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Thu 21 Mar 2024 18:30 - 19:20 at Portland Ballroom 251 - Flock 2j

Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT promise to be transformative and disruptive. One area that is already in transition is the work of Computer Science professionals. Decreased need for software engineers, coupled with challenges to Affirmative Action, raises the potential for industry to step back from diversity and inclusion goals. This Birds of a Feather session will focus on the resulting mentoring challenges for CS faculty as we navigate preparing our students for professional upheaval and narrowing and changing opportunities. The discussion will draw from our SIGCSE Reads nonfiction choice, Sister Resisters: Mentoring Black Women on Campus by Janie Victoria Ward and Tracy L. Robinson-Wood, to provide concrete options and points to consider in local contexts. We encourage participants to read the book as an excellent resource, but it is not required. This BOF is the primary session for SIGCSE Reads. We encourage discussion of this year’s fiction works he Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang and “Dolly” by Elizabeth Bear, as well as past Reads, throughout the conference.

Thu 21 Mar

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18:30 - 19:20
18:30
50m
Talk
Mentoring, AI, and the End of Affirmative Action: Connecting with SIGCSE Reads
Birds of a Feather
Nanette Veilleux Simmons University, Rebecca Bates Minnesota State University, Mankato, Judy Goldsmith University of Kentucky, Valerie Summet Rollins College