PHICWIC2018: ACM Philadelphia Region Celebration of Women in Computing University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, United States, April 20-21, 2018 |
Conference website | https://nvite.com/PHICWIC2018/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=phicwic2018 |
Abstract registration deadline | February 16, 2018 |
Submission deadline | February 16, 2018 |
PHICWIC 2018, the inaugural ACM Philadelphia Region Celebration of Women in Celebration, will be held on April 20-21, 2018 at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The goal of PHICWIC is to bring together female students and allies to promote the recruitment, retention, and progression of women in computing fields. We invite submissions in the area of computing research as well as on efforts to increase diversity in computing.
Submission Guidelines
The following categories of submissions are welcome:
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First-Timer Student Lightning Talks: Five-minute presentations, given multiple times (Think practice!). Talks will have a 15-minute window to provide time for feedback and mentoring. Reports on preliminary results, work-in progress, or anything fun and creative related to the conference are welcome in this category.
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Student Posters: Before the conference, presenters create a 24” x 32” poster of research, a class project, or other type of work-in-progress including efforts to diversify computing and are present at the poster during the session to discuss content. Open to all students. Prizes will be awarded.
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Student Research Shorts: Research shorts are an opportunity to give a 15-minute presentation with an additional 5 minutes for questions, similar to a talk at a research conference. Work should be technical in nature, investigating new ideas in any area of computer science. The intention is to give presenters a friendly environment in which to practice a future technical talk or work out details in an ongoing project with an audience capable of constructive feedback. No paper is required, only an abstract, so future publication of the work is not limited.
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Workshops: Workshops present a valuable and current technical skill in a hands-on training session. Proposals must include the abstract, the intended audience and power/AV equipment/space needs description.
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Panels: Panels present multiple perspectives on a topic. Proposals should include abstract, a list of presenters including their affiliation and perspective, along with a proposed length of 25 or 50 minutes.
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BOF: Birds-of-a-feather (BOF) sessions are opportunities for a group of participants with similar concerns to have an informal discussion. BOF sessions will be 30 minutes.
Submission Instructions/More Details: For each category, submit an abstract of no more than 500 words using the submission link below by FEBRUARY 16, 2018. All submissions will require the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the presenters, and for students, their year in school. More details are available on the submission site. If you have questions or other ideas for presentations, please contact Dee A. B. Weikle, Program Chair, at weikleda@jmu.edu.
Important Dates
Abstract Submission Due: Feb 16, 2018
Acceptance Notification: Mar 9, 2018
Registration Deadline: Mar 15, 2018
Committees
Program Committee
- Dee A. B. Weikle, James Madison University
- Arvind Bhusnurmath, University of Pennsylvania
- Swapneel Sheth, University of Pennsylvania
Organizing committee
- Jennifer Kay, Rowan University - Co-Chair
- Rita Powell, University of Pennsylvania - Co-Chair
- Sharon Simmons, James Madison University - Budget, Past Co-Chair CAPWIC
- Arvind Bhusnurmath, University of Pennsylvania - Registration, Website
- Swapneel Sheth, University of Pennsylvania - Registration, Website
- Dee A. B. Weikle, James Madison University - Program Chair
- Kim Davis, ASRC Federal - Publicity, Communications
- Bethany Edmunds, British Columbia Institute of Technology - Website Content, Printed Publications
- Lisa Matacotta, Ericcson - Sponsorship and Job Fair
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to weikleda@jmu.edu