Program

Opening Remarks - Welcome address William T. (Bill) Anderson, Associate Vice President for Research, Florida International University (FIU)

Jason Liu, Endowed Computer Science Professor & Director at the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences, FIU

Session Chairs: Peter Clarke, Kewei Sha, Sharad Sharma

Keynote: CISE Research Programs
Speaker: Abraham Matta, Program Officer, Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

Session Chair: Sharad Sharma

Lightning Talks - Attendees introductions

Session Chair: Yanzhao Wu

Lunch (Introduction of Program Directors and Mentors - Abraham Matta (NSF), Junhua Ding (University of North Texas), Danda B. Rawat (Howard University), Michelle Rogers (Drexel University), Fan Wu (Tuskegee University))

Session Chair: Kewei Sha

Breakout Session I (Research partnerships: Research topic-based breakout session - Understanding potential partner's research interest and expertise. Each participant will engage with at least two topic groups, rotating every 30 minutes)

Session Chair: Peter Clarke

Informational Session Panel: Strategies for Identifying and Presenting High-quality Intellectual Merit (IM) and Broad Impacts (BI), Moderator: Dr. Abraham Matta (NSF), Panelists: Dr. Junhua Ding (University of North Texas), Dr. Danda B. Rawat (Howard University), Dr. Michelle Rogers (Drexel University), Dr. Fan Wu (Tuskegee University))

Breakout Session II (Research partnership: Brainstorming with potential collaborators identified during Lightning Talks, Breakout Session I, and Lunch) - team formation.

Wrap-up

Keynote: Structuring and writing high-quality NSF proposals, Speaker: Prof. Weisong Shi, Alumni Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Delaware where he leads the Connected and Autonomous Research (CAR) Laboratory.

Session Chair: Kewei Sha

Breakout Session III (Research Partnership: Proposal team meeting with mentors (Peter Clarke, Junhua Ding, Danda Rawat, Michelle Rogers, Kewei Sha, Sharad Sharma, and Fan Wu) to discuss research proposal ideas and develop the proposal preparation plans)

Session Chair: Sharad Sharma

Breakout Session Report (Research partnership: present of team information, topic, and plan)

Session Chair: Sharad Sharma

Breakout Proposal Working Session (Research partnership: Proposal team refining project ideas and proposal writing agenda, identifying the tasks prior to the second workshop)

Session Chair: Peter Clarke

Closing remark and announcement of deliverables for the next workshop.

Session Chairs: Sharad Sharma, Kewei Sha, Peter Clarke

Opening Remarks

Session Chair: Peter Clarke, Kewei Sha, Sharad Sharma

Informational Session (Panel: Introduction to proposal review procedures and tips of preparing proposal from reviewer's perspective by NSF Program Directors and Mentors)

Session Chair: Kewei Sha, Peter Clarke, Sharad Sharma

Progress Report Session (Research partnership: Progress report on working proposal: Progress and Challenges).

Session Chair:  Kewei Sha

Informational Session (Preparing Budget for NSF proposals by NSF Program Directors and Mentors).

Session Chair: Peter Clarke, Sharad Sharma, Kewei Sha

Closing remark and announcements.

Session Chairs: Peter Clarke, Sharad Sharma, Kewei Sha

Breakout Session in your Zoom call (Research partnership: Mentor and Team Working Session: mentor's feedback on proposal progress and advice on addressing challenges)