科女性进行大规模研究指导

• 批准号: 1504243
• 负责人: Lori Pollock
• 金额: $ 18.23万
• 依托单位: Computing Research Association
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-01 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1504243&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Exploring; Virtual; Interactive; Models; Large

The Computing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) will design, implement and evaluate a virtual research mentoring "town hall" model for large-scale mentoring of undergraduate women majors in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) towards research and graduate school. Women have been earning only 18% of the Bachelor's degrees in CSE from 2008-2012. These trends significantly limit the number of CSE women advancing into research and teaching careers. This project will engage students in interactive meetings with distinguished female CSE researchers and students at virtually connected sites where local groups of women students are gathered. Distinguished researchers will present mini-lectures on their research and its impact, followed by an interactive question-and-answer town hall with mentoring related to research, graduate school, and topics suggested by students. This project will gather evidence to determine the efficacy of using virtual meetings to scale opportunities for access to role models, awareness of the research community, and mentoring to increase retention of undergraduate women in CSE. If effective, virtual "town hall" meetings have the potential to help to broaden participation in undergraduate research in CSE, will improve preparation for successful graduate school admissions and transitions, and will expand the local networks in computing communities across the country.

计算机研究协会计算机研究领域女性地位委员会 (CRA-W) 将设计、实施和评估虚拟研究指导“市政厅”模型，以大规模指导计算机科学与工程 (CSE) 专业的本科女性学生走向研究和研究生院。 2008 年至 2012 年间，获得 CSE 学士学位的女性仅占 18%。 这些趋势极大地限制了 CSE 女性进入研究和教学职业的数量。 该项目将让学生在当地女学生群体聚集的虚拟连接地点与杰出的女性 CSE 研究人员和学生进行互动会议。 杰出的研究人员将就他们的研究及其影响进行小型讲座，然后进行互动问答市政厅，并提供与研究、研究生院和学生建议的主题相关的指导。 该项目将收集证据，以确定使用虚拟会议来扩大接触榜样的机会、提高研究界意识以及提高本科女性在 CSE 中的保留率的指导的有效性。 如果有效，虚拟“市政厅”会议有可能有助于扩大 CSE 本科生研究的参与，将改善研究生院成功录取和过渡的准备，并将扩大全国计算社区的本地网络。