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arXiv:2208.04738 (cs)
[Submitted on 6 Aug 2022 (v1), last revised 17 Sep 2022 (this version, v2)]

Title:Long-Term Mentoring for Computer Science Researchers

Authors:Emily Ruppel, Sihang Liu, Elba Garza, Sukyoung Ryu, Alexandra Silva, Talia Ringer
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Abstract:Early in the pandemic, we -- leaders in the research areas of programming languages (PL) and computer architecture (CA) -- realized that we had a problem: the only way to form new lasting connections in the community was to already have lasting connections in the community. Both of our academic communities had wonderful short-term mentoring programs to address this problem, but it was clear that we needed long-term mentoring programs.
Those of us in CA approached this scientifically, making an evidence-backed case for community-wide long-term mentoring. In the meantime, one of us in PL had impulsively launched an unofficial long-term mentoring program, founded on chaos and spreadsheets. In January 2021, the latter grew to an official cross-institutional long-term mentoring program called SIGPLAN-M; in January 2022, the former grew to Computer Architecture Long-term Mentoring (CALM).
The impacts have been strong: SIGPLAN-M reaches 328 mentees and 234 mentors across 41 countries, and mentees have described it as "life changing" and "a career saver." And while CALM is in its pilot phase -- with 13 mentors and 21 mentees across 7 countries -- it has received very positive feedback. The leaders of SIGPLAN-M and CALM shared our designs, impacts, and challenges along the way. Now, we wish to share those with you. We hope this will kick-start a larger long-term mentoring effort across all of computer science.
Subjects: Computers and Society (cs.CY); General Literature (cs.GL); Programming Languages (cs.PL)
Cite as: arXiv:2208.04738 [cs.CY]
  (or arXiv:2208.04738v2 [cs.CY] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2208.04738

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From: Talia Ringer [view email]
[v1] Sat, 6 Aug 2022 13:24:20 UTC (593 KB)
[v2] Sat, 17 Sep 2022 16:46:07 UTC (288 KB)
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