[PRL] Fwd: Programming Languages Mentoring Workshop (PLMW 2012)

Matthias Felleisen matthias at ccs.neu.edu
Thu Nov 10 13:25:50 EST 2011



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Stephanie Weirich <sweirich at cis.upenn.edu>
> Date: November 10, 2011 1:21:01 PM EST
> To: Matthias Felleisen <matthias at ccs.neu.edu>
> Cc: Ronald Garcia <rxg at cs.ubc.ca>, Kathleen Fisher <kathleen.fisher at gmail.com>
> Subject: Programming Languages Mentoring Workshop (PLMW 2012)
> 
> Hi Matthias,
> 
> Kathleen Fisher, Ron Garcia and I are organizing a mentoring workshop
> at POPL this January. Can you forward this announcement to qualified students 
> (early graduate students and advanced undergrads) that are interested 
> in programming language research? 
> 
> We've been able to raise money to fund the travel of women and 
> underrepresented minorities to attend the workshop---however note that 
> the deadline for travel grant applications is Dec 2nd.
> 
> Thanks,
> Stephanie
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
> 
> CRA-W/CDC and SIGPLAN Programming Languages Mentoring Workshop
> Philadelphia, PA (co-located with POPL 2012)
> Tuesday January 24, 2012
> http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~sweirich/plmw12/
> 
> We are pleased to invite students interested in programming languages
> research to the first PL mentoring workshop. The goal of this workshop
> is to introduce senior undergraduate and early graduate students to
> research topics in programming language theory as well as provide
> career mentoring advice to help them get through graduate school,
> land a great job, and succeed. We have recruited leaders from the
> programming language community to provide overviews of current
> research topics, and have organized panels of speakers to give
> students valuable advice about how to thrive in graduate school,
> search for a job, and cultivate habits and skills that will help them
> in research careers.
> 
> This workshop is part of the activities surrounding POPL, the
> Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages, and takes place the
> day before the main conference. One goal of the workshop is to make
> the POPL conference more accessible to newcomers and we hope that
> participants will stay through the entire conference.
> 
> Through the generous donation of our sponsors, we are able to provide
> travel scholarships to fund student participation. These travel
> scholarships will cover reasonable travel expenses (airfare, hotel and
> registration fees) for attendance at both the workshop and the POPL
> conference. Anyone may apply for a travel scholarship, but first
> priority will be given to women and under-represented minority
> applicants.
> 
> The workshop registration is open to all. Students with alternative
> sources of funding for their travel and registration fees are welcome.
> 
> APPLICATION for TRAVEL SUPPORT:
> The travel funding application can be accessed from the workshop web
> site. The deadline for full consideration of funding is December 2,
> 2011. Selected participants will be notified starting December 9th and
> will need to register for the workshop by December 24th.
> 
> ORGANIZERS:
> Stephanie Weirich, Kathleen Fisher and Ron Garcia
> 
> SPONSORS:
> The Computing Research Association's Committee on
> the Status of Women (CRA-W), the Coalition to Diversify Computing
> (CDC), and the ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages
> (SIGPLAN).




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