We will have a series of special events planned specifically for students.

Event 1: Panel

During the PhD symposium which will take place on 9th May 2022, we will have a panel on career advice at noon MYT (12:00 – 13:00).

All are welcome!

PhD Symposium Panel Session

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Career Paths after Ph.D. – Perspectives from Senior and Junior Researchers

  • 9th May 2022 (Monday)

  • 12:00 – 13:00

Our panelists will be:

Anastasia Ailamaki

EPFL

Guoliang Li

Tsinghua University

Wang-Chiew Tan

Facebook

Yixiang Fang

Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)

Olga Poppe

Microsoft

Sebastian Schelter

University of Amsterdam

Organized by:

  • Avrilia Floratou, Microsoft

  • Cheng Long, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  • Jiannan Wang, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Event 2: Keynote

Our first keynote on 10th May 2022 will give advice on careers in data science for women.

Why a Career in Data Science for a Woman? + the Role of Mentoring to Support Women to achieve Career Success

  • 10th May 2022 (Tuesday)

  • 12:00 – 13:00

Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham

University of Texas at Dallas

Abstract: The representation of women and underrepresented minority communities has increased a great deal in Computer Science. However, in many disciplines of Computer Science such as Data Science and Cyber Security, it is vastly underrepresented. Far fewer women have been elected to IEEE Fellows than men when it should be around 50%. In addition, fewer women are in positions of power both in academic institutions (e.g., Engineering Deans) and in the C-Suite in corporations as well as on corporate boards. This is partly because of the number of women at say first level management are far fewer than men. Then you have to rise up the ladder from that pool and so women are already at a disadvantage. One solution to this problem is to engage women at a much earlier age – perhaps even in elementary school and focus on Computer Science that includes Data Science as a subject. We need mentors to start promoting girls and women. For example, senior researchers and practitioners have to support women in getting promotions and awards such as IEEE and ACM Fellow and various Technical Recognition Awards. We need to explain to the girls the benefit of having a high paying job. This presentation will discuss the benefits of having a Career in Data Science for a Woman and the challenges involved in developing a successful career. One such challenge I will focus on is the lack of mentorship for women.   We are living in a complex world that is rapidly evolving due to technology. While there are numerous career opportunities in areas like Data Science and Cyber Security, the competition is also extremely intense around the globe.  It is almost impossible for a person to succeed in his/her career without the advice and mentorship of the senior researchers, developers and technologists.  I will discuss  the importance of mentoring especially for women in Data Science and  give examples of my personal story on how lack of mentoring was initially tough on my career and how I chose mentors who have then supported me and helped me to thrive in my career.

Event 3: Workshop

There is also a CV preparation workshop on 11th May 2022, 10pm MYT.

Resume Review Workshop for Underrepresented Groups

  • 11th May 2022 (Wednesday)

  • 22:00 – 23:00

Organizer: Victor Zakhary, Oracle

Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) is core to adopting innovative thinking. A diverse group of people tends to surface different perspectives, which help build more inclusive products and technologies. To achieve D&I in tech workspaces, tech companies need to spend more effort to break the barriers that prevent people from diverse groups from joining the industry. One of these barriers is resume filtering either by hiring managers or by algorithms. 

In this workshop, several hiring managers and engineers are invited to share their experiences in reviewing resumes. First, fews hiring managers will share tips about the do’s and don’ts of resume writing. Then, participants will have the opportunity to have one-on-one meetings with managers or engineers who conduct interviews to get feedback on their resumes. The goal is to allow participants to see how their resumes are perceived at the hiring process. Everyone is welcome!

Event 4: Panel

Last but not least, we highly encourgae students to join our panel on data engineering careers on 11th May 2022, 11pm MYT.

Penal Data Engineering Careers for Underrepresented Groups

  • 11th May 2022 (Wednesday)

  • 23:00 – 24:00

The panelists:

  • Vasiliki Kalavri, Boston University

  • Abdul Wasay, Intel Research

  • Sudeepa Roy, Duke

  • Ioana Manolescu, Inria

Organizer: Subarna Chatterjee and Stratos Idreos, Harvard

The panel is themed around the topic of Data Engineering Careers for Underrepresented Groups. The idea stems from the existing demographic disparities within technical sectors starting from significantly low involvement of these groups in data engineering, to skewed workforce diversity statistics to dented access to employment as well as salary gaps. In this panel, we hope to take a step toward bridging these gaps and supporting these communities by discussing about some of the crucial concerns faced by students from underrepresented groups who are in the path of building an engineering career as well as useful advice. The panel duration is one hour comprising of about 30 minutes of presentation from each panelist followed by a Q&A session from the audience.

To help us best prepare for the panel if you would like to you are welcome to suggest any topics that you would like to see discussed. Please add them to this google doc:

We look forward to welcoming you to ICDE 2022!

ICDE 2022 PC Chairs
Gao Cong, Stratos Idreos, Feifei Li
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