Dear all,
PODC 2020
features a
senior-junior meeting, a valuable mentoring experience
providing the
opportunity for junior people to engage with senior people
in their research
area. In this way, junior people will be given the chance
to talk with senior
people, receive advice and support, and get informed
about how a senior
researcher would cope with situations that may be
of interest. PODC 2020
Senior-Junior meetings will take place in the following four
slots:
* Tuesday,
August 4, at 14:00-14:55
CEST [07:00-07:55 EDT] (before talks)
* Tuesday, August 4, at 19:05 -20:00 CEST [12:05-13:00 EDT]
(after talks)
* Wednesday, August 5, at 14:00 – 14:55 CEST [07:00-07:55 EDT]
(before talks)
* Wednesday, August 5, at 19:05-20:00 CEST [12:05-13:00 EDT]
(after talks)
Individuals
can sign up via this
Google sheet. More instructions are provided below
(and they will soon
appear on the conference web site).
Best regards,
Youla Fatourou
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Instructions for Senior Persons
1.
Seniors
have to click the link above
(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UElxqVq0rwaVayO0smmh42fAX7YdSc149j-VYlCrZW8/edit?usp=sharing)
to access the excel sheet where they can declare their
availability.
2. There are four tabs in the excel sheet, one for each of the four slots that the Senior-Junior Meeting event will take place (see above).
3. Seniors should fill in their names in the first column. They have to add their information according to their availability. Specifically, for each of the tabs that correspond to their availability, they have to fill in their name and their email address in the leftmost green cell (column A: Senior Person) of the first empty row. They could add a new (colorful) row if necessary.
4. Seniors are responsible for logistically coordinating the meeting according to instructions that will be provided after sign-ups close. They are also responsible for choosing conversation topics and initiating a discussion with juniors. Also, it would be good to be prepared with some mentoring advice in case their junior group (four persons) is not so active.
5. Although the slots are of predetermined duration, a senior may go on as long as s/he desires, if his/her group is highly engaged.
Instructions for Junior Persons
1. Juniors have to click the link above (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UElxqVq0rwaVayO0smmh42fAX7YdSc149j-VYlCrZW8/edit?usp=sharing) to access the excel sheet where they can declare their desired senior person.
2. Every junior should fill in his/her name and email address in the same row (i.e. in a free colorful cell of the row) as the senior person s/he would like to talk to.
3. S/he should not put her/his name in an empty row. If there are no rows with space, s/he should check back later to see if more senior people appear in the sheet.
4. Juniors should respect the rule that each junior group consists of at most four juniors. So, juniors should not put their name in a row which contains already four names of junior people. If they find a senior person's group full but are still interested in talking, they should consider emailing him/her.
5. Juniors should not add columns or delete other people.
6. During the meeting, juniors should be prepared to ask questions and get valuable mentoring.
Note that
there is no strict
definition of seniors and juniors but the following might be of
help:
Junior = undergrad/grad/postdoc, Senior = permanent job
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Prof. Panagiota Fatourou Chair of the ACM Europe Council Department of Computer Science University of Crete, GREECE & Institute of Computer Science, Collaborating Researcher Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas Crete Island, GREECE http://www.ics.forth.gr/~faturu Tel: +30 2810 391727 Cellular: +30 6973 991277 Fax: +30 2810 391710