Below is a Press Release from the Columbia University School of Engineering, published September 11, 2014 about the NYC ASCENT Kick Off. Many of New York City’s most promising engineering postdocs joined leading representatives from academia and industry for the launch of NYC ASCENT, a new consortium from Columbia, Cornell, CUNY, and NYU connecting emerging engineers and computer scientists with established colleagues and mentors. Gathering at the Microsoft Technology Center on September 4, high above Times Square in midtown Manhattan, guests mingled and discussed their work over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres before taking part in a panel discussion on how postdocs can best achieve productive and satisfying careers. Nearly 30 postdocs attended […]
Computing Community Consortium Blog
The goal of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is to catalyze the computing research community to debate longer range, more audacious research challenges; to build consensus around research visions; to evolve the most promising visions toward clearly defined initiatives; and to work with the funding organizations to move challenges and visions toward funding initiatives. The purpose of this blog is to provide a more immediate, online mechanism for dissemination of visioning concepts and community discussion/debate about them.
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NYC ASCENT Postdoc Best Practices Program Launched
September 12th, 2014 / in Announcements / by Ann DrobnisASCENT Program’s Kickoff Event is September 4, 2014!
September 3rd, 2014 / in Announcements, Research News / by Helen WrightParticipate in the launch of NYC ASCENT, a professional development and career services consortium for Computer Science and Engineering postdocs at Columbia, Cornell, CUNY, and NYU. The launch event will feature a panel of individuals from industry and academia who will speak about making the most of the postdoc experience, and it will also be a great networking opportunity for CS&E postdocs! When: September 4, 2014, 5:00pm-8:00pm Where: Microsoft Technology Center, 11 Times Square, New York, NY Who: Computer Science and Engineering postdocs, faculty, researchers, and industry professionals Please visit www.nycascent.org to RSVP! You can see the event program here. NYC ASCENT is one of the NSF CCC PostDoc Best […]
