Mentor Program
Gail Murphy is chairing the Mentor Program
for ICSE 2009. Gail is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia.
She is a member of the editorial board for
three journals (
ACM TOSEM,
CACM and
EMSE).
"There was a substantial response to the ICSE '09 Mentoring program from both mentors
and mentees. 51 submissions were received of which 45 were sent out for mentoring;
the prospective authors of these 45 papers received comments in an average of 27 days.
We hope that the prospective submitters found the comments they received useful. A big
thank you goes out to all mentors who volunteered their time and expertise for this program!" -Gail
The mentoring program enables prospective submitters to the technical track
to gain advice
on the structure and content of a prospective submission. This program
is available
to prospective submitters who have not yet published a technical track
article at ICSE. Keep reading to find out how to request a mentor or how to be a mentor!
What You Can Expect if Mentored
You can expect a mentor to spend between three and seven hours on your
submission,
providing high-level feedback on its structure and content.
A mentor may also suggest the work is more suitable for another track at ICSE.
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All mentors are members of previous (not current) ICSE technical track
program selection committeers.
Mentors will be asked to respond with feedback on your submission within a
month of accepting the mentorship.
We will do our best to match you with a suitable mentor. In some cases, despite our best efforts, we
may not be able to find a mentor for your submission.
By default, the mentor will be anonymous unless the mentor chooses to
identify him or herself.
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How to Request a Mentor
Mentoring is now closed.
You may request a mentor once anytime between April 1, 2008 and June 30,
2008. We strongly recommend
that you request a mentor early to enable you to have sufficient time to
incorporate the mentor's feedback.
You must judge when your submission has enough content for a mentor to provide helpful comments.
If you are a student, mentors are not meant to replace the academic faculty with whom
you are already working or who
are available at your institution. If you are a student, please discuss the
suitability of this mentoring program with
your faculty advisors.
Call for Mentors
Mentoring is now closed.
If you have previously served on an ICSE technical track program selection
committee, we need your help to be a mentor!
As a mentor, you will be asked to provide comments on at most two
prospective technical track submissions. The expectation is that you
will provide anonymous comments once on an assigned paper, spending between
three to seven hours reviewing the technical content
and structure of the paper. You will be asked to provide such comments
within one month of being assigned the paper. The assignment period runs
from April through June 2008.
As a mentor, you may decide to self-identify to the authors and to provide
comments on more than one draft.
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