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Building an International Community for Broadening Participation in Computing
Teresa DahlbergCollege of Computing and Informatics
George K. Thiruvathukal
Computer ScienceLoyola University Chicago
Sorel ReismanInformation ScienceCalifornia State UniversityIEEE CS Past [email protected]
Agenda
Rationale and summary of activitiesIntroduction to IEEE CS STC’sFramework for an IEEE CS STC BPDinner BreakoutsReport Back
International BPC Community - Rationale
Urgent need for BPC continuesStrong and emerging BPC initiatives and communities existMore than a decade of project successes have not translated into national changeLittle international collaboration exists
International BPC Community - Rationale
Need coordination to address widespread systemic change– Partnership among BPC leaders– Address BPC in general: all people and settings
Need central referencing – Reference to pubs and portals– Efforts build upon prior work
Continued need for awareness– Advocacy, policy change– One voice– Pick up where NSF leaves off– Extend internationally
Formation of BPC Community ACM SIGBP formation committee (2009)Submitted proposal to ACM with strong support from potential members (>300), leaders (>75) and partners (16)ACM declined support, but….IEEE Computer Society accepted proposal for STC BPC
MEMBERS400,000+
COUNTRIES160
CONFERENCES1000+ per year
SOCIETIES/COUNCILS
38/7
Standards1,000 Active Standards
IEEE Mission: Advancing Technology for Humanity
IEEE Computer Society
The largest of the societies and councils organized under the IEEE
… providing unique collaboration opportunities across the global IEEE footprint …
WashingtonWashingtonLosLosAlamitosAlamitos
TokyoTokyo
CS Office
IEEE OfficeBeijing
Bangalore
Singapore
New JerseyNew York
CS Mission: To be the leading provider of technical information, community services, and personalized services to the world's computing professionals
Relationships With Other National and Sister Societies
Span more than 40 countries70 national society agreements43 “sister society” agreementsCommon interest, mutual benefitAgreements extend back several decades
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Aspects of STCsOnline “special interest group”
– Online Collaborative & Networking Tools– LifeRay web portal services and applications
Focused Group– Focused on defined subjects/topics/areas– Members with a strong identification with a field of interest– More leadership opportunity for volunteers– Better able to follow new fields
Easy to Create/Expand/Change/TerminatePreferred access to CS products and servicesIEEE CS branded website and offeringscomputer.org & ieee.org communications
– Emails; web traffic analytics
Group activity publicity
Board of Governors
6 Program Boards
Standing Committees
Emerging Products
&Services
STCGovernanceCommittee
STC
STC
STC
STC
STCOperationsCommittee (Proposed)
STC Governance
IEEE CS STC BP - DraftCoordination and Community – Existing successful community: http://stc-sustainable-computing.ieee.net/– Form http://stc-bp.ieee.net and take advantage of support for site hosting,
newsletters, blogs, etc.
Referencing – IEEE BPC Conference (co-sponsored with related partners)– Direct access to the CS Digital Library or Xplore– If effort scales, propose BPC Transactions or publish in forthcoming
Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing.
Advocacy – STCs are part of a coherent strategy. – Leverage leaders meetings, newsletters– Leverage Computing Now monthly newsletter to reach tens of thousands of
members, and with high click rates.
Discussion: How can the BP community achieve national or international coordination, referencing and awareness -within the context of IEEE CS STC or otherwise?
Coordination and community– Advisory and leadership – regularly convene BP leaders with goals to connect similar efforts, identify
gaps, and strategically plan for the future. Sit at the table with leaders of other CS communities to raise awareness of and engagement in BP
– News and current events – one stop shop to inform of what’s going on (e.g., events, opportunities, policy)– Annual conference – annual BP community meeting (to replace NSF BPC meeting). Would this be a single,
new conference; or align with one or more existing conferences?– Attracting (or awarding) funding – a number of nonprofits are arising to sustain NSF BPC alliances. Should
efforts continue in isolation, or some type of national coordination?
Referencing– Research referencing – need a pubs venue to enable BP research to build upon prior work. Should this be
a new pub and/or comprised of special issues of existing?– Practices referencing – need mechanism to disseminate and reference best practices so new efforts can
build upon existing. Should we rally the community around BPCPortal.org and/or reference the many other existing portals?
Awareness– Representation – how would the STC provide coordinated representation, e.g., to the media or policy-
makers?– Advocacy
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