2014 Rising Stars in EECS

An Academic Career Workshop for Women

This workshop brings together women who are interested in careers in academia, for two days of scientific interactions and career-oriented discussions. It will include research talks/posters as well as presentations on aspects of life in academia – from finding a faculty position to parameters of success as a junior faculty member. Participants will have the opportunity to present their ongoing research, to interact informally with our faculty members at UC Berkeley and from MIT, Stanford University, University of Washington, UC San Diego and Harvey Mudd College, and to receive advice for advancing their careers.

November 3 & 4, 2014
Sutardja Dai Hall
UC Berkeley

Schedule


Sunday, Nov. 2

   

07:00pm

Registration & Networking Reception

Hotel Shattuck Plaza


Monday, Nov. 3

8:30am

Breakfast


Room 250, Sutardja Dai Hall

9:00am

Welcome from the EECS Department video icon

    Prof. Tsu-Jae King Liu

Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall

9:15am

Keynote Speech video icon

    Dr. Jeannette Wing (Microsoft Research & Carnegie Mellon University)

9:45am

Panel on career options video icon
Moderator: Dr. Sarah Bird

    Prof. Philip Wong (Stanford University & formerly IBM)
    Dr. Kelin Kuhn (Intel & formerly University of Washington)
    Prof. Eric Brewer (Google & UC Berkeley)
    Dr. Bill Dally (Nvidia and Stanford University)
    Prof. Katherine Yelick (UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
    Dr. Deborah Crawford (ICSI, formerly NSF)

10:45am

Coffee Break

11:00am

Lecture video icon

Peter Khoury, founder of Magnetic Speaking
"How to Communicate with Charisma and Power"


12:00 noon

Lunch with EE & CS faculty


EE: Room 521, Cory Hall
CS: Wozniak Lounge, Soda Hall

1:00pm

Research Lab tours


Various locations

2:00pm

CS research talks
Chair: Prof. Katherine Yelick

    Dr. Elaine Angelino (UC Berkeley)
    Catherine Grevet (Georgia Tech)
    Dr. Noga Ron-Zewi (Princeton University)
    Justine Sherry (UC Berkeley)
    Dr. Sunyoung Kim (Harvard University)
    Anca Dragan (Carnegie Mellon University)

 

3:30pm

Coffee Break

Wozniak Lounge, Soda Hall

3:45pm

EE research presentations
Chair: Prof. Laura Waller

    Amy Wu (Princeton University)
    Dr. Duygu Kuzum (University of Pennsylvania)
    Dr. Frauke Oldewurtel (UC Berkeley)
    Canan Dagdeviren (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
    He Yi (Stanford University)
    Dr. Melanie Zeilinger (UC Berkeley)


 

5:15pm

Break


 

6:30pm

Dinner
Ran Libeskind-Hadas (Harvey Mudd College)

Hearst Memorial Mining Building Lobby


Tuesday, Nov. 4

8:30am

Breakfast


Room 250, Sutardja Dai Hall

9:00am

Panel on faculty recruitment video icon
Moderator: Dr. Erin Carson

    Prof. Claire Tomlin (UC Berkeley)
    Prof. Bill Freeman (MIT)
    Prof. Tim Roughgarden (Stanford University)
    Prof. Anna Karlin (University of Washington)
    Prof. Tara Javidi (UC San Diego)
    Prof. Vivienne Sze (MIT)
    Dr. Tamara Broderick (UC Berkeley)

Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall

10:30am

Welcome from the College of Engineering video icon

    Dean Shankar Sastry

10:45am

Coffee Break

11:00am

Presentation on the faculty promotion process video icon

    Prof. Tsu-Jae King Liu (UC Berkeley)

11:30am

Poster presentation previews
Chair: Prof. Sylvia Ratnasamy


12:30pm

Lunch & poster session


Lobby, Hearst Memorial Mining Building

2:15pm

Q & A and feedback

Room 250, Sutardja Dai Hall

3:00pm

Adjournment