The Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education-Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (AIICE-PRF)

该奖项的全部或部分资金来自《2021年美国救援计划法案》(公法117-2)。虽然计算机科学已经改变了社会，但有一些引人注目的例子表明，这种转变背后的突破性技术如何被证明对来自计算机行业历史上代表性不足的群体的人极其有害。一个值得注意的例子是面部识别软件，该软件针对一组种族多样性有限的图像进行了训练。由此产生的此类软件的偏见可以归因于学术和专业计算环境中缺乏多样性。成功地扩大对计算的参与需要计算教师和研究人员，他们能够创建/实施包含身份的计算课程、政策和实践，并在计算教育中进行创新研究。身份包容计算教育联盟-博士后研究员联谊会(AiCE-PRF)的基础是有证据表明，在研究人员身份、研究主题和博士后研究人员职位方面，大学计算机科学系缺乏多样性的情况在计算机科学和计算机教育研究社区中重复出现。这种边缘化影响了博士后的归属感、出版物和引文的数量，从而影响了未来的招聘和职业发展。AiCE-PRF计划将结合与计算教育相关的研究和专业发展活动，并为可跨STEM学科利用的包容身份的博士后体验提供最佳实践。AiCE-PRF的目标是增加历史上在计算领域代表性不足的群体的博士后人数，以及进行身份包容计算教育研究的博士后人数。这个为期三年的项目包括一项研究计划，研究员们进行与培训、课程和教学、政策以及学生/教职员工对计算机种族的看法有关的混合方法研究。研究员还参与一个专业发展计划，该计划侧重于教师队伍的三个关键组成部分：研究、教学和服务。在整个过程中，研究员将与项目团队、更大的AiICE联盟成员(他们跨越学科、部门和身份)以及彼此合作，开发独立的研究项目，作为他们未来研究计划的基础。最终，AICE-PRF将1)增加研究员对学术事业的理解和准备；2)增加研究员对该学科的归属感(作为博士后和在计算领域历史上代表性不足的团体的成员)；以及3)为支持跨学科计算博士后的最佳实践做出贡献。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). While computer science has transformed society, there are striking examples of how the groundbreaking technologies underlying this transformation have proven extremely harmful for people from groups who are historically underrepresented in computing. One notable instance is facial recognition software trained on a set of images with limited racial diversity. The resulting bias in such software can be attributed to the lack of diversity in academic and professional computing environments. Successfully broadening participation in computing requires computing faculty and researchers who can create/implement identity-inclusive computing curricula, policies, and practices, as well as perform innovative research in computing education. The Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education-Postdoctoral Researcher Fellowship (AiiCE-PRF) is based on evidence that the lack of diversity in university computer science departments is replicated in the computer science and computing education research community in terms of researcher identities, research topics, and available postdoctoral researcher positions. This marginalization impacts postdocs’ sense of belonging, publication and citation counts, and thus future hiring and career advancement. The AiiCE-PRF program will combine research and professional development activities related to computing education as well as provide best practices for identity-inclusive postdoc experiences that can be leveraged across STEM disciplines.The goal of the AiiCE-PRF is to increase the number of postdocs from groups who are historically underrepresented in computing and the number of postdocs performing identity-inclusive computing education research. The three-year project includes a research initiative where Fellows perform mixed-methods research related to training, curricula and pedagogy, policy, and student/faculty perceptions of race in computing. Fellows also participate in a professional development program that focuses on the three key components of a faculty portfolio: research, teaching, and service. Throughout this experience, fellows will work with the project team, members of the greater AiiCE alliance (who span disciplines, sectors, and identities), and each other to also develop independent research projects that will serve as the foundation for their future programs of research. Ultimately, the AiiCE-PRF will 1) increase fellows’ understanding of and preparation for academic careers; 2) increase fellows’ sense of belonging in the discipline (both as a postdocs and members of groups that are historically underrepresented in computing); and 3) contribute to best practices for supporting computing postdocs across the discipline.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.