| 8:30 – 9:00 am |
Sign in and Coffee |
| 9:00 – 9:20 am |
Updates from CUNY Central for Technology Education, Susan Imberman, University Associate Dean for Technology Education |
| 9:20 – 9:40 am |
Updates from CUNY Central IT Office, Brian Cohen, Vice Chancellor for Technology and University CIO |
| 9:40 – 9:50 am |
Expanded Engagement between Industry & Academia, Lauren Andersen, Executive Director of NYC Tech Talent Pipeline Presentation |
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- What the Academic Council has achieved to date – CUNY 2x and next funding opportunity (search for 3 more schools begins in early 2019)
- Expansion of the Academic Council – new collaboration areas (R&D, Entrepreneurship, Evaluation), what should be prioritized, interest from the CS community
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| 9:50 – 10:00 am |
NYC Economic Development Corporation: Ethics in AI and Data Science, Toby Childs, Kelly Gu and Karen Bhatia |
| 10:00 – 10:20 am |
What is Tech:NYC And What Does It Mean For You?, Julie Samuels, Executive Director, TECH:NYC |
| 10:20 – 10:40 am |
NYC Open Data – Improvements Made to The Platform And Opportunities for Collaboration With Various Audiences, Ryan Zirngibl and Faraz Ahmed, Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics |
| 10:40 – 11:00 am |
DOE’s CS Education- NYCDOE Computer Science for All, NYSDOE on K-12 CS Standards, And Pursuing Partnerships with CUNY for CS Teacher Preparation, Aankit Patel, DOE Head of Academics for the DOE’s CS education team |
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Learn how to partner with the NYCDOE Computer Science for All – in its fourth year serving over 130,000 students, working with NYS Education Department on K-12 CS standards, and pursuing partnerships with CUNY Central, CCNY, Hunter College, and Queens College among other universities in the area around CS teacher preparation. |
| 11:00 – 12:00 pm |
NSF Grant Programs of Interest to CUNY Computer Science, Mitra Basu, NSF |
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- Funding opportunities available to Computer Science/Computer Engineering researchers.
- Core programs and more recent new funding opportunities announced by NSF.
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| 12:00 – 12:45 pm |
NYC Media and RLab, Justin Hendrix, Executive Director at NYC Media Lab & Interim Director of RLab |
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- What are the NYC Media Lab and RLab? Overview of university or individual participation in either lab.
- RLab, the new multi-university center is critical to the City’s plans to establish New York City as the next global leader in VR/AR.
- What does it takes in money, space and equipment to create a VR/AR lab in your college?
- Examples of VR/AR in various industries
- Applications in existence for college courses and education (virtual museums, anatomy, humanities, etc)
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