Program Schedule: Thursday, October 2 - Session 3
2:45 — 3:45 p.m.
Getting It Together: Empowering People through Information (Integration)
Location: Torreys Peak I - II
Invited Technical Speaker: Laura Haas, Distinguished Engineer and Director of Computer Science, IBM
We depend on information, in both our work and personal lives. But the information we need is scattered in many different data sources: on the web, in our personal devices, in documents and in databases, or hidden within application programs. Often we need to get information from several of these sources to complete a task. However, this can be a difficult or time-consuming endeavor. This talk describes some information-intensive tasks, choosing examples from such areas as healthcare, science, the business world and our personal lives. It will discuss the barriers to getting information together and delivering it to the people that need it, in a form they can understand, review key research on information integration and information interaction, indicate how the combination may enable real progress, and illustrate where research challenges remain.
Findings, Challenges, and Recommendations for Teaching in Academia
Location: Quandary Peak III
Panelists: Briana B Morrison (Southern Polytechnic State University), Joyce Currie Little (Towson University), Susan Rodger (Duke University), Patricia A. Joseph (Slippery Rock University), Frank Friedman (Temple University)
This panel will address the challenges of “teaching” professors. First we will discuss this option as a career path, and second discuss challenges facing women in such a career path. Finally we give recommendations on leadership action to improve this situation by acknowledging the important role of teaching professors in education, and give recommendations for improvements in working environments.
Taking the Long View – Many Careers in One Company
Location: Quandary Peak I – II
Presenters:Katy Dickinson (Sun Microsystems), Sheueling Chang-Shantz (Sun Microsystems), Martha Lyons (Hewlett Packard), Cristina Mahon (Hewlett Packard), Ana Pinczuk (Cisco)
Is moving from job to job the best way for a woman to get promoted in a technical company? What happens if she takes the long view instead? The panelists are women who have developed long, successful, multi-disciplinary careers at Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, and Cisco Systems. What did they gain or give up by staying so long? Is this a path for you?
Introduction to Grid Computing using OSG
Location: Crestone Peak I
Presenter: Alina Bejan (University of Chicago)
This workshop introduces basic techniques of grid and distributed computing for science and engineering that involve the use of national grid computing resources. The focus will be on enabling the use of national cyberinfrastructure - Open Science Grid and TeraGrid - to perform large-scale computations and data-intensive processing in various fields of research. will be provided with technical information that will allow them to continue exploring grid technologies for their research.
The Artemis Project: Teaching Computer Science to Adolescent Girls
Location: Torreys Peak IV
Panelists : Megan Hugdahl (Brown University), Jihan Chao (Brown University), Emily Mellor (Brown University), Ashley Tuccero (Brown University)
The Artemis Project is a free five-week summer camp for incoming ninth grade girls interested in computer science. It is held annually at Brown University. Four undergraduate women who are studying computer science serve as coordinators for the Artemis Project. It is their responsibility to organize the entire program. Artemis fosters enthusiasm and provides knowledge to students, building their confidence and giving them tools to apply to science in the future.
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Using Robots to Introduce Computer Programming to Middle Schools
Panelists: Shikha Prashad (Bryn Mawr College), Marwa N. Muhammad (Bryn Mawr College), Mansi Gupta (Bryn Mawr College)
This project investigated the effectiveness of using personal robots in capturing interests of middle school students to computing by developing a course that teaches students the Python programming language to program a robot. We conducted the course on 13 home-schooled students aged between seven and thirteen years. Each student was provided with his/her own robot and a textbook that we developed to accompany and complement the course.
Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award Winner
Location: Torreys Peak III
Presenters: To Be Announced at the Conference
This award will be presented to a junior non-tenured faculty member (under the age of 40) at an academic or research institution, who is pursuing high-quality research in any field of engineering or physical sciences, while contributing significantly to promote diversity in his/her environment. A $5000 prize is given at the Awards Ceremony Thursday evenig. The award winner will discuss her achievements during this session.
Social Impact of Advanced Technologies and Telemedicine in the Developing World
Location: Crestone Peak II - IV
Panelists: Mateja de Leonni Stanonik (International Virtual e-Hospital), Rifat Latifi (International Virtual e-Hospital)
This panel will present strategies used in rebuilding medical systems in the developing world, one country at a time, using telemedicine, advanced technologies, and culturally responsive exchanges and collaboration as a platform. Various presentations will report on utilizing advanced technologies and communications to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality in the emerging democratic governance of developing countries, and foster medical diplomacy in the regions and countries undergoing political turmoil.