Call for Participation

Young Faculty Workshop at DAC 2009

Monday July 27^th San Francisco, California

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The Design Automation Conference will be hosting a workshop for new and soon-to-be faculty in the field of electronic design automation (EDA) at DAC 2009 in San Francisco.

 

This one day workshop for young faculty and people planning to enter academia (both senior graduate students and researchers from industry) will be on topics of relevance to surviving and succeeding as a faculty member in the current academic/research climate. The workshop will be open for all pre-tenure faculty, senior graduate students, and industry researchers in CAD, Electronic Systems Design, and related areas.

Workshop Agenda

Workshop Organization

The full day workshop will be organized into six sessions, with each session led by one or two senior faculty, researchers, or representatives from funding agencies. Topics covered include establishing a research career, the art of teaching an EDA course, seeking tenure, balancing career and life components, and diversity in academia. Each of these sessions will run 1 hour with time for allocated for Q&A and open discussions. There will an opportunity during lunch and at the end of the day, for representatives of NSF, SRC and industry researchers to meet with the attendees.

"Faculty 101: how to survive and succeed as a professor in the field of EDA"

 

Sessions Include:

• Getting an academic job
• Research - papers, conferences and grants
• Funding - building relationships with funding agencies and industry
• Tenure - what it takes
• Time management - how to manage your time between teaching, research, and service
• Special Issues

Below are the presentations from the Young Faculty Workshop at DAC 2009. Please share this information with others, but respect the authorship of the material and give attributions as appropriate.

• Iris Bahar - Brown University (Issues For Underrepresented Groups)
• Sankar Basu - National Science Foundation
• Jason Cong - University of California, Los Angeles (Tenure Promotion)
• Rhett Davis -North Carolina State University (Time Management)
• Soha Hassoun - Tufts University (Fundamentals of Writing Winning Proposals)
• Mary Jane Irwin - Pennsylvania State University (Getting an Academic Job)
• William Joyner - Semiconductor Research Corporation (Building Relationships with Funding Agencies)
• Steven Levitan - University of Pittsburgh (Getting an Academic Job)
• Yiorgos Makris - Yale University (Challenges For Faculty From Schools with Smaller EDA Programs)
• Michael Orshansky - University of Texas at Austin (Time Management)
• Shishpal Rawat - Intel Corporation (Working With Industry)
• Sachin Sapatnekar - University of Minnesota (Research Issues)
• Cherrice Traver - Union College
• Janet Meiling Wang - University of Arizona (Ethics and IP)

Workshop Participation and Travel Costs

Funds are available, based on need and travel distance, to help defray the cost of attending the workshop for both faculty and graduate students who apply to attend. It is required that you also request funding from your faculty advisor, departmental chairman, and/or dean to attend this workshop.

Please submit an Application Form or contact Steven Levitan for further information.