Full Schedule

All events will take place in Lehman Auditory on floor B1 in Science Engineering Hall at the George Washington University

• Thursday, May 4th

  • 8:30am : Arrival, Breakfast, and Registration

  • 9:30 : Opening remarks
    • Adam Aviv and Rachel Greendstadt will welcome everyone to the event
  • 9:45 : Introductions and Icebreakers
    • We will go around the room and do introductions, and break up into groups for a icebreaker activity

  • 10:45 : Coffee break

  • 11:00 : Panel 1: Research Project Development
    • Serge Egelman, Siddharth Garg, Michelle Mazurek, and Peter Peterson will share insights from their proposal writing and development process, including stories of successes and failures. Rachel Greenstadt will moderate.
  • 12:15 : Lunch and One-on-one meetings
    • NSF Mentors: Jeremy Epstein, Li Yang, Phillip Regalia, Daniela Oliveira, Anna Squicciarini, Dan Cosley, James Joshi, Chungsheng Xin, Cliff Wang, James Joshi
    • Community Mentors: Adam Aviv, Rachel Greenstadt, Serge Egelman, Arkady Yerukhimovich, Michelle MAzurek, Peter Peterson, Ramesh Karri, and Sidharth Garg
  • 2:15 : Panel 2: Panel Review Process
    • NSF Program Officers: Li Yang, Jeremy Epstein, Phillip Regalia, and Daniela Oliveira will share their insights about the panel reviewing process. Adam Aviv will moderate this panel.
  • 3:45 : Break
  • 4:15 : BOF sessions
    • Participants will submit topics they are interested in discussion, and we will break into smaller groups to address those topics with aspiring PIs and mentors
  • 6:00 : Closing Remarks and Outbrief
    • Each BOF leader will present a quick outbrief of the group.
  • 6:30 : Dinner
    • There will be a buffet dinner and network event.
• Friday, May 5th
  • 8:00 : Breakfast
  • 8:30 : Opening Remarks
    • Guidance on the review process
  • 9:00 : Mock Panel Session 1
    • Panels will meet to discuss all aligned proposals
    • Panel Moderators will include:
      • NSF Mentors: Jeremy Epstein, Li Yang, Phillip Regalia, Daniela Oliveira, Anna Squicciarini, Dan Cosley, James Joshi, Chungsheng Xin, Cliff Wang, James Joshi
      • Community Mentors: Adam Aviv, Rachel Greenstadt, Serge Egelman, Arkady Yerukhimovich, Michelle MAzurek, Peter Peterson, Ramesh Karri, and Sidharth Garg
  • 10:30 : Break
  • 11:00 : Mock Panel session 2
    • Panels will meet and write a recommendation for each proposals
    • Panel Moderators will include:
      • NSF Mentors: Jeremy Epstein, Li Yang, Phillip Regalia, Daniela Oliveira, Anna Squicciarini, Dan Cosley, James Joshi, Chungsheng Xin, Cliff Wang, James Joshi
      • Community Mentors: Adam Aviv, Rachel Greenstadt, Serge Egelman, Arkady Yerukhimovich, Michelle MAzurek, Peter Peterson, Ramesh Karri, and Sidharth Garg
  • 12:30 : Box Lunches to-go
    • Box lunches provided as you head out