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Monday, February 3, 2020

Time Event Location
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Registration  Regency ABCD Foyer
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Networking Reception
With Special Guests
Erwin Gianchandani, Deputy Assistant Director, CISE, NSF
Victor McCrary, National Science Board and Vice President for Research and Graduate Programs, University of the District of Columbia
Chesapeake View – Rooftop

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

7:00 AM – 5:00 PM Registration  Regency ABCD Foyer
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast Regency ABCD Foyer
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Introduction/Setting the Stage
Margaret Martonosi, Assistant Director, CISE NSF [Slides]
Regency ABCD
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Plenary: Overview of CISE and Its Core Opportunities
David Corman, Program Director, CISE, NSF
Sylvia Spengler, Program Director, CISE, NSF
Regency ABCD
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Panel Discussion: Recap of Previous Workshops with Feedback from NSF
Ann Gates, Chair of the Computer Science Department, University of Texas at El Paso [Slides]
Jean Muhammad, Chair of the Computer Science Department, Hampton University [Slides]
Sarah EchoHawk, CEO, American Indian Science and Engineering Society [Slides]
Regency ABCD
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Panel Discussion: Moving Forward with the Lessons of the Minority Institution Infrastructure Program
Malek Adjouadi, Professor, Florida International University
Rita Rodriguez, Program Director, CISE, NSF
Moderator: Anne-Marie Nunez, The Ohio State University.
Regency ABCD
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Networking Break Regency ABCD Foyer
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Breakout Groups: What Can NSF Do to Increase the Number and Competiveness of CISE Proposals from MSIs?·Recommended Changes to the NSF Proposal Review Process
·Recommendations for Programmatic Investments NSF Should Make
·Recommendations for Investments NSF Should Make in Students and Young Faculty
·Recommendations for Investments NSF Should Make in Cultivating Internal Mentors and Champions
Washington A
Washington B
Potomac III
Potomac IV
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Working Lunch Regency ABCD
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM   Report Out From Breakout Groups Regency ABCD
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM   Plenary: Case Study of a Successful MSI/NSF Partnership
S. Keith Hargrove, Dean of Engineering, Tennessee State University [Slides]
Regency ABCD
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM Panel Discussion: What Do MSI CISE PIs Wish They’d Known Before Starting Their CISE Core Award
Kinnis Gosha,  Hortenius I. Chenault Endowed Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Morehouse College
Lydia Tapia, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
Gloria Washington, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Howard University
Moderator: Edward Dillon, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Morgan State University
 

Regency ABCD

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Networking Break Regency ABCD Foyer
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM Breakout Groups: Small Group Meetings with NSF CISE Program Directors Washington A
Washington B
Potomac III
Potomac IV
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM Concluding Remarks
Fay Cobb Payton, CISE, NSF
Regency ABCD
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Networking Reception
Regency E

Wednesday, February 5, 2019

7:00 AM – 10:00 AM Registration  Regency ABCD Foyer
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast Regency ABCD Foyer
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Plenary Session: How to Transition from Set-asides to Core Funding
Alan Arnold, Director of Research Development, MSI STEM R&D Consortium [Slides]
Regency ABCD
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Panel Discussion: Lessons Learned from the ASEE/NSF Strategic Investment Summit
Ann Gates, Chair of the Computer Science Department, University of Texas at El Paso [Slides]
Regency ABCD
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Networking Break Regency ABCD Foyer
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Breakout Groups: Positioning Your Institution for Success in Competing for CISE Awards·Recommendations for Private- and Public-sector Partnerships that NSF Could Pursue
·Recommendations for Changes NSF Can Encourage to Make Partnering Arrangements More Beneficial for MSIs
·How Can Institutions with Very Limited Resources Get Started with Computer Science Research?
·How to Build Partnerships that Build MSI Research Infrastructure
 

Washington A
Washington B
Potomac III
Potomac IV

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Report Out from Breakout Groups Regency ABCD
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch and Closing Remarks Regency ABCD