The ISSRE New Faculty Symposium (NFS) aims to help new and prospective faculty members working in software reliability towards their (early) careers. This is challenging as new faculty members need to address myriad new challenges, typically beyond what they have been trained for in their doctoral studies, such as

• Career management and promotion
• Networking
• Publication strategies
• Research funding
• Mentoring students
• Balancing teaching, service, and research
• Work-life balance and personal satisfaction

The NFS event will follow a similar formula of past symposia in the field of software engineering (at ICSE and other venues). The program (to be announced) will feature invited talks by senior members of the research community, and opportunities for open discussion on a broad range of aspects of faculty life.

This is the second year this event will be held at ISSRE. We especially welcome participation from early career and prospective faculty members, though the event is open to everyone.

New Faculty Symposium Program

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Opening (Mon Oct 25, 13:00 - 13:15 UTC, Session Chair: Karthik Pattabiraman and Xin Xia)

General (Mon Oct 25, 13:15 - 14:15 UTC, Session Chair: Karthik Pattabiraman and Xin Xia)

Apply funding to support your research 
Zhi Jin (Peking University)

Planning a Research Program 
Gail C Murphy (The University of British Columbia)

Coffee break (Mon Oct 25, 14:15 - 14:30 UTC)

Ramping Up (Mon Oct 25, 14:30 - 15:30 UTC, Session Chair: Karthik Pattabiraman and Xin Xia)

Building Up Our Research Team, Brick by Brick 
David Lo (Singapore Management University)

From PhD Student to Full Professor: Lessons Learned in the Trenches 
Michael Pradel (University of Stuttgart)

Coffee break (Mon Oct 25, 15:30 - 15:45 UTC)

Long-Term (Mon Oct 25, 15:45 - 16:45 UTC, Session Chair: Karthik Pattabiraman and Xin Xia)

Productivity 
Ahmed E. Hassan (Queen's university)

On Impact in Software Engineering Research
Andreas Zeller (Saarland University)

Closing (Mon Oct 25, 16:45 - 17:00 UTC, Session Chair: Karthik Pattabiraman and Xin Xia)