Broader Impacts: Broader Impacts: Concrete ExamplesConcrete Examples

Margaret BurnettMargaret Burnett

Oregon State UniversityOregon State University

ICSE 2011ICSE 2011

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BI: Making a DifferenceBI: Making a Difference

““The Saturday Academy is why I’m here The Saturday Academy is why I’m here today”today”

Asst Prof. of CS at CornellAsst Prof. of CS at Cornellformer Saturday Academy high-school research former Saturday Academy high-school research intern intern in Oregon. in Oregon.

They know how to recruit, support, They know how to recruit, support, mentor, etc. these kids.mentor, etc. these kids.You include the student on your team.You include the student on your team.

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Context: A Tale of 2 Research Context: A Tale of 2 Research ProjectsProjectsGender & Software Tools:Gender & Software Tools:How gender differences relate to features in How gender differences relate to features in software tools.software tools.

End-User Software Engineering: End-User Software Engineering: End-user programming, phase 2: End-user programming, phase 2:

HHelping users with the elping users with the reliabilityreliability of the programs of the programs they create. they create.

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2. Competitive STEM 2. Competitive STEM workforceworkforce3. Underrepresentation in 3. Underrepresentation in STEMSTEM

REUsREUs

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2. Competitive STEM workforce2. Competitive STEM workforce3. Underrepresentation in STEM3. Underrepresentation in STEM (cont.)(cont.)

How to do REUs like this:How to do REUs like this:Free “kit”: REU-in-a-Box kitFree “kit”: REU-in-a-Box kit

And while we’re on the subject of kits useful And while we’re on the subject of kits useful for BI:for BI:

Mentoring-in-a-Box kitMentoring-in-a-Box kit

http://www.ncwit.org/resources.res.box.htmlhttp://www.ncwit.org/resources.res.box.html

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3. Underrepresentation in STEM 3. Underrepresentation in STEM (cont(cont.).)

Software tools themselves can have barriers, Software tools themselves can have barriers, prevent interest by underrepresented groups in prevent interest by underrepresented groups in computing computing by simply not being a good fit to their problem-by simply not being a good fit to their problem-solving needs. solving needs.

The “Gender & Software Tools” research The “Gender & Software Tools” research recruits women.recruits women.

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4. Partnerships: academia + 4. Partnerships: academia + industryindustry

I partnered with IBM.I partnered with IBM.They: They:

provided access to prototypes, data.provided access to prototypes, data.nominated me for IBM awards ($),nominated me for IBM awards ($),hired my students on internships ($).hired my students on internships ($).

We:We:coauthored papers.coauthored papers.brainstormed a lot.brainstormed a lot.

Key points: Key points: IBM contributed assets and $ to my research effort. IBM contributed assets and $ to my research effort. In so doing, they gained new ideas.In so doing, they gained new ideas.

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4. Partnerships (cont.)4. Partnerships (cont.)

I led building an 8-institution collaboration I led building an 8-institution collaboration Oregon State, Carnegie Mellon, Oregon State, Carnegie Mellon, City Univ. London, Drexel, Nebraska, City Univ. London, Drexel, Nebraska, Penn State, Univ. Cambridge, IBM, Penn State, Univ. Cambridge, IBM, Univ. Washington, Saturday Academy.Univ. Washington, Saturday Academy.

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5. Improved K-12 STEM 5. Improved K-12 STEM education & teacher education & teacher developmentdevelopment

My collaborator (an education professor): My collaborator (an education professor): She teaches teachers, “owns” some continuing ed classes She teaches teachers, “owns” some continuing ed classes for teachers.for teachers.She: She: • is good at this work.

• is motivated: aligns with her reward structure.

•used my ideas: we help end users (here, teachers, students) use SE quality devices (eg, systematic testing)

•used my prototypes.

I got:I got:•empirical data (without doing the studies myself).

•BI.

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7. Increased public scientific 7. Increased public scientific literacyliteracy

STEM literacy: End-user software STEM literacy: End-user software engineering!engineering!