BPC Pipeline: Five Year Extension

这一扩大的计算参与(BPC)奖资助了计算研究协会妇女研究地位委员会(CRA-W)和多样化计算联盟(CDC)之间的合作项目，以增加妇女和代表不足的少数群体在国家层面上参与计算研究。这个BPC联盟计划通过提供指导、网络、社区建设和高度可见的榜样来实现他们的目标，为妇女和在计算领域代表性不足的少数族裔提供榜样。该联盟涉及从本科生到高级教职员工和研究人员的CISE研究管道的所有阶段。通过这一扩展，CRA-W/CDC联盟建议通过以下方式改进、扩展和评估其计划：高效的本科生分布式研究体验(DREU)计划将继续，并与AccessComputing合作扩大到包括残疾学生。本科生社区研究体验(CREU)将变得更加灵活和开放，以新的方式创建本科生研究人员社区。本科生研究指导研讨会(URMW)将以各种形式提供，包括杰出的系列讲座(DLS)，在格雷斯·霍珀庆祝活动中举行的CRA-W会议，以及越来越多的地区性会议，如明星庆祝活动和与ABI/ACM-W格雷斯·霍珀地区联盟的新伙伴关系。通过开发一套便携的材料和服务，CRA-W/CDC联盟将使其他团体能够将研究指导研讨会纳入他们的活动。这些材料将作为“盒装节目”在CRA-W网站及其合作伙伴NCWIT上传播。具体学科研讨会(DSW)将继续为研究生和年轻研究人员提供技能和网络机会，为他们特定的CS&Ame子领域的成功研究生涯量身定做。针对应届博士和新助理教授的职业指导研讨会(CMW)将扩大，为新兴的博士后群体提供有意义的新内容。CISE绩效指标的材料将被设计为促进纳入CRA-W/CDC计划，作为其研究提案的更广泛影响。该联盟将强调项目可持续性和制度变革的机制，例如增加对DREU的导师资金，以及由专业组织拥有DSWs。对方案的广泛评估将包括回答参加CRA-W/CDC联盟方案的妇女和少数群体相对于不参加方案的妇女和少数群体的具体问题。CRA-W/CDC联盟将继续与STAR联盟和Anita Borg研究所建立现有的伙伴关系，并将与ACM-W和访问计算联盟建立新的伙伴关系。智力优势：拟议的计划促进了计算机和信息科学与工程领域的广泛研究活动。这些努力将增加我们对计算中代表性不足的问题和补救措施的了解，可能在整个STEM中也是如此。特别是，它将提供资料，说明已经证明对妇女成功的方案可以在多大程度上适用于其他任职人数不足的群体。更广泛的影响：拟议的计划提供了指导和网络机会，并提高了对跨计算学科的多样性问题的认识。它们涉及计算研究的每一个梯级，从本科生到全职教授和高级研究人员。它们有可能让许多代表不足的群体的成员获得知识、技能和信心，在现有的计算机科学世界中取得成功。

This Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) award funds the collaborative project between thenComputing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Research (CRA-W) and the Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in computing research on a national level. This BPC Alliance plans to accomplish their goal by providing mentoring, networking, community building, and highly visible role models to women and underrepresented minorities in computing. The alliance addresses all stages of the CISE research pipeline from undergraduates to senior faculty and researcher levels. With this extension, the CRA-W/CDC Alliance proposes to improve, extend and evaluate its programs in the following ways: The highly effective Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU) program will continue and be expanded to include students with disabilities in partnership with AccessComputing. The Community Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CREU) will become more flexible and open to new ways of creating a community of undergraduate researchers. Undergraduate Research Mentoring Workshops (URMW) will be offered in various formats, including the Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS), CRA-W sessions at the Grace Hopper Celebrations, and increasingly, to regional conferences such as the STARS Celebrations and with the new partnership with the ABI/ACM-W Grace Hopper Regional Consortium. By developing a portable package of materials and services, the CRA-W/CDC Alliance will enable other groups to incorporate research mentoring workshops into their events. The materials will be disseminated on the CRA-W website and with its partner, NCWIT, as "Programs-in-a-box". The Discipline-Specific Workshops (DSW) will continue to provide graduate students and young researchers with skills and networking opportunities tailored for a successful research career in their particular subfield of CS&E. Career Mentoring Workshops (CMW) aimed at fresh PhDs and new Assistant Professors will be expanded to provide meaningful new content for the emerging postdoc population. Materials for CISE PIs will be designed to facilitate incorporating CRA-W/CDC programs as broader impacts of their research proposals. The alliance will emphasize mechanisms for program sustainability and institutional change, such as increased mentor funding of DREUs and ownership of DSWs by professional organizations. Extensive evaluation of programs will include the goal of answering the specific question of how women and minorities that participate in the programs of the CRA-W/CDC Alliance fare with respect to those who do not. The CRA-W/CDC Alliance will continue its existing partnerships with the STARS Alliance and the Anita Borg Institute and will establish new partnerships with ACM-W and the AccessComputing Alliance.Intellectual Merit: The proposed programs facilitate a broad range of research activities in computer and information science and engineering. These efforts will increase our understanding of the issues and remedies for underrepresentation in computing, and possibly more broadly, across STEM. In particular it will provide information on the extent to which programs that have already proven successful for women can be adapted for other underrepresented groups. Broader Impacts: The proposed programs provide mentoring and networking opportunities and increase awareness of diversity issues across the computing disciplines. They address every rung of the ladder of computing research, from undergraduates to full professors and senior researchers. They have the potential to give many members of underrepresented groups the knowledge, skills and confidence to succeed in the existing world of computer science.