Tech+Research: Welcoming Women to Computing Research, Hackathon Style

技术研究：欢迎女性参与计算机研究，黑客马拉松风格

• 批准号: 1902304
• 负责人: David Levin
• 金额: $ 4万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-12-01 至 2019-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1902304&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Tech+Research; Welcoming; Women; Computing; Research

A major hurdle to having more women researchers and professors in computer science is that many undergraduate women are simply not exposed to what computer science research entails or provided opportunities to explore as a career path. This project will design and run the Tech+Research workshop, an all-female Computer Science research hackathon with the goal of highlighting the diversity and opportunities in the field of computing research. The weekend event will be hosted in collaboration with Technica (https://gotechnica.org), the largest all-female hackathon. Computing faculty from institutions across the state of Maryland will mentor groups of attendees on projects in their prospective research areas. Along with providing hands-on research experience in a dynamic hackathon setting, Tech+Research will include sessions introducing attendees to the basics of computing research and highlight the exciting opportunities that come with pursuing a graduate degree in computer science.This hackathon-centered approach to introducing students to research has the potential to be a low-overhead step towards a more equitable, inclusive field of computer science. To measure its impact, this project will perform surveys and track the students' progress in their pursuit of Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) funding and graduate school. Finally, this project will share its findings and materials to help foster similar workshops at other institutions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在计算机科学领域拥有更多女性研究人员和教授的一个主要障碍是，许多本科女性根本没有接触到计算机科学研究所需要的内容，也没有提供探索职业道路的机会。 该项目将设计并举办“技术+研究”研讨会，这是一场全女性计算机科学研究黑客马拉松，旨在强调计算机研究领域的多样性和机遇。 周末活动将与最大的全女性黑客马拉松 Technica (https://gotechnica.org) 合作举办。 来自马里兰州各地机构的计算机教师将指导与会者小组开展其未来研究领域的项目。 除了在动态黑客马拉松环境中提供实践研究经验外，技术+研究还将包括向与会者介绍计算机研究基础知识的课程，并强调攻读计算机科学研究生学位所带来的令人兴奋的机会。这种以黑客马拉松为中心的方法向学生介绍研究有可能成为迈向更加公平、更具包容性的计算机科学领域的低开销一步。 为了衡量其影响，该项目将进行调查并跟踪学生在寻求本科生研究经验 (REU) 资助和研究生院方面的进展。 最后，该项目将分享其研究结果和材料，以帮助在其他机构举办类似的研讨会。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。