From dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu Mon Feb 11 13:36:32 2008 From: dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Mon Feb 11 13:38:42 2008 Subject: [Compsci] Gender and Computing: What Are the Issues? Message-ID: <47B095B0.4040907@cs.brynmawr.edu> The Delaware Valley Distinguished Lecture Series in Computer Science, jointly hosted by Haverford, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges and Villanova University, together with the Distinguished Visitor Series at Haverford College, presents a Colloquium by Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College Title: Gender and Computing: What Are the Issues? Date: February 20, 2008 Time: 4:30 p.m. Location: KINSC-Hilles 109, Haverford College Tea will be shared before the colloquium at 4:15 p.m.Colloquium in MSC 159. In addition, Maria will be available at BMC earlier that day. More details on that opportunity to come shortly. Abstract: This talk explores how girls and women differ from boys and men in their uses of and attitudes towards computing technology, and how this affects career choices and technology design. From playing computer games to pursuing computing careers, the participation of females tends to be low compared to that of males. Why is this? We discuss research findings on this issue, as well as best practices for increasing and retaining the participation of females in computing. Biography: Maria Klawe became the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College on July 1, 2006. Prior to joining HMC, she served as dean of engineering and professor of computer science at Princeton University. She moved to Princeton from the University of British Columbia where she served as Dean of Science from 1998 to 2002, Vice-President of Student and Academic Services from 1995 to 1998, and Head of the Department of Computer Science from 1988 to 1995. Prior to UBC, Maria spent eight years with IBM Research in California, and two years at the University of Toronto. She received her Ph.D. (1977) and B.Sc. (1973) in Mathematics from the University of Alberta. Maria has made significant research contributions in several areas of mathematics and computer science including functional analysis, discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, and interactive-multimedia for mathematics education. She was the founder and director of the EGEMS project, a collaborative project on the design and use of computer games in enhancing mathematics education for grades 4 to 9. During the decade from 1993 to 2002 EGEMS developed several innovative and successful prototype games, and did seminal work in identifying important factors in the design of effective educational software. EGEMS research also studied the role of gender in technology-based learning environments and identified significant gender differences in how students interact with computers and software. This research was extended under the auspices of the NSERC-IBM Chair for Women in Science and Engineering that Maria held from 1997 to 2002, and the SWIFT (Supporting Women in Information Technology) project on how to attract and retain women in information technology careers. Maria was one of the founders and is currently Chair of the Board of Silicon Chalk, a Vancouver-based company developing software to support interactive learning and collaboration in classes where each student has a wirelessly communicating laptop computer. Maria has served on many boards and advisory councils, including the ACM Council (98-00, Vice President 2000-2002, President 2002-present), the Board of Trustees of the American Mathematical Society (92-97), and the Board of Computing Research Association (90-96). Maria was elected as a Fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery in 1995, and received the Vancouver YWCA Women of Distinction Award in Science and Technology in 1997. Her awards in 2001 included Wired Woman Pioneer, Canadian New Media Educator of the Year, BC Science Council Champion of the Year and an honorary doctorate from Ryerson University. See http://csc.villanova.edu/events/colloquia for more information. From egallen at brynmawr.edu Tue Feb 26 09:53:48 2008 From: egallen at brynmawr.edu (Emily Greenfest-Allen) Date: Tue Feb 26 09:54:04 2008 Subject: [Compsci] speaker lunch Message-ID: Dear all- This Thursday we will be having a visit from Aaron Clauset, Haverford Class of '01. Aaron is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Santa Fe Institute, a center for complex systems research, where he explores networks using tools from computer science, physics and statistics . He will be joining us in CS 361, Emergence this Thursday from 11:30 - 1:00 pm. This class will open to all cs students who wish to meet with Aaron and join in on the discussion. A pizza lunch will be provided. We meet in PK 349. This week we are talking about Emergence and Self-organization in Evolution (see the course website for more information). You are welcome to join the discussion or just come, listen, and have pizza and chat with Aaron about life in the big world. So that I can get a head count and order sufficient food, please RSVP if you are planning to attend by 5 pm on Wednesday. Thank you and I hope to see you all there, Emily Allen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Systers is trademarked, unfortunately.) and the possibility of doing a podcast about women in technology/similar topics. Bring your ideas for cool things we can do, either as a group or around campus. Hope to see you all there! If this time doesn't work for you, let me know and we can change it for the next meeting. --Rebecca R.G. (rrebhuhngl) From egallen at brynmawr.edu Thu Feb 28 09:50:24 2008 From: egallen at brynmawr.edu (Emily Greenfest-Allen) Date: Thu Feb 28 09:50:35 2008 Subject: [Compsci] lunch w/alums today Message-ID: Hey all- Last reminder: come join us in today from 11:30-1 pm in Park 349 for discussion and pizza with two alumns: Aaron Clauset (Haverford '01) and myself (BMC '99) about Complexity, Emergence, and Life after Bryn Mawr as a computer scientist. Hope to see some of you there, Emily allen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/pipermail/compsci/attachments/20080228/3bb65f19/attachment.htm