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WiMIR mentoring program Amélie Anglade, Emilia Gómez, Blair Kaneshiro, Anja Volk
• We are dedicated to promoting the role of, and increasing opportunities for, women in the MIR field.
WiMIR – Women in MIR
http://www.capital-moments.com/the-diversity-issue/
• Benefits of equity and diversity for institutions: • Gender as window on effectiveness • Diversity as contributor to innovation Virgina Valian: Addressing Gender Equity, Hunter College – CUNY. http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/genderequity
WHY?
http://www.capital-moments.com/the-diversity-issue/
• Benefits of equity and diversity for institutions: • Gender as window on effectiveness • Diversity as contributor to innovation Virgina Valian: Addressing Gender Equity, Hunter College – CUNY. http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/genderequity
WHY?
Proportion of ISMIR papers by each gender (2000-2015):
Hu, X., Choi, K., Lee, J. H., Laplante, A., Hao, Y., Cunningham, S. J., Downie, J. S. (2016). WiMIR: An Informetric Study on Women Authors in ISMIR. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval.
WHY?
Contact to senior researchers who chose a career in MIR is a good way to see that such a path is possible. … having an exchange with people strongly involved in MIR is a great help for someone like me who is starting in the field and is full of doubts This program encourages us, and helps broadening MIR network It has been brilliant to discuss openly and freely, and to try to look for a long-term perspective This program can really help to combat the feeling of exhaustion that arises if you're the "odd one out" for any length of time. … my mentor supported me through the final stages of my PhD when life is most miserable
Mentees – WHY?
To meet female promising researchers in my area, to increase the number of female students in my group. I had a mentor. Without her, I wouldn’t be doing what I am doing Because I benefited so much from being able to talk to other female mentors of mine, I want to now give back. To create diversity in our community Better understanding of challenges faced by women like my mentee. Very rewarding.
Mentors- WHY?
• Mentees: women students, postdocs, and early-stage researchers • Mentors: more senior women and men in MIR dedicated to increasing opportunities for women in the MIR field. • First round: March 2016-June 2016, three remote sessions
WiMIR Mentoring Program
• Ana M. Barbancho, University of Malaga, Spain • Isabel Barbancho, University of Malaga, Spain • Sebastian Böck, Johannes Kepler University, Austria • Ching-Hua Chuan, University of North Florida, USA • Tom Collins, De Montfort University, UK • Sally Jo Cunningham, Waikato University, New Zealand • Johanna Devaney, Ohio State University, USA • J. Stephen Downie, University of Illinois, USA • Douglas Eck, Google, USA • Dan Ellis, Columbia University and Google, USA • Ryan Groves, Music & Data Science Software Consultant, Germany
Our mentors
• Ichiro Fujinaga, McGill University, Canada • Audrey Laplante, Université de Montréal, Canada • Robin Laney, Open University, UK • Jin Ha Lee, University of Washington, USA • Cynthia Liem, TU Delft, the Netherlands • Ewa Lukasik, Poznan University of Technology, Poland • Oriol Nieto, Pandora, USA • Sebastian Stober, University of Potsdam, Germany • George Tzanetakis, University of Victoria, Canada • Dorien Herremans, Queen Mary University of London, UK • Alvin Hill, University of Michigan, US • Xiao Hu, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong • Rebecca Kleinberger, MIT Media Lab, USA
• Ana M. Barbancho, University of Malaga, Spain • Isabel Barbancho, University of Malaga, Spain • Sebastian Böck, Johannes Kepler University, Austria • Ching-Hua Chuan, University of North Florida, USA • Tom Collins, De Montfort University, UK • Sally Jo Cunningham, Waikato University, New Zealand • Johanna Devaney, Ohio State University, USA • J. Stephen Downie, University of Illinois, USA • Douglas Eck, Google, USA • Dan Ellis, Columbia University and Google, USA • Ryan Groves, Music & Data Science Software Consultant, Germany
12 female mentors
• Ichiro Fujinaga, McGill University, Canada • Audrey Laplante, Université de Montréal, Canada • Robin Laney, Open University, UK • Jin Ha Lee, University of Washington, USA • Cynthia Liem, TU Delft, the Netherlands • Ewa Lukasik, Poznan University of Technology, Poland • Oriol Nieto, Pandora, USA • Sebastian Stober, University of Potsdam, Germany • George Tzanetakis, University of Victoria, Canada • Dorien Herremans, Queen Mary University of London, UK • Alvin Hill, University of Michigan, US • Xiao Hu, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong • Rebecca Kleinberger, MIT Media Lab, USA
• Ana M. Barbancho, University of Malaga, Spain • Isabel Barbancho, University of Malaga, Spain • Sebastian Böck, Johannes Kepler University, Austria • Ching-Hua Chuan, University of North Florida, USA • Tom Collins, De Montfort University, UK • Sally Jo Cunningham, Waikato University, New Zealand • Johanna Devaney, Ohio State University, USA • J. Stephen Downie, University of Illinois, USA • Douglas Eck, Google, USA • Dan Ellis, Columbia University and Google, USA • Ryan Groves, Music & Data Science Software Consultant, Germany
12 male mentors
• Ichiro Fujinaga, McGill University, Canada • Audrey Laplante, Université de Montréal, Canada • Robin Laney, Open University, UK • Jin Ha Lee, University of Washington, USA • Cynthia Liem, TU Delft, the Netherlands • Ewa Lukasik, Poznan University of Technology, Poland • Oriol Nieto, Pandora, USA • Sebastian Stober, University of Potsdam, Germany • George Tzanetakis, University of Victoria, Canada • Dorien Herremans, Queen Mary University of London, UK • Alvin Hill, University of Michigan, US • Xiao Hu, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong • Rebecca Kleinberger, MIT Media Lab, USA
• Ana M. Barbancho, University of Malaga, Spain • Isabel Barbancho, University of Malaga, Spain • Sebastian Böck, Johannes Kepler University, Austria • Ching-Hua Chuan, University of North Florida, USA • Tom Collins, De Montfort University, UK • Sally Jo Cunningham, Waikato University, New Zealand • Johanna Devaney, Ohio State University, USA • J. Stephen Downie, University of Illinois, USA • Douglas Eck, Google, USA • Dan Ellis, Columbia University and Google, USA • Ryan Groves, Music & Data Science Software Consultant, Germany
4 industry mentors
• Ichiro Fujinaga, McGill University, Canada • Audrey Laplante, Université de Montréal, Canada • Robin Laney, Open University, UK • Jin Ha Lee, University of Washington, USA • Cynthia Liem, TU Delft, the Netherlands • Ewa Lukasik, Poznan University of Technology, Poland • Oriol Nieto, Pandora, USA • Sebastian Stober, University of Potsdam, Germany • George Tzanetakis, University of Victoria, Canada • Dorien Herremans, Queen Mary University of London, UK • Alvin Hill, University of Michigan, US • Xiao Hu, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong • Rebecca Kleinberger, MIT Media Lab, USA
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• 22 mentees • • • • •
3 undergraduate students 16 graduate students 1 postdoc 1 junior faculty 1 industry researcher
• Denmark, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK, Uruguay, USA
Our mentees
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Topics suggested by program organizers • • • • •
Career paths in academia Career paths in industry Graduate school Work/life balance Balancing career with family/children • Dealing with sexism
Mentorship topics
Additional topics
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Research and writing Conferences and publishing Musical topics Geographical and cultural factors
• Announcement via MIR mailing list • Mentors/mentees signup using a Google form • Matching based on a number of topics, seniority, geografical location, … some gut feeling J • Introduction email to announce matches • Short hands-on information for mentors • Mentee takes initiative on topics
Program setup
This is a great opportunity to connect with others more established in the field. … enriching experience to receive a different point of view on things that are an important part of my life There was a possibility to discuss almost intimate questions with a mentor, which is normally impossibly awkward. It is great to get an outsider perspective on your career and opportunities. In my country there are not many people working in MIR and it is motivating to be in touch with members of the MIR community from other places, specially with experienced people who can talk to you about different scenarios MIR is a very interesting topic
What do mentees say afterwards
I haven't been able to attend ISMIR yet … so I've really appreciated the chance to talk remotely with a WiMIR mentor. Thank you for making this possible, it's been great! I am very thankful for the time and care that my mentors expend on me I love how open to helping other people this community is. My mentor was really generous with time and ideas -- thank you for all the tiny tit-bits of positive thinking! My mentor and I focused on grant proposal writing
What do mentees say afterwards
I definitely felt good about being actively involved in something that had such a clear positive motivation. It's a chance to step back from day-to-day concerns of research, teaching, service, etc., to think about the bigger picture. It's low key and doesn't take a lot of time. But it has an impact on the whole community, just to know that we are a community that supports this kind of thing. WiMIR breaks barriers between generations! I did not expect to be able to have such a (apparently) strong impact on a current student! I was very much surprised by how much I took away from our conversations; I hope that my mentee also benefitted! … our talks have re-energized my research and given me a new direction to take on an upcoming research project.
What do mentors say afterwards
• It does not take a lot of time • • • • • • • •
feel good and get positive motivation re-energize your research step back from day-to-day concerns get the bigger picture enjoy conversation get lots of thanks have a positive impact on someone’s life and on the community free drink at WiMIR reception
• …
Why become a mentor?
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get someone else’s perspective talk about different career paths with a senior person get to know recourses of MIR get a positive boost talk about the entire package of research and the rest of life provide the more senior people with a fresh outlook on what it means to be a more junior person in the field • be an inspiration for your mentor on new research projects • free drink at WiMIR reception • …
Why become a mentee?
We welcome mentees • Inform women students, postdocs, and early-stage researchers in your network about this mentoring program • Download these slides from https://wimir.wordpress.com/mentoring-program/ for spreading information • Inform your masters students!
Mentees
We welcome mentors • We especially seek more industry mentors (4 so far) • We seek female industry mentors (none so far) • Mentors in all continents and research areas to make matching of time zones easier • Combination of academic + industry mentor
Mentors
Contact us • Plan • Next matching period in fall 2016 • Mentorship to begin in January 2017
• Announcement via MIR-list • Spread the three remote meetings over a longer period of time • Email:
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