Welcome to Rising Stars
An Academic Career Workshop in EECS
October 27-28, 2022
The University of Texas at Austin
Rising Stars is an intensive workshop for graduate students and postdocs with historically marginalized or underrepresented genders who are interested in pursuing academic careers in electrical engineering, computer science, and artificial intelligence and decision-making. Launched at MIT in 2012, the annual event has since been hosted at the University of California at Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Eligibility:
Rising Stars is open to graduate students and postdocs of underrepresented genders, including cisgender women, trans people of any gender, non-binary people, and all people with historically marginalized or underrepresented genders. Applicants should be within about 1-3 years of graduating with a PhD at the time of the workshop, or have obtained a PhD no earlier than 2019 and do not currently hold a faculty position. All applications are required to be submitted by June 10, 2022 (AOE or anywhere on earth). Letter of recommendation can be submitted by June 17.
Application Materials:
1) Research statement (maximum 1 page excluding references, 12pt font, 1-inch margins, PDF)
2) CV (no page limit, PDF)
3) One letter of recommendation
Location: This will be a hybrid event (in person with accommodations for remote attendees)
Application Deadline: June 10, 2022 (AOE or anywhere on earth)
Notification: August 1, 2022
Rising Stars Workshop 2022: October 27-28, 2022
Workshop Chairs
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Christine Julien
Workshop Co-Chair
Annis & Jack Bowen Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering - UT Austin
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin
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Dana Moshkovitz
Workshop Co-Chair
Associate Professor of Computer Science - UT Austin
Organizing Committee
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Eunsol Choi
Assistant Professor of Computer Science - UT Austin
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Jean Anne Incorvia
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering - UT Austin
Fellow of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Chair in Computer Engineering - UT Austin
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Amy Pavel
Assistant Professor, Computer Science - UT Austin
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Neeraja Yadwadkar
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering - UT Austin
Workshop Advisors
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Don Fussell
Department Chair, Computer Science - UT Austin
Trammell Crow Regents Professor in Computer Science - UT Austin
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Diana Marculescu
Motorola Regents Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering #2 - UT Austin
Cockrell Family Chair for Departmental Leadership #5, Electrical and Computer Engineering - UT Austin
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering - UT Austin
Rising Stars Workshop 2022
Oct. 27-28, 2022
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