[Colloq] Colloquium Spkr- Nov 2nd @ 3:30

[Chantal Cardona]

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*College** of **Computer** and Information Science Colloquium*

Presents:

*Andrew Bernat*

*(Executive Director, Computing Research Association)*

Who will speak on:

*What’s Going on With Federal Funding for Computing Research and Words 
from My Sponsor*

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*/Wednesday, November 2, 2005/**//*

*/3:30pm/**//*

*/366 West Village H/*

*/Northeastern University/*

_Abstract_:

The Computing Research Association is the Washington-based non-profit 
looking out for the health of the computing research enterprise by 
focusing on the people and money necessary to conduct computing 
research. This talk brings people up to date on what is going on with 
research funding at the federal level and what CRA is doing to improve 
the situation. Then I turn to what CRA is doing in general to support 
the people doing computing research and how students and faculty can 
make use of these efforts.

_Bio_:

Andrew Bernat, CRA's Executive Director, is recognized internationally 
as a builder of innovative, quality programs in academia. He has 
demonstrated expertise in developing the relationships and environment 
necessary for the creation of new programs and the enhancement of 
existing ones. As founding member and chair of the Computer Science 
Department at the University of Texas at El Paso, he developed an 
acclaimed model of student involvement in research, secured external 
funding, attracted and hired high quality faculty, and directed the 
renovation of a building to house the department. In recognition of "his 
success in creating arguably the strongest computer science department 
at a minority-serving institution", the Computing Research Association 
honored him with the A. Nico Habermann Award. In developing and leading 
the National Science Foundation-funded Model Institutions for Excellence 
project at UTEP, he forged working groups across different departments 
and colleges that dramatically transformed the campus and led to 
qualitative and quantitative improvement in student achievement. He has 
led national efforts to increase the participation of underrepresented 
minorities and women in the computing profession. The workshop series he 
initiated with colleagues in Mexico dramatically increased the activity 
and productivity of the Mexican computer science community.**