Sunday, July 26
CRA Board of Directors Meeting	8:00AM-4:00PM
Registration	2:00PM-7:30PM
Workshop for New Department Chairs	4:00PM-6:00PM
This session will discuss key issues and problems faced by new chairs of computer science departments, and consider effective strategies for addressing them.
Chairs: John Stankovic, University of Virginia Peter Freeman, Georgia Institute of Technology
Welcome Reception	6:00PM-7:30PM
Dinner	7:30PM-9:30PM
Higher Education's Information Technology Agenda: A Presidential Perspective
Speaker: Graham B. Spanier, President, Pennsylvania State University
Monday, July 27
Breakfast Buffet	7:00AM-8:30AM
Registration	7:00AM-6:00PM
Welcome	8:30AM-8:40AM
Speakers: Mary Jane Irwin, Academic Snowbird Chair, Pennsylvania State University James Foley, Industrial Snowbird Chair, Mitsubishi Electric Research
Joint Academic/Industrial Plenary Session I	8:40AM-10:10AM
Human Resources: Where Are We Now? Where Do We Need to Be?
The computer science and information technology workforce situation is once again changing rapidly. Industry demand is climbing, with many unfilled jobs at all levels. As a result, computer science and engineering undergraduate enrollments are burgeoning. To meet the undergraduate course load demands, universities are trying to grow their faculty. Thus, the demand from both the industry and university sector for Ph.D. graduates is growing at the same time that graduate enrollments in CSE, especially at the Ph.D. level, are at best static. Compounding the workforce shortage is the puzzling dramatic decrease in the percentage of women and continuing small percentage of minorities entering the computer science and engineering fields.
Chairs: Mary Jane Irwin, Pennsylvania State University James Foley, Mitsubishi Electric Research
Speakers: Frances Allen, IBM TJ Watson Laboratory Andrew Bernat, University of Texas, El Paso Dan Reed, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Bibiana Santiago, AT&T
Panelists: Peter Freeman, Georgia Institute of Technology Richard Wirt, Intel
Break	10:10AM-10:30AM
Workshop I (parallel sessions)	10:30AM-NOON
Best Practices: Recruiting and Retaining Faculty and Students from Underrepresented Groups
Learn how to implement strategies to successfully recruit and retain women and other underrepresented populations into your undergraduate and graduate programs. Speakers will describe successful models that you can modify and adopt.
Chairs: Andrew Bernat, University of Texas, El Paso Leah Jamieson, Purdue University
Speakers: Soheila Bana, University of California at Berkeley Elaine A. Finger, George Washington University Soha Hassoun, Tufts University Ann Quiroz Gates, University of Texas at El Paso Jane Zimmer Daniels, Purdue University
Taulbee Survey Report: What We Know, What We'd Like to Know
For many years, the Taulbee Survey has provided the computing community with important data about enrollment in our programs and the demographics and salaries of our faculty. A CRA-organized study of IT workforce issues, currently underway, suggests that the CRA community can be of further help in supplying data important to understanding these issues. In this session, we will review the most recent Taulbee data, and will discuss how we can use the CRA community to provide data that can better inform us quantitatively about IT workforce issues.
Chairs: Dexter Kozen, Cornell University Stuart Zweben, Ohio State University
Opportunities in Distance and Continuing Education in CSE
This workshop will survey the opportunities and challenges associated with providing distance and continuing education in computer science and engineering. It will give an overview of the work of the Open University (UK), including the recent development and delivery of an object-oriented design course to more than 5,000 students. The session will also describe the Open University's current effort to package its computer science distance-education courses for US delivery. A general discussion of issues related to the delivery of distance and continuing education in computer science will follow.
Chairs: Christopher Lacher, Florida State University Stephen Seidman, Colorado State University
Speaker: Gordon Davies, The Open University (UK)
Innovative Curricular Developments and Surviving Accreditation
Some members of the computer science community are apparently concerned that the requirements of the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board's accreditation unduly constrain curriculum design, thus stifling innovation. In this session, we will provide an overview of the CSAB accreditation criteria and look at the breadth of curriculum approaches that they allow. Examples of accredited programs that include significant curriculum innovations will be presented. We hope the session will also include a lively discussion of the design constraints (real and imagined) posed by the accreditation criteria.
Chairs: Richard LeBlanc, Georgia Institute of Technology Joseph Turner, Clemson University
Joint Academic/Industrial Workshop — Spin-offs and Spinouts: Moving Ideas from the Research Lab into the World of Venture Capital
This session will describe the benefits Ricoh Silicon Valley has obtained from the synergism of one small unit, an applied research team, and a small investment and business development group. Pitfalls anticipated, but not yet encountered, will be discussed. The session will also describe a number of spin-ins and spinouts at Xerox PARC, and other methods of getting value from research. The model employed by Xerox to ensure that good ideas get to market, and how it works in practice, will also be discussed.
Chairs: Peter Hart, Ricoh Silicon Valley, Inc. Mark Weiser, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Speaker: Steve Weyl, Ricoh Silicon Valley, Inc.
Luncheon	NOON-1:00PM
Special Session — Presentation followed by Question & Answer Period	1:15PM-2:00PM
Speaker: Rita Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation
Plenary Session II	2:00PM-3:00PM
Preparing for the 21st Century: The IT Revolution in Education
This panel will begin with description of several interesting applications of information technology in the education industry. Comments and descriptions of ongoing projects in the area are solicited from the audience. For Further Information
Chair: Jeffrey Ullman, Stanford University
Speakers: Murray Goldberg, University of British Columbia Ellis Horowitz, University of Southern California James Kurose, University of Massachusetts
Break	3:00PM-3:30PM
Workshop II (parallel sessions)	3:30PM-5:00PM
What Everyone Should Know About Information Technology
There is a growing consensus that all citizens should be literate in Information Technology, but what does this mean? Is being able to click around on the Web sufficient, or should we all be Java programmers? A Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) committee has been studying the question in preparation for issuing a report. At this session some of the data discovered by the CSTB committee will be discussed, and thoughts or experience about how IT Literacy could be included in a college curriculum will be solicited from the attendees.
Chairs: Lawrence Snyder, University of Washington Jeffrey Ullman, Stanford University
Department Management: Mentoring Junior Faculty
The focus of the workshop will be on mentoring junior faculty to ensure their success as academicians. Discussion will center on characteristics of effective mentoring, mentoring mechanisms, pitfalls, and guidelines for setting up mentoring programs. Existing mentoring programs will be described.
Chair: Mary Lou Soffa, University of Pittsburgh
Panelists: Jeanne Ferrante, University of California at San Diego Errol Lloyd, University of Delaware
Software Engineering Programs: Curriculum and Control
Software engineering programs have gained prominence and importance as the demand for talented software practitioners has increased. This raises questions regarding many aspects of the education of people who will have careers based on working with software. The leadoff speaker will report on two important current issues: 1) recent work of the ACM/IEEE joint committee on Software Engineering as a Profession, and 2) the recent decision by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers to license software engineers. Some Questions to Address: 1) What are the core elements that should be included in a degree program in software engineering? 2) What existing curricula in software engineering are good models on which to base new programs? 3) What is the appropriate level — bachelor's or master's — for specialization in software engineering? 4) To what extent does/should the education of software practitioners differ inside and outside faculties of engineering? 5) How should/will the accreditation of software engineering degree programs and options be carried out in the future? 6) What form of certification or licensing (if any) is appropriate for people working as software professionals?
Chair: Kenneth Sevcik, University of Toronto
Speaker: Dennis Frailey, Raytheon Systems Co.
Panelists: John Gannon, University of Maryland Richard LeBlanc, Georgia Institute of Technology Nancy Leveson, MIT Stuart Zweben, Ohio State University
What's Happening at the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB)
The Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, part of the National Research Council, continues to lead in exploring technology and policy prospects for the field and for the nation. This session will explore the contemporary landscape for computing and public policy, drawing on CSTB's newest work — which ranges from specific research agendas to privacy of computerized medical records — to illustrate issues and trends. Come and contemplate the rich interface between computing and public policy — and provide input to CSTB's agenda for action. What is constraining progress in computing and communications? What issues call for more computer science expertise? Where could analysis by computer scientists and other experts lead to better policy making? And finally, how can computer science curricula nurture broader awareness of our collective stake in public policy?
Chairs: David Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chair CSTB Marjory Blumenthal, CSTB
Industrial Workshop — Managing Industrial Labs
Round-table session, sharing topics such as: CRA industrial research lab salary survey; how we relate our projects to business unit strategies; how we manage university research projects to maximize benefit; how we start and stop research projects; how we relate our projects to business unit strategies; how we "sell" our results within and outside of the corporation; IP licensing outside the corporation; how we motivate researchers to go the extra mile for technology transfer; how we motivate researchers to listen to marketers and their feedback; balance of lead researchers to support researchers and support programmers; style/philosophy of research — who initiates, time horizon, ties to product strategies.
Chair: James Foley, Mitsubishi Electric Research
Dinner	6:30PM
After Dinner Presentations	7:30PM
Presentation by Daniel Reed, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, of the CRA 1998 Distinguished Service Award to Merrell Patrick. Presentation by Caroline Wardle, NSF, of the CRA 1998 A. Nico Habermann Award to Bryant York. Update on the CRA Undergraduate Awards by Lawrence Snyder, University of Washington. Introduction of CRA's Executive Fellows by Randy Katz, University of California, Berkeley.
CRA — Twenty-five Years of Service
Speaker: William Aspray, CRA Executive Director
State of the CRA Address
Speaker: Edward Lazowska, CRA Board Chair, University of Washington
Open Discussion: Edward Lazowska and William Aspray
Tuesday, July 28
Breakfast Buffet	7:00AM-8:30AM
Plenary Session III	8:30AM-10:00AM
Current Trends in Science Policy As It Affects CSE
This session will discuss broad overall trends in science funding and the political forces that are currently shaping science policy. Panelists will address: 1) the particular implications for computer science and computer engineering support, 2) future prospects, opportunities, and dangers for funding programs, and 3) ways in which the field should try to shape Federal funding policy.
Chair: Fred Weingarten, CRA Director of Public Policy
Speaker: Albert Teich, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Commentators: Sidney Karin, National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure Fred Weingarten, CRA Director of Public Policy
Break	10:00AM-10:30AM
Workshop III (parallel sessions)	10:30AM-NOON
New Agency Directions
This session will discuss new directions in computing research among Federal funding agencies, including the NSF (CISE), DARPA (ITO), and DoE/ASCI.
Chair: Edward Lazowska, CRA Board Chair, University of Washington
Speakers: Juris Hartmanis, National Science Foundation Paul Smith, Department of Energy David Tennenhouse, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Department Management: Computing Infrastructure — Equipment, Maintenance, Staffing
In this session, panelists and attendees will address many of the important issues and considerations of shared computing infrastructure and technical support in the academic setting, as well as practical approaches that have been employed successfully. Questions might include: What are the attributes of successful shared computing infrastructure and technical support operation? What strategies can be used to attract and retain staff in academic technical support organizations? How can the infrastructure costs be controlled and financed? The session also will include a brief report and discussion of the infrastructure panel at the NSF workshop held just prior to the CRA Conference at Snowbird '98.
Chairs: James Morris, Carnegie Mellon University David Leonard, Georgia Institute of Technology
Panelists: Rick Adrion, University of Massachusetts Ramon Vasquez Espinosa, University of Puerto Rico
Issues Faced by Departments with an Undergraduate Focus
This workshop will be divided into three primary topics: 1) meeting the needs of diverse students, 2) the transition from graduate school to undergraduate faculty, and 3) faculty scholarship and development in departments with an undergraduate focus. While each topic may be of general interest, these areas are of particular concern to schools that emphasize undergraduate education. Panelists will begin each segment by presenting several perspectives, raising issues and questions. A general discussion of each topic will follow, with audience participation strongly encouraged.
Chair: Henry Walker, Grinnell College
Panelists: Philip Mulry, Colgate University Frank Young, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Joint Academic/Industrial Workshop — Dealing with Intellectual Property Issues
In this session, we will discuss a wide range of intellectual property rights issues involving university faculty and their industrial collaborators: faculty-led venture formation and its impact on departmental culture as well as university policy with respect to IP protection and its impact on industrial funding of university of research. (This discussion will be based, in part, on a CRA-sponsored workshop on these issues held in December 1996.
Chair: Randy Katz, University of California, Berkeley
Luncheon — CRA Board Interaction with Conference Participants	NOON-1:30PM
Workshop IV (parallel sessions)	1:30PM-3:00PM
Communicating with Congress
The competition for Federal science and technology dollars is becoming more and more intense, increasing the value of having a strong and effective voice in the funding process. This session will discuss the intricacies of that process, and identify ways in which the community can make Congress more aware of the critical role computing research plays in almost every facet of modern life.
Chairs: Peter Freeman, Georgia Institute of Technology Fred Weingarten, CRA Director of Public Policy
Department Management: Budgeting, Buyouts, and the Final Frontier (i.e., Space)
CRA recently conducted its first survey on departmental management issues. This workshop will present and discuss the results of that survey. A discussion of survey methodology will also be included.
Chairs: Miroslaw Truszczynski, University of Kentucky Stephen Seidman, Colorado State University
Joint Academic/Industrial Workshop — Technology Transfer and Industrial Relations
This workshop will discuss: 1) motivations for industry and university relationships from both the academic and corporate perspectives; 2) types of relationships, such as research, technology transfer, recruiting, internships and fellowships, hardware and software donations, and continuing education of employees; 3) barriers to such relationships; and 4) suggestions for making relationships successful.
Chairs: Michael Pazzani, University of California, Irvine Robert Ritchie, Retired (Hewlett-Packard)
Speakers: Rick Adrion, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Dan Ling, Microsoft Emil Sarpa, Sun Microsystems