Rising Stars 2019 Brings New Opportunities and Networking to Participants

　　2019新星为参与者带来了新的机遇和人脉

　　“When I entered for the welcome reception it was all the women at the table, and how often does that happen? It was amazing,” said Neeraja Yadwadkar, a postdoc at Stanford University. Yadwadkar was one of 90 participants who attended Rising Stars in EECS, an intensive workshop for women graduate students and postdocs who are interested in pursuing academic careers, which was held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from October 29 to November 1, 2019. 

　　“当我参加欢迎招待会时，在座的都是妇女，这种情况多久发生一次？斯坦福大学博士后Neeraja Yadwadkar说。Yadwadkar是参加EECS“新星”培训班的90名学员之一，EECS是一个为有兴趣从事学术职业的女研究生和博士后举办的强化培训班，于2019年10月29日至11月1日在伊利诺伊大学香槟分校举行。 

　　In addition to boasting the largest cohort of Rising Stars participants to date, the 2019 edition of the annual workshop introduced innovative events and sessions to bring new opportunities to early-career women in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science. 

　　除了拥有迄今为止人数最多的新星参与者外，2019年版的年度研讨会还推出了创新活动和课程，为电气工程、计算机工程和计算机科学领域的早期职业女性带来新的机会。 

　　“It’s been really great to come here, connect with the women, share our experiences and understand all the tips and tricks for actually going through this process,” said Natasha Jaques, a PhD student at MIT. 

　　麻省理工学院的博士生 Natasha Jaques 说：“来到这里，与女性交流，分享我们的经验，了解所有实际经历这一过程的技巧和诀窍，真是太棒了。”。 

　　New in 2019, running in tandem with eight workshop panels that covered topics ranging from finding faculty jobs to establishing a healthy work/life balance, participants were also offered a variety of professional development resources. “With the Rising Stars Career Center, we really wanted to try to allow participants to personalize their workshop experience to best meet their professional and career needs,” said Illinois Computer Science Department Head Nancy M. Amato, who co-chaired this year’s workshop with AMD Jerry Sanders Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Wen-mei Hwu. 

　　2019年新成立，与8个研讨会小组同时举行，涵盖从寻找教师工作到建立健康的工作/生活平衡等主题，参与者还获得了各种专业发展资源。伊利诺伊州计算机科学部门负责人Nancy M.Amato 与AMD电气和计算机工程部门主席Jerry Sanders共同主持了今年的研讨会，她说：“我们真的希望通过新星职业中心，让参与者能够个性化地体验他们的工作，以最好地满足他们的专业和职业需求。”Wen-mei Hwu教授。 

　　Participants were able to sign up for one-to-one mentoring as well as opportunities to update their professional portrait and record a short video about their research highlights. In addition, all participants were able to receive feedback about the first eight minutes of their job talks, a key factor in extending Rising Stars 2019 by a half day. 

　　参与者可以报名参加一对一的辅导，也可以有机会更新他们的专业肖像，并录制一段关于他们研究重点的简短视频。此外，所有参与者都能收到关于他们工作会谈前8分钟的反馈，这是将2019年的新星延长半天的关键因素。 

　　“This year in particular, they’ve come up with such innovative ideas. The Research Pitch Competition, the job [talk] starts - the initial eight minutes which is like the hardest part. They have put this whole program together in a real friendly environment,” said Yadwadkar. 

　　“特别是今年，他们提出了这样的创新想法。研究性演讲比赛，工作[演讲]开始-最初的8分钟，这是最困难的部分。他们把整个项目放在一个真正友好的环境中，”Yadwadkar说。 

　　The workshop’s Research Pitch Competition was a highlight of the 2019 event. Participants were invited to give a 90 second presentation introducing their research and its impact to mentors, faculty members, and fellow Rising Stars participants. 

　　研讨会的研究演讲比赛是2019年活动的一大亮点。参与者被邀请做一个90秒的演讲，向导师、教员和其他新星参与者介绍他们的研究及其影响。 

　　Four winners (two CS-related and two ECE-related) were chosen and will be invited back to Illinois to present their talk to either the Illinois Computer Science or ECE ILLINOIS Speaker series depending on their research focus. 

　　四名获奖者（两名CS相关和两名ECE相关）被选中，并将被邀请回到伊利诺伊州，根据他们的研究重点，向伊利诺伊州计算机科学或ECE伊利诺伊州演讲者系列演讲。

　　Launched at MIT in 2012, the annual event has since been hosted at the University of California at Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, MIT, and Stanford University. This year’s event was co-hosted by Illinois Computer Science and ECE ILLINOIS. 

　　这项一年一度的活动于2012年在麻省理工学院启动，此后在加州大学伯克利分校、卡内基梅隆大学、麻省理工学院和斯坦福大学举办。今年的活动由伊利诺伊州计算机科学和欧洲经委会伊利诺伊州共同主办。

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