Rising Stars 2019 Workshop Schedule
NOTE Program Correction: Career Center Mentoring Sessions are in 3403 Siebel Center
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
6:00pm: Opening Night Welcome Activities: Hamilton Walkers Private Party Room
201 N. Neil St., Champaign, IL
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
All Wednesday events at the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science.
6:30am – 8:00am: Breakfast provided in Hyatt Place Lobby
8:15 am: Charter bus from Hyatt Place to Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science
8:45 am-09:00 am: Workshop Welcome (2405 SC)
9:00 am-10:00 am: Panel: Our Paths to Academia (2405 SC)
- Sarita Adve, Ranjitha Kumar, Tandy Warnow
10:00-10:15 am: Break (Second Floor Atrium)
10:15 am-11:30 am: Panel: The Job Search: Preparation (2405 SC)
- Klara Nahrstedt, Robin Kravets
11:30 am- 12:30 pm: Poster Session (Second Floor Atrium)
12:30 pm- 1:30 pm: Lunch (First Floor Atrium)
1:30pm- 2:45pm: Parallel Sessions: Job Talk Starts I
- SC 2405: Karrie Karahalios, Lynford Goddard, Robin Kravets
- SC 2124: Wen-mei Hwu, Sayan Mitra, Jeffrey Bokor
- SC 2102: Brighten Godfrey, Andrew Stillwell
- SC 2407: Bo Li, Shaloo Rakheja, Shawn Blanton
2:45- 3:15 pm: Break/Group Picture (First Floor Atrium)
3:15- 4:15 pm: Panel: The Interview (2405 SC)
- Radhika Mittal, Bo Li
4:15- 5:15 pm: Panel: Work/Life Balance – It is possible to have it all and have fun doing it! (2405 SC)
- Erin Chambers, Ruta Mehta, Lara Waldrop
5:45- 6:30 pm: Research Highlight Pitch Competition (2405 SC)
6:30 pm: Dinner (First Floor Atrium)
8:30 pm: Bus shuttle back to Hyatt hotel (First Floor Atrium, Matthews Avenue entrance)
Thursday, October 31, 2019
All Thursday events except dinner at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Building.
6:30am – 8:00am: Breakfast provided in Hyatt Place Lobby
8:30 am: Charter bus from Hyatt Place to Electrical and Computer Engineering Building
9:00-10:00 am: Panel: The Job Search: Post-Interview (3002 ECEB)
- Shaloo Rakheja, Tanya Berger-Wolf
10:00-10:15 am: Break (3002 ECEB)
10:15-11:30 am: Parallel Sessions (4): Job Talk Starts II
- ECEB 3002: Indy Gupta, Philip Krein, Katie Driggs-Campbell
- Beckman 2269:Ruta Mehta, Peter Sauer, Lara Waldrop
- Beckman 3269:Dakshita Khurana, Subhonmesh Bose, Erin Chambers
- Beckman 4269: Andreas Kloeckner, Lynford Goddard, Julia Hockemaier
11:30- 1:30 pm: Lunch & Poster Session (3002 ECEB)
1:30- 2:45 pm: Panel: Building Your Research Program (3002 ECEB)
- Nancy Amato, Elyse Rosenbaum, Karrie Karahalios
2:45- 3:00 pm: Break (3002 ECEB)
3:00- 4:15 pm: Parallel Sessions (4): Job Talk Starts III
- ECEB 3002: Chandra Chekuri, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Idoia Ochoa
- Beckman 2269: Nancy Amato, Alejandro Dominguez-Garcia, Ranjitha Kumar
- Beckman 3269: Darko Marinov, Elyse Rosenbaum, Lawrence Rauchwerger
- ECEB 4070: Tandy Warnow, Peter Sauer, Mahesh Vishwanathan
4:15- 5:15 pm: Panel: Tips from the Trenches – Recent Job Candidates (3002 ECEB)
- Katie Driggs-Campbell, Dakshita Khurana, Yang Zhao
5:30 pm: Charter Bus Shuttle to Hyatt hotel (ECEB, S. Wright Street Entrance)
6:30 pm: Dinner at Maize at the Station (within walking distance of hotel) – Halloween Theme!
100 N. Chestnut Street, Champaign, IL
Friday, November 1, 2019
6:30am – 8:30am: Breakfast provided in Hyatt Place Lobby. Hotel check-out.
8:15 am: Bus shuttle from Hyatt Place
9:00-10:30 am: Parallel Session: Job Talk Starts IV
- SC 2405: Klara Nahrstedt, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Jeffrey Bokor
- SC 2124: Indy Gupta, Zhen Peng, Tanya Berger-Wolf
- SC 2102: Sarita Adve, Richard Zhang, Shawn Blanton
- SC 2407: Sasa Misailovic, Radhika Mittal, Niao He
10:15-10:30 am: Break (Second Floor Atrium, SC)
10:30-11:45 am: Panel: Overcoming Challenges, Getting Mentoring, and Building a Network (SC 2405)
- Robin Kravets, Julia Hockenmaier, Jen Bernhard
11:45 am:
- Bus shuttle to Willard Airport (to-go boxed lunches provided)
- All others boxed lunch at Siebel Center
12:15 pm:
- Additional 1-1 mentorship
- Siebel Center 2405 available as a post-workshop workspace
Afternoon: Additional shuttle runs to airport
Rising Stars Career Center
Mentoring Center
Wednesday, October 30 – SC 3403
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
| 10am-12pm | Saman Amarasinghe | Shawn Blanton | Ranjitha Kumar | Xiuling Li | Sasa Misailovic |
| 1pm-3pm | Radhika Mittal | Lara Waldrop | Tandy Warnow | Yang Zhao | |
| 3pm-5pm | Jeff Bokor | Brighten Godfrey | Bo Li | Shaloo Rakheja |
Thursday, October 31 – ECEB 5070
9:00 am-12:00 pm
1:00 pm- 5:00 pm
| 10am-12pm | Nancy Amato | Jeff Bokor | Julia Hockenmaier | Idioa Ochoa (10:30-noon) |
| 1pm-3pm | Subhonmesh Bose | Dakshita Khurana | Ruta Mehta | Mahesh Vishwanathan |
| 3pm-5pm | Carolyn Beck | Tanya Berger-Wolf | Wen-mei Hwu | Robin Kravets |
Friday, November 1 – SC 3403
9:00 am – 11:00 am
| 10am-12pm | Chandra Chekuri | Katie Driggs-Campbell | Ranjitha Kumar | Yang Zhao |
Portraits – SC 4th Floor Atrium
Wednesday only
9:00 am – 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Research Highlight Videos – SC 4325
Wednesday only
9:00 am – 12:00 pm, 1 pm- 5 pm