Connectionists: Submission Mentoring Program for AISTATS 2022

[Francisco J. Rodríguez Ruiz]

Dear all,

The AISTATS 2022 organizing committee is pleased to announce a pilot
program to assist underrepresented and/or first-time AISTATS submitters.
This program will match submitters (mentees) with senior researchers
(mentors) to provide targeted feedback on their AISTATS submission.
Applications to receive/provide mentorship will be accepted on a rolling
basis until September 20th, 2021 following
https://forms.gle/eQMxu293dM8ZfC6H7

To apply to be a mentee, please prepare a PDF of up to 3-pages with a
draft/excerpt/extended abstract of your submission, and 2-4 names of senior
researchers you would like to be matched with. While we cannot guarantee an
exact match, we will try our best.

To apply to be a mentor, you should be an assistant professor+ (academia)
or senior research scientist+ (industry). You can also nominate someone
else. Mentors will be acknowledged on the AISTATS website.

---Timelines---
Sep 20: last day to apply to be a mentee/mentor. Matches made on a rolling
basis up to this date, no later than 1 week after application is received
Sep 27: mid-program check-in
Oct 8: AISTATS abstract submission deadline
Oct 15: AISTATS paper submission deadline

---Mentee/mentor expectations---
Mentees and mentors are expected to communicate via email and/or
video/audio chat
We will check in around Sep 27 to see if the match is going well. Mentees
or mentors can request a new match if needed at that time.

Time commitment is ~1 hour/week until the paper deadline, or ~5 hours total.

Data sharing: For mentees, the PDF/extended abstract will be shared with
senior researchers to organize a match. For both mentees/mentors, your
contact info will be shared with your mentor/mentee once matched. Email
aistats2022+mentorship at gmail.com if you have any questions.

-- 
Francisco J. R. Ruiz
Research Scientist
DeepMind
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