Rising Stars 2020: Workshop Schedule

Monday, November 9, 2020

Pacific Standard Time

Main Events

Concurrent Events

9:00 - 9:15 AM

Welcome from the Chairs
Jeffrey Bokor and John Canny

Zoom webinar

9:15 - 10:15 AM

Panel 1

The Job Search

Talk by: Ben Recht, UC Berkeley

Panelists
Bill Freeman, MIT
Sergey Levine, UC Berkeley
Nancy Amato, University of Illinois
Claire Tomlin, UC Berkeley

Moderated by: Anca Dragan, UC Berkeley

Zoom webinar

9:15 AM - 5:00 PM
Mentoring Sessions
(20 minutes each)

Zoom rooms

10:15 - 10:30 AM

Break (15 mins)

10:30 - 11:30 AM

Panel 2

The Interview

Panelists
Wenting Zheng, UC Berkeley/Carnegie-Mellon
Natacha Crooks, UC Berkeley
Chris Peikert, University of Michigan
Justine Sherry, Carnegie Mellon

Moderated by: Raluca Ada Popa, UC Berkeley

Zoom webinar

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Poster Sessions
Day 1 Presenters and Posters

Virtual Chair on Gather

12:30 - 1:00 PM

Lunch (half hour)

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Job Talk Starts
Group 1

Zoom rooms

2:00 - 2:15 PM

Break (15 mins)

2:15 - 3:15 PM

Job Talk Starts
Group 2

Zoom rooms

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Pacific Standard Time

Main Events

Concurrent Events

9:00 - 9:15 AM

Welcome Back from the Chairs

Zoom webinar

9:15 - 10:15 AM

Panel 3

Our Paths to Academia:
Stories from Recent Candidates

Panelists
Jelena Notaros, MIT
Sarah Chasins, UC Berkeley
Katie Bouman, Caltech
Rediet Abebe, UC Berkeley

Moderated by: Angjoo Kanazawa, UC Berkeley

Zoom webinar

9:15 AM - 3:15 PM
Mentoring Sessions
(20 minutes each)

Zoom rooms

10:15 - 10:30 AM

Break (15 mins)

10:30 - 11:30 AM

Job Talk Starts
Group 3

Zoom rooms

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Poster Sessions
Day 2 Presenters and Posters

Virtual Chair on Gather

12:30 - 1:00 PM

Lunch (half hour)

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Panel 4

Work/Life Balance

Panelists
Ana Arias, UC Berkeley
Jelena Notaros, MIT
Larry Pileggi, Carnegie-Mellon
Mingyan Liu, University of Michigan
Lav Varshney, University of Illinois

Moderated by: Chunlei Liu, UC Berkeley

Zoom webinar

2:00 - 2:15 PM

Break (15 mins)

2:15 - 3:15 PM

Job Talk Starts
Group 4

Zoom rooms

3:15 - 3:30 PM

Closing Address

Zoom webinar

3:30 - 4:30 PM

Social Hour

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