Confidential Advice Session for Junior Faculty

Location: Salon III
Presenters: Tracy Camp (Colorado School of Mines), Anne Condon (University of British Columbia)

Pre-tenure female faculty face unique challenges. Unlike their male counterparts, junior faculty women have far fewer peers and few to no senior female role models. In addition, female faculty are so rare that they fear their questions and problems will easily be remembered by senior faculty when their tenure cases are evaluated. The goal of this session is to allow junior women to discuss specific problems and get advice.

Latinas in Computing

Location: Salon VIII

Presenters: Cecilia R. Aragon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Gilda Garretón (Sun Microsystems), Dilma M. da Silva (IBM TJ Watson Research Center)

This BOF is intended as a follow-on to the panels entitled “Successful Latinas Opening Doors to the Future.” It is expected that these panels will engender much discussion among Latina engineers, researchers, and students in computing, and that the panels’ audiences will wish to explore in more depth many of the issues that will be introduced by the panelists. This BOF is designed to facilitate informal discussion following the panels.

Getting hired: how to get the most out of your internships

Location: South Ballroom

Presenters: Jhilmil Jain (Hewlett-Packard Labs), April Slayden Mitchell (Hewlett-Packard Labs), Jeannie Albrecht (Williams College)

This BOF session with focus on why and how internships are beneficial for those entering the field of industry and academia; how to choose between multiple internship offers; things to do as an intern in order to be a “star” intern; things to keep in mind while evaluating the internship experience; how will you be evaluated by your peers and managers and finally things to do after the internship.

Modern day security

Location: Narcissus and Orange Blossom

BOF Lead: Satya Lahhari Putrevu (Univ of Illinois - Chicago)

This paper discusses the importance of security in modern life. Awareness of security attacks in various forms is necessary for a modern day individual to protect his or her privacy. System security is needed both at the individual level and also at the organization level. The paper discusses security from technical as well as social view.

What to Look for in a Job Offer

Location: Salon I and II

BOF Leads: Niharika Joglekar (Microsoft), Chinwe Edeani (IBM)

What to look for in a job offer? There are many points to consider when making the important decision of choosing the company to work for upon graduation. This decision can be challenging and often confusing. This session will introduce some questions and topics to think about that a recent college graduate may or may not take into account. The goal is to help students form opinions and sets of acceptable answers.

Building Sustainable Corporate Networks for Technical Women

Location: Salon VI and VII

BOF Leads: Denise Brosseau (Invent Your Future), Ruth Stergiou (Invent Your Future)

Many technical companies struggle to attract, motivate and retain women. Women themselves are not always clear on the issues influencing their careers. Internal women’s networks help identify and address the issues which hold women back. Discover new trends and best practices for retaining, developing and accelerating your women leaders by creating powerful internal women’s networks. Learn the secrets behind successful networks and the strategies to start or grow your own network more effectively.