Call for Participation

**THE CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IS NOW CLOSED. NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE SENT OUT ON MAY 17th**

Submissions are encouraged from college students and professionals at all levels—from undergraduate students to entry-level industry employees to senior women in industry, government, and academia. Technical women and those who work with them (including technical men, corporate recruiters, nonprofit advocates, etc.) are all welcome to submit session proposals.

This is a great opportunity to gain professional visibility as a subject matter expert, expand your network and advance your career.

This year’s conference will focus on key areas where emerging technologies are having dramatic impact. They are: Software Engineering, Mobile Experiences, Media & Entertainment,
 Medical Technology and 
Education Technology.

As an added inspiration, this year’s theme is Think Big, Drive Forward. You are encouraged to apply and interpret this as you submit your content.

Submissions are closed. Get started right now with the information below.

Important Dates

Accept/Reject notifications will be sent out on May 17th

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Guidelines & Tips

  • You can edit your submissions as many times as you want before March 15, 2013.
  • Submissions that are cross-organizational or interdisciplinary are highly encouraged.
  • Submissions that promote diverse or international participation are highly encouraged.
  • Make sure your submission clearly articulates to the reviewers the impact of your work.
  • Frame your work/submission at the conceptual level, instead of talking about a specific product in your organization.
  • Provide a thorough, balanced viewpoint on your topic; avoid anything that sounds like an infomercial.
  • Keep in mind your target audience when you submit.

Session Tracks

Software Engineering Track

This track provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the latest trends, innovative tools and processes, experiences and technical challenges in the field of Software Engineering. We are looking for proposals related to:

  • Software Architecture and Methodology
  • Software Engineering Processes
  • Software Quality
  • Automation and Tools
  • Usability Engineering and Testing
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Program Management/Project Management
  • Instrumentation, Big Data and Analytics in Software Engineering

Valid Submission Formats (Please Read): Panels, Presentations/Lightning Talks, Workshop, Birds of a Feather, PhD Forum, New Investigators

Tag your submission: For this track, tag your submission as being at Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced level

 

Mobile Experiences Track

The focus of this Technical track is  design of mobile end user devices. From developing novel mobile phone technology to ensuring secure user access to such technology, this track will provide a glimpse of the state-of-the-art in mobile experiences. Potential design topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Mobile Phone Technology
  • Tablets and e-Readers
  • Voting Machines
  • Photo ID and Biometric Devices
  • Wearable Computing Devices
  • Mobile Social Computing
  • Accessibility of Mobile Devices (e.g., designing for different kinds of users)
  • Security and Privacy Concerns for Mobile End User Devices
  • Interfaces for Mobile Devices

Valid Submission Formats (Please Read): Panel, Presentations/Lightning Talks, Workshop, Birds of a Feather, PhD Forum, New Investigators

Tag your submission: For this track, tag your submission as being at Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced level

 

Media & Entertainment Track

Submissions could be from the following list of fields with a focus on their application to media, games, film, special effects:

  • Computer graphics
  • Computer vision
  • Simulations
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Computer games
  • Rich media experiences
  • Augmented reality
  • Animation
  • Motion tracking
  • Music genome

This list is not exhaustive and entries in other related topics are welcomed.

Valid Submission Formats (Please Read): Panels, Presentations/Lightning Talks, Birds of a Feather, PhD Forum, New Investigators

Tag your submission: For this track, tag your submission as being at Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced level

 

Medical Technology Track

The focus of this technical track is on innovative medical devices and the software needed to apply them in a medical setting. We are specifically looking for submissions related to:

  • Assistive technologies such as prosthetic limbs; hearing, speaking, and seeing devices; and mobility devices.
  • Technologies that support healthcare by providing an earlier diagnosis, improving rehabilitation times, and reducing healthcare costs.
  • Technologies that support wellness such as personal devices for cardiovascular health, caloric monitoring, sleep monitoring, and fitness.
  • Technological advances in medicine such as smart pills, environmental monitoring, and 3D printing of organs and tissues.

Valid Submission Formats (Please Read): Panels, Presentations/Lightning Talks, New Investigators , Birds of a Feather

Tag your submission: For this track, tag your submission as being at Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced level

 

Educational Technology Track

In the last several years, new technologies and new applications of existing technologies have inspired and enabled new styles of teaching and learning. This track explores how the traditional engineering and computer science classroom (and class) has evolved, and how it will continue to evolve in the future with a particular focus on how these new learning environments affect the engineering & computer science education experience for women from all backgrounds. We invite submissions in, but not limited to, the following areas:

  • Descriptions of new learning environments and the technology that has enabled them.
  • Experience reports and perspectives from various stakeholders in education including, but not limited to: students, faculty, administrators, hiring managers in industry, professionals in corporate training and continuing education, etc.
  • Results that highlight how new learning environments affect students, with a particular focus on women and students from underrepresented groups.
  • How traditional best-practices for engaging women in computing can be applied to these new educational environments, and/or new best practices that are emerging in these environments.
  • How new learning environments will change the relationship between any or all of the following: industry and academia, non-profit and for-profit universities, and K-12 and higher-education.

We welcome submissions from all stages of the academic pipeline and from industry. While this track is focused on educational technologies, it is not about using technologies as a curriculum (e.g., a submission about using Android Apps as a vehicle for teaching introductory programming would not fit in this track).

Valid Submission Formats (Please Read): Panels, Presentations/Lightning Talks, Workshop, Birds of a Feather

Tag your submission: For this track, tag your submission as being at Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced level

 

Career Track

Think Big!  Drive Forward as you take control of your destiny & career. Topics of interest can include but are not limited to:

Career Management Topics
Tools/resources to manage your current career

  • Mentoring.
  • Networking.
  • Negotiating.
  • Time management.
  • Professional Image and Presence.
  • How to own meeting and get your voice heard.
  • How to influence without authority.
  • What is your elevator pitch?
  • Working in a male-dominated workplace.
  • Challenges in a global workplace and more.

Career Development Topics
Tools/Resources to help you move up the ladder

  • Sponsorship.
  • Negotiating Compensation.
  • Path to Architect and CTO.
  • Strategies to Think Big!
  • Do you have business know-how?
  • Strengths Finder.
  • Creating a business plan.
  • Effective ways to generate new ideas and more.

Valid Submission Formats (Please Read): Panels, Presentations/Lightning Talks, Workshop, Birds of a Feather

Tag your submission: For this track, tag your submission as being relevant to Student, Early Career, Mid-Career, Senior Women or ALL

 

Academic Track

This is an all-encompassing track for academic professionals. Session topics should focus on the academic environment rather than on academic research or technical work, and may be geared towards audiences of all levels within academia. We invite submissions in, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • Managing an academic career: different paths (tenure track, administration track, etc.), choosing the right department/university (culture, fit, funding, teaching vs. research, etc.), leadership development, work-life balance, mentoring, networking, etc.
  • Leading the change in academia: roles & methods to transform higher education, MOOCs, focus on learning vs. credentialing, WIC affinity groups, recruitment & retention best practices, etc.
  • Globalization and diversity: broadening participation, increasing diversity, international issues, collaboration, etc.

We encourage faculty who would like the opportunity to briefly share their technical work and/or research with others to submit to the “Presentations/Lightning Talks” category. A number of speakers will be selected to give short 5-7 minute presentations in a “Faculty Lightning Talks” session.

Valid Submission Formats (Please Read): Panels, Presentations/Lightning Talks, Workshop, Birds of a Feather

 

General Poster Session and ACM Student Research Competition

The goal of the poster session is to provide an opportunity for an informal discussion of one’s research with conference attendees.

Furthermore, it is an excellent way to convey ideas and results not yet developed into a full paper. You can submit work that has already been accepted at other conference venues.

Submission Overview: Your submission consists of two main components: an extended abstract and a summary paragraph. The extended abstract of up to 2 pages (approximately 800 words) describes the content of your poster, including the problem being solved, its significance, the approach adopted, and some key results. References do not count as part of the 2 page maximum. Your uploaded file must be in one of the following formats: PDF, ASCII text, or MS Word, in a double column. We recommend that you use one of these templates as a reference (Latex Link and Word Link) and submit the file in PDF. During the submission process, you will be asked for a separate paragraph (maximum of 100 words) for publication in the conference proceedings that serves as a succinct description of the project.

General Poster Session Submissions

Topics: Technical or career related. All accepted conference material will be published in our online conference proceedings. You cannot submit more that 2 posters for consideration.

Extended Abstract Contents: The proposal for a poster should contain the elements listed below.

Statement of Topic: A short title.

Author(s): Poster authors do not undergo blind review, so your proposal should include as much of the following information as possible: name, affiliation, contact information (e.g., address, phone number, and email address, www address, etc.) Email is the preferred method of contact.

Problem and Motivation: Problem being addressed and explain the reasons for seeking a solution to this problem, why it is significant, and why it is relevant to your research field.

Background and Related Work: Specialized and relevant background necessary to appreciate the work. Include references to the literature where appropriate, and briefly explain how is your work different from related work. Reference lists do not count towards the limit on the length of the abstract.

Approach and Uniqueness: What is your approach in attacking the problem and how it is novel.

Results and Contributions: How the results of your work contribute to computer science and the significance of those results.

ACM Student Research Competition Submissions

Sponsored by: 

Individual students submitting posters for GHC can opt to have their posters also considered for the ACM Student Research Competition (sponsored by Microsoft Research). Submissions for the research competition should describe the results of recently completed or ongoing computer science research conducted primarily by the individual student. In addition to being eligible for the standard GHC conference scholarships, selected contestants may receive partial support from ACM to cover part of the costs of attending the conference. All accepted conference material will be published in our online conference proceedings.

Topics: Technical.

Description: The ACM Student Research Competition will be held in two phases, with prizes awarded based on judging during the conference. Student’ research will be evaluated on the quality and significance of the work, and the quality and clarity of both an oral and visual presentation.

The first round of the competition evaluates the student’s research during the opening reception and poster presentation. Those students who are selected by the judges to advance to the second round will continue in the competition by giving a formal, short, conference presentation of their research the next day.

The winners from the second round of the competition will be announced at the Grace Hopper Awards Ceremony, and will continue on to ACM’s Grand Finals.

Submission: The submission process is the same as for the General Poster Session. During the online submission process, you will indicate that you would like to be considered for the research competition. There are different eligibility criteria for the student research competition, described below:

Eligibility Criteria:

  1. Participants must be currently enrolled in a university or college.
  2. If the student is not an ACM student member at the time of the poster submission, they must become one when they are accepted to qualify for awards or travel grants.
  3. Only individual research is accepted for consideration by an SRC. However, if an individual is part of a group research project and wishes to participate in an SRC, they can submit and present their individual contribution to the group research project. Submissions for the research competition should describe the results of recently completed or ongoing computer science research conducted primarily by the individual student.
  4. Proposals must be single-author.
  5. Students may only participate in one SRC per program year (July 1-June 30). If you applied to be part of the SRC at another conference this year, you are not eligible to apply.
  6. No more than three research projects will be accepted from a single department and no more than two of those can be in a single category. Departments are determined by the location of the research advisor. Please work with your Department Chair to coordinate submissions.
  7. You cannot submit more than 2 posters as an individual for consideration.
  8. If selected, SRC program covers expenses up to $500 for all students invited to an SRC.

If your poster is not accepted to be part of the ACM Student Research competition, then it will automatically be accepted into the General Poster Session.

Learn more: ACM Student Research Competition

References:
Check these links which have suggestions on how to propose/create a research poster:

 

 

Live! Coaching and Questions

Seema Gururaj, Director of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing will hold Live! GHC Submissions coaching sessions on Facebook on -

Wednesday, Feb 27th 2013

11 AM – 1 PM (PST) .  Click link to join

Thursday, Feb 28th 2013

7 PM – 9 PM  (PST). Click link to join

Friday, March 1st 2013

11 AM – 1 PM (PST). Click link to join

4 PM – 6 PM (PST). Click link to join

During this interactive Q&A session, you are welcome to ask Seema any submission related questions. Do you need guidance on what the tracks mean? Do you have questions about the target audience? Are you looking for tips on how to strengthen your submissions? Are you looking for collaborators?

Note: The Anita Borg Institute is not involved in the review and selection of submissions. We are providing feedback based on reading thousands of proposals over the years. Committees  change each year, so keep in mind that what was accepted last year will not necessarily be selected this year.

To stay on top of deadlines, we recommend you subscribe to our newsletter: http://anitaborg.org/get-involved/subscribe/.

For any immediate submission related questions or for any further information, please contact us.

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