Program Schedule: Friday, October 3 - Session 8
2:50 — 3:50 p.m.
Confidential Advice for Junior Faculty
Location: Torreys Peak IV
Presenters: Michelle Strout (Colorado State University), Nancy Amato (Texas A& M)
Pre-tenure female faculty face unique challenges regarding professional, technical, and life issues. With this session we seek to combat these issues by creating a space where junior women can talk among themselves, swear not to repeat anything that is revealed, discuss the specific problems that they are having, and receive advice from a few senior faculty members. This session is restricted to attendees who are thinking about or are in fact junior faculty.
Beyond Classes and Textbooks: a Guide for Starting Grad School Research
Location: Quandary Peak I - II
Panelists: Dilma Da Silva (IBM Research), Kimberly Keeton (HP Labs), Kori Inkpen (Microsoft Research), Cristina Fernandes (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
In this presentation we provide students with guidelines on transitioning from undergraduate work to conducting research in a graduate program. We offer information on making the best of their initial experience in grad school, from acquiring and sharpening basic skills to picking the “right” problem and communicating results. We advise students on how to avoid common pitfalls and set up a path for exciting and relevant research projects.
Choosing Your Building Bricks: How to Find Your Research Direction
Presenters: Kristin Yvonne Rozier (NASA Langley Research Center), Kristen R. Walcott (University of Virginia), Katie Panciera (University of Minnesota)
We are three women in C.S. in three different research areas who arrived at our research topics in very different ways! We present an organized outline of several possible paths for finding the “next'’ research topic and how to further focus to one problem. Our presentation emphasizes themes common to all our paths. Each speaker shares her personal story and refers to more general tips that have helped her.
Exciting Career They Don’t Tell You about at School: Software Engineer in Test
Location: Crestone Peak I
Panelists: Lilia Paradis (Microsoft), Anu Arora (Microsoft), Emese Bari (eBay), Stella Jacoby (Amazon), Shilpa Kolhatkar (Cisco), Silvia Ahmed (NetApp)
When everything from National Security to family pictures depends on computers, software must be trustworthy and reliable, making Test a crucial function in hi-tech. Test requires skilled engineers with raw-CS talent and break-it/hack-it aptitude. With no testing in CS curriculum, new graduates are often unaware of Testing as a career. We invite senior women in Test from leading software companies to talk about career paths, challenges and opportunities within Test.
Green Data Centers
Location: Torreys Peak III
Panelists: Aglaia Kong (Symantec), Allyson Klein (Intel), Jane Snowdon (IBM), Brinnan L. Taylor (NetApp), Rachel Zhu (NetApp)
We are seeing explosive information growth. The demands for more storage, more servers, faster network interconnects, data replication and data protection are forcing the data center to grow larger and more complex. At the same time, energy prices are rising at an alarming rate, and physical space cannot keep up with business growth needs. Developing an energy-efficient, sustainable data center that still maintains high performance is vital to the future of data center development and management. This panel will examine power and space considerations, costs and the latest tools and trends available.
Women Working in International Development to Build a Better World
Location: Crestone Peak II - IV
Panelists: Kate Roberts (thewiredwoman), British Robinson (PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)), Julie Clugage (Intel), Megan Ryskamp (Haas School of Business), Linda Lee (Qualcomm)
Come learn how to apply your unique skills to help women in developing countries. Hear stories from women working in different sectors whose work is having a positive impact on underserved communities throughout the world. Panelists will describe projects benefiting women in the developing countries. They will also share what prepared them for their careers, and recommendations on how to apply one?s unique skills to the field of international development.
Climbing the Technical Ladder: Obstacles and Solutions for Mid-Level Technical Women
Location: Quandary Peak III
Presenters: Caroline Simard (Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology),
Andrea Henderson (CalState Northridge)
If there was one thing a company could do to retain and advance technical women, what should it be? This session will highlight key findings from a major research initiative by the Anita Borg Institute and the Clayman Institute at Stanford University. This new study of 7 prominent Silicon Valley high-tech companies provides:
- current snapshot of technical talent in the high-tech industry
- accurate description of women’s experiences of high-tech workplace culture
-shared perceptions of what it takes to be successful as a technical worker
- key career decision-making issues for women at mid-career
- successful strategies to increase the retention and advancement of technical women
Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award Winner – sponsored by Cisco
Location: Torreys Peak I - II
Presenter: To be Announced at the Conference
The Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award recognizes and celebrates an outstanding women technical leader. The recipient will be honored and receive a $10,000 cash award at the 2008 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference’s Awards Ceremony. In this session, the award winner will speak about her work.