Exploring Virtual Interactive Models for Large Scale Research Mentoring of Undergraduate Women in Computing

计算研究协会的妇女在计算研究中的地位委员会（CRA-W）将设计、实施和评估一个虚拟研究指导“市政厅”模式，用于大规模指导计算机科学与工程专业的本科女生进入研究和研究生院。 从2008年至2012年，获得中等教育学士学位的妇女仅占18%。 这些趋势大大限制了CSE妇女进入研究和教学职业的人数。 该项目将使学生与杰出的CSE女研究人员和学生在当地女学生团体聚集的虚拟连接地点举行互动会议。 杰出的研究人员将介绍他们的研究及其影响的迷你讲座，然后是一个互动的问答市政厅与指导相关的研究，研究生院，并由学生建议的主题。 该项目将收集证据，以确定使用虚拟会议的有效性，以扩大获得榜样的机会，提高研究界的认识，并指导提高CSE本科女生的保留率。 如果有效的，虚拟的“市政厅”会议有可能有助于扩大参与本科研究CSE，将改善成功的研究生入学和过渡的准备，并将扩大在全国各地的计算社区的本地网络。

The Computing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) will design, implement and evaluate a virtual research mentoring "town hall" model for large-scale mentoring of undergraduate women majors in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) towards research and graduate school. Women have been earning only 18% of the Bachelor's degrees in CSE from 2008-2012. These trends significantly limit the number of CSE women advancing into research and teaching careers. This project will engage students in interactive meetings with distinguished female CSE researchers and students at virtually connected sites where local groups of women students are gathered. Distinguished researchers will present mini-lectures on their research and its impact, followed by an interactive question-and-answer town hall with mentoring related to research, graduate school, and topics suggested by students. This project will gather evidence to determine the efficacy of using virtual meetings to scale opportunities for access to role models, awareness of the research community, and mentoring to increase retention of undergraduate women in CSE. If effective, virtual "town hall" meetings have the potential to help to broaden participation in undergraduate research in CSE, will improve preparation for successful graduate school admissions and transitions, and will expand the local networks in computing communities across the country.