Google exploreCSR grant will increase research mentoring relationships in computing at CU 麻豆影院
Sarah Miller and Ben Shapiro
The 麻豆影院 is one of to receive Google鈥檚 exploreCSR grant, which supports universities that are trying to get more women involved in computing research careers by running research-focused workshops.
CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 project will be led by Ben Shapiro, assistant professor of computer science, and Sarah Miller, associate dean for access, inclusion and student programs in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
They plan to use the grant to increase the number of faculty-student research mentoring relationships within computing at CU 麻豆影院, as well as to increase the rate of faculty applications for National Science Foundation funding.
Shapiro has been an active mentor of women undergraduate researchers at CU. But when he looked at how many computer science faculty members hosted REUs, he realized they needed more 鈥渟upply鈥 to meet potential student demand.
鈥淲e will collaborate with university staff to offer a workshop to help faculty to scope out research proposals,鈥 he said. 鈥淭he goal will be to increase by ten-fold the number of REU proposals our computing researchers submit.鈥
The program will include faculty and students from the Department of Computer Science, Department of Information Science, Department of Applied Mathematics and the ATLAS Institute.
鈥淢aking computer science education accessible and available to everyone is one of our most important initiatives. We鈥檙e excited to provide this grant to CU 麻豆影院 to help encourage more women to be involved in computer science research careers,鈥 said Sepi Hejazi Moghadam, senior program manager at Google.
For more information about Google鈥檚 exploreCSR awards, .