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AT L A N TA , G E O R G I A | S E P T 2 8 – O C T 2 , 2 0 1 0 

A PROGRAM OF THE ANITA BORG INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN AND TECHNOLOGY

Table of Contents 

Welcome from the Anita Borg Institute and Association for Computing Machinery 1 

General Chair, Tracy Camp 2 

Program Co-Chairs, Lori Pollock and Wendy Rannenberg 3 

Conference Leadership 4 

Schedule At-A-Glance 6 

Program Overview 12 

Conference Map 16 

Program Detail 17 

SRC Poster Session 42 

General Poster Session 46 

In Memoriam: Heidi Kvinge 65 

CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshops 66 

Workshop: Collaborative RiskTaking 68 

Speaker Appreciation Breakfasts 69 

Open Source Track 70 

Human Computer Interaction Track 71 

K-12 Computing Teachers Workshop 72 

Invited Technical Speakers 73 

Keynote Speaker, Carol Bartz 77 

Keynote Speaker, Duy-Loan T. Le 78 

Keynote Speaker, Barbara Liskov 80 

Technology Executive Plenary Panel: Collaborative Leadership in Driving Innovation 82 

Imposter Plenary Panel: Addressing Unique Challenges 84 

Anita Borg Social Impact Award Winner, Ann Quiroz Gates 86 

Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award Winner, Laura Haas 87 

2010 Change Agent Award Winners 88 

Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award Winner, Beth Pruitt 90 

A Tribute to Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper 91 

Resources for Women 92 

Grace Hopper Celebration 2010 Scholarship Underwriters 93 

2010 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarships 94 

Supporting Organizations 95 

Sponsors 96 

GHC Online Communities and Hashtags 131 

Anita Borg Institute For Women and Technology 132

[ Welcome] From 

The Anita Borg Institute for Women in 

Technology (ABI) is pleased to join with 

our partner ACM in welcoming you to the 

tenth Grace Hopper Celebration of Women 

in Computing Conference. The Anita 

Borg Institute is committed to a world where women 

are equal partners in creating technology, and in driving 

the innovation that is part of our global future. We work 

with industry and academia to recruit, retain and advance 

technical women. The Grace Hopper Celebration provides 

its attendees – students, faculty, industry and government 

professionals – the chance to learn about new technologies, 

new research, and to learn 

from each other, as well as 

develop skills and knowledge. 

The theme of this year’s 

Grace Hopper Celebration 

is “Collaborating Across 

Boundaries”. There is no 

question that the outcomes 

of innovation benefit through 

collaboration across cultural, 

technical and geographical 

boundaries, and the results 

will change your lives. 

From students to senior 

leaders there are workshops, 

posters, keynote speakers 

and plenary sessions which will excite you, inspire you, 

and provide you with concrete ideas about how to move 

forward your career. I encourage all of you to reach out to 

each other and make new connections with our speakers, 

our award winners and our attendees that will lead to your 

own future collaborations. 

We are also pleased to welcome back ABI’s Technical 

Executive Forum for senior leaders working on the issues 

of changing the culture of technology, as well as the K-12 

Computing Teachers Workshop, held in partnership with 

the Computer Science Teachers Association, for middle 

and high school teachers. The Grace Hopper Celebration 

provides an opportunity for these very diverse people to 

meet, exchange ideas, and develop a future together. 

For each one of you, I encourage you to think carefully 

about your own conference goals and to choose wisely. But 

most of all, this is a celebration, so have fun! 

Welcome. 

Telle Whitney 

Co-Founder, Grace Hopper Celebration 

President and CEO, Anita Borg Institute for Women 

and Technology 

ACM’s long-standing partnership with the 

Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology 

serves as a catalyst for influencing 

change and improving the work environment 

for women—indeed, for all—fortunate 

enough to be pursuing a career in computing. Certainly 

the theme of this year’s GHC conference—Collaborating 

Across Boundaries—is one that parallels ACM’s steadfast 

efforts to increase its visibility 

and relevance to the global 

computing community. It is 

a lofty challenge and it will 

take the concerted efforts of 

both associations to discover, 

welcome, and nurture talent 

from all corners of the world. 

ACM remains committed 

to addressing the challenges 

faced by women— 

worldwide—working in the 

computing arena today. Real 

change can only come by 

understanding the roadblocks 

and working collectively to 

clear the way in order to draw the next generation of leaders 

and great innovators into the fold. Through committees 

and initiatives such as ACM Women’s Council, The 

Coalition to Diversify Computing, and the Computer 

Science Teachers Association (CSTA) for middle- and highschool 

computing teachers, we are helping to build balance, 

diversity, and opportunity for all who may be interested in 

technology and computer science. 

Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper firmly believed the 

future of the computing field depended on young, eager, 

and innovative minds (which, as an octogenarian, she 

defined as anyone half her age). She often advised new 

computing professionals to focus on building leadership 

qualities rather than management skills. I can’t think of a 

better venue for fostering those wise words. 

Enjoy the conference! 

Alain Chesnais 

ACM President 

The Anita Borg Institute for 

Women and Technology & 

The Association of Computing 

Machinery (ACM)

About Tracy Camp 

[ ] 

Welcome from the 2010 General Chair 

Tracy Camp is a Professor of 

Computer Science at the Colorado 

School of Mines. She is the 

Founder and Director of the Toilers, 

an active ad hoc networks research 

group. Her current research 

interests include the credibility of 

ad hoc network simulation studies 

and the use of wireless sensor 

networks in geosystems. Her 

articles have been cited over 2,500 

times (as of June 2008). 

Dr. Camp has received 19 grants 

from the National Science Foundation. 

This funding has produced 12 

software packages that have been 

requested from (and shared with) 

more than 1400 researchers in 69 

countries (as of December 2009). 

Dr. Camp is an ACM Distinguished 

Lecturer, an IEEE Senior Member, 

and an ACM Distinguished 

Scientist. In December 2007, 

Dr. Camp received the Board of 

Trustees Outstanding Faculty 

Award at the Colorado School of 

Mines, an award that has only 

been given five times between 

1998-2007. Dr. Camp takes great 

pleasure in her involvement with 

CRA-W, NCWIT, N2Women, and 

ACM-W. 

Dr. Camp shares her life with 

Max (born in 2000), Emma (born 

in 2003), her husband (Glen), and 

four pets (three cats Scully/Sunset/ 

Sparkle and dog Jessie). All eight 

of them are vegetarians who 

tremendously enjoy living in the 

foothills of the Rockies. 

Tracy camp 

In July 2009, while drinking a lovely glass of red wine, I recall sitting with a number of truly 

awesome women as we discussed the theme for the 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women 

in Computing. Some ideas proposed stimulated further discussion, while others produced a 

number of giggles. But, as soon as the idea for Collaborating Across Boundaries was proposed 

(thanks Lori!), we knew our job was done. 

Do you collaborate across boundaries? Maybe you work on an international project, collaborating with 

amazing researchers in Germany. Or perhaps you do research on an inter-disciplinary project, collaborating 

with environmental engineers. Or maybe you reach outside your ivory tower and collaborate 

with kids in the 5th grade. I actually collaborate across boundaries in all three of these examples, and 

they are a huge part of why I love my job so much. I look forward to hearing how you collaborate 

across boundaries over the next three days! 

I am very honored to be the General Chair for the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) this year, as 

GHC 2010 is our TENTH Celebration. With delight, I’ve watched how the conference has evolved 

over the years (yes, I’ve been to EVERY Grace Hopper Celebration). Initially GHC occurred every 

three years, then every two years, and now it is yearly. In 1994, the first GHC was a one-track conference, 

and the doors had to be closed at 500 people; this year we are expecting over 1800 and have 10 

tracks. With so many offerings, choosing what to attend will be a very fun, but very difficult, process! 

While I have many treasured memories of attending GHC over the years, let me share two. At the very 

first GHC, held in June 1994 in D.C., I had the immense pleasure of meeting Anita Borg, the founder 

of Systers and co-founder of GHC. If she noticed my sweaty palm (oh my, how I was nervous to meet 

her!), she was tactful and didn’t remark upon it. I still have the detailed notes that I took of the many 

inspiring researchers who presented at GHC 1994, one of whom is a keynote speaker this year, Barbara 

Liskov, and many others who continue to be involved in GHC each year, e.g., Maria Klawe, Fran 

Allen, and Janie Irwin. Attending GHC 1994, hearing the fabulous presentations, and meeting Anita 

Borg immensely changed my world! 

The second memory I treasure occurred in Hyannis, Massachusetts in September 2000. It was my 

son’s first trip, he was seven months old, and my mom tagged along to assist. What I recall clearly is 

the number of people Max got to meet. He was like a rock star at the event. I can’t imagine another 

technical conference that opens its arms to include children like GHC. And now we have free 

childcare, helping to make the conference even more unique. 

While I worked as the General Chair for GHC 2010, many great people strove to create the excellent 

program that we will enjoy. Their tireless efforts were instrumental in organizing this conference, 

and, for that, I thank everybody on the Conference Leadership page. There are also several exceptional 

women at the Anita Borg Institute who have my immense gratitude: Telle, Deanna, Jody, Jerri, 

Caroline, Kathy, Kim, Rachelle, BJ, and Christine. I am indebted in various ways to each of you! 

Tracy Camp 

General Chair, 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 

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[ ] 

Welcome from the 2010 Program Co-Chairs 

Lori poLLock & 

Wendy rannenberg 

This week, we gather as students, faculty, researchers, industry and government practitioners 

to inspire and learn from each other. We are a community of women in computing with 

many contributions to celebrate and opportunities to impact people’s lives throughout the 

world. Admiral Grace Murray Hopper is a role model for us all, with great vision, healthy 

risk-taking, and perseverance to make a difference and inspire others to join in the pursuit of a better 

world through computing. 

The 10th Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing features award-winning innovators, 

who are collaborating across many boundaries as they lead exciting projects at the cutting edge of 

computing technologies. This year’s program is distinguished by an increase in technical content with 

technical keynotes and three technical tracks – an Open Source Track ending with a Codeathon for 

Humanity, a Human-Computer Interface (HCI) Track with a field trip to the GVU Center at Georgia 

Tech, and an Invited Technical Speaker Track, which features seven of the most interesting women in 

computing today. 

Students and faculty are offered a large selection of activities specifically targeted to academics. Students 

who are considering or already pursuing research, postdocs, and assistant professors will find valuable 

information and advice in CRA-W’s Wednesday afternoon tracks. A special student track and separate 

academic track follow through the whole conference, along with additional academic-related sessions 

interspersed throughout other tracks. 

Those of you from industry will find a wealth of up-to-date technical information along with key 

career development advice. The Industry Track and Themed Technical Tracks complement the 

Academic Tracks. The challenge for all will be selecting from the 10 parallel tracks! No one should miss 

the Poster Session with the Opening Session. 

The strong program would not exist without all the work of talented women who are committed 

to increasing the participation and success of women in computing. These busy technical women 

volunteer numerous hours to organize, review, and make hard decisions to create a strong program for 

this conference. We owe a special thanks to all the committee chairs as well all of the members of these 

committees. 

We specially thank Tracy Camp, the Conference Chair, Christine Chiu and Deanna Kosaraju from ABI 

who kept us on track and really are the behind-the-scenes miracle workers for this conference. 

We hope that you take home many nuggets and connections from this conference to help you in your 

journey to make an impact in the world through computing. Be ready to be inspired and learn from 

many successful technical women. Get energized! 

Lori Pollock and Wendy Rannenberg 

Program Co-Chairs, 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 

About Lori Pollock 

Lori Pollock is a Professor in CIS 

at University of Delaware. For 24 

years she has enjoyed mentoring 

student 

researchers, 

teaching CS 

with collaborative 

classroom 

activities and 

service learning, 

and working to increase the 

successful participation of women 

in computing research. Her 

research focuses on developing 

automatic software analyses for 

better software maintenance tools, 

software testing, and optimizing 

compilers for parallel systems. 

Lori is Associate Editor for ACM 

Transactions on Software Engineering 

and Methodology. She was 

awarded University of Delaware’s 

Excellence in Teaching Award. As a 

member of CRA-W, she organized 

Career Mentoring and Graduate 

Cohort workshops, and served as 

co-chair. 

About Wendy Rannenberg 

Wendy Rannenberg is Director of 

Technology for Microlan Systems, 

in Merrimack, New Hampshire. 

She has 30 years 

of engineering 

experience 

spanning a 

wide range 

of technology 

from submarine 

communication systems, software 

engineering standards and design 

methodologies, to development 

of fully internationalized UNIX 

operating systems and open source 

projects. She has worked with 

teams in China, Japan, Israel, 

England, France, and Germany. 

Wendy has been actively involved 

in the promotion of science and 

engineering careers for women 

and young girls since her days at 

the University of Connecticut. She 

has been involved in a variety of 

capacities with the Grace Hopper 

Celebration since its inception in 

1994. 

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Conference Leadership 

General Chair 

Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines 

Program Co-Chairs 

Lori Pollock, University of Delaware 

Wendy Rannenberg, Microlan Systems 

Local/Volunteer Co-Chairs 

Mary Hudachek-Buswell, Clayton State 

University 

Stefanie Markham, Georgia State University 

Scholarship Committee 

Nancy Amato, Texas A & M University, 

Co-Chair 

Jennifer Walter, Vassar College, Co-Chair 

Lydia Tapia, University of Texas at Austin 

Event Producer 

Elaine Dagen, MeetingsPlus 

Marisa Roberge, MeetingsPlus 

Industry Advisory Board 

Wei Lin, Symantec, Co-Chair 

Valentina Salapura, IBM, TJ Watson 

Research Center, Co-Chair 

Dawn Carter, Amazon 

Romea Smith, CA Technologies 

Mala Devlin, Cisco 

Rachel Weinstein, Google 

Brianna Havlik, Hewlett-Packard 

Patty Lopez, Intel 

Karen Weiss, Intuit 

Kesha Lashan Hill, Lockheed Martin 

Lisa Anderson, Microsoft 

Jan Roberts, NetApp 

Lynne Miller, Raytheon 

Carola Thompson, SAP Labs 

Gilda Garreton, Oracle 

Elizabeth Psihos, Thomson Reuters 

Joann Ordille, Avaya (CRA-W representative) 

Academic Advisory Board 

Joan Francioni, Winona State University, 

Chair 

Sarita Adve, University of Illinois at Urbana- 

Champaign 

Nancy Amato, Texas A&M University 

(CRA-W representative) 

Cindy Hood, Illinois Institute of Technology 

(ACM-W representative) 

Fillia Makedon, University of Texas at 

Arlington 

Tia Newhall, Swarthmore College 

Beth Plale, Indiana University Bloomington 

Sara Sprenkle, Washington and Lee 

University 

Susan Williams, Georgia Southern 

University 

Global Advisory Board 

Annemieke Craig, Deakin University, 

Australia, Chair 

Diane McCarthy, Christchurch Polytechnic, 

Institute of Technology, New Zealand 

Jenine Beekhuyzen, Griffith University, 

Australia 

Hilde G. Corneliussen, University of Bergen, 

Norway 

Behjat Al Yousuf, Dubai Women’s College, 

United Arab Emirates 

Panels and Workshops Committee 

Linda Apsley, Microsoft, Co-Chair 

Susanne Hambrusch, Purdue University, 

Co-Chair 

Gaby Aguilera, Google 

Valerie Barr, Union College 

Maria Gini, University of Minnesota 

Jennifer Goodall, University at Albany 

Liz Haring, NetApp 

Kesha Lashan Hill, Lockheed Martin 

Andrea Lawrence, Spelman College 

Lisa Marvel, Army Research Laboratory 

Ramune Nagisetty, Intel 

Kathleen Naughton, Hewlett-Packard 

Lilia Paradis, Microsoft 

Ira Pramanick, Google 

Susan Rodger, Duke University 

Dola Saha, University of Colorado at Boulder 

Gabriel Silberman, CA Technologies Labs 

Sara Sprenkle, Washington & Lee University 

Eleanor Wynn, Intel 

Invited Technical Talks Committee 

Padma Raghavan, Pennsylvania State 

University, Co-Chair 

Dilma Da Silva, IBM, Co-Chair 

New Investigators Committee 

Nancy Cam-Winget, Cisco, Co-Chair 

Maria Gini, University of Minnesota, 

Co-Chair 

Xiaoli Fern, Oregon State University 

Lise Getoor, University of Maryland 

Michelle Gong, Intel 

Caitlin Kelleher, Washington University in 

St. Louis 

Beth O’Mullan, Google 

Lynne Parker, University of Tennessee at 

Knoxville 

Nancy Reed, University of Hawaii 

Birds of a Feather Committee 

Sheila Castaneda, Clarke College, Co-Chair 

Jhilmil Jain, Microsoft, Co-Chair 

Jeannie Albrecht, Williams College 

Nina Bhatti, HP Labs 

Catherine Courage, Citrix Systems 

Janaki Mythily Kumar, SAP Labs 

Lisa Landgraf, University of Wisconsin- 

Platteville 

Alina Lazar, Youngstown State University 

Maria Olson, SAP 

Raquel Romano, Google 

Cheryl Seals, Auburn University 

Ann Smith, Saint Mary’s University of 

Minnesota 

PhD Forum Committee 

Cecilia Aragon, University of Washington 

and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 

Co-Chair 

Soha Hussein, Tufts University, Co-Chair 

Posters Committee 

Paula Gabbert, Furman University, Co-Chair 

Patty Lopez, Intel, Co-Chair 

Technical Research Papers 

Committee 

Claris Castillo, IBM, Co-Chair 

Violet Syrotiuk, Arizona State University, 

Co-Chair 

Anita Borg Social Impact & 

Technical Leadership Awards 

Committee 

Claudia Morrell, Multinational Development 

for Women in Technology, Chair 

Social Impact Award Committee 

Janet Anchora, Information Sharing and 

Networking, Wougnet 

Jehan Ara, Pakistan Software Houses 

Association for IT & ITE 

Eva Fabry, European Centre for Women and 

Technology 

Gill Kirkup, Open University 

Jennifer Radloff, APC Women’s Network 


Technical Leadership Award 

Committee 

Ruzena Bajcsy, University of California, 

Berkeley 

Sonja Bernhardt, Thoughtware Australia, Pty 

Claudia Medeiros, UNICAMP Instituto de 

Computação 

Elaine Weyuker, AT&T Labs 

Behjat Al Yousuf, Dubai Women’s College 

Change Agent Awards Committee 

M. Suriya, Annamalai University, India, Chair 

Sangeeta Gad, University of Houston 

Zahara Khan, Sehat First 

Dorcas Muthoni, OPENWORLD LTD 

Denice Denton Emerging Leader 

Award Committee 

Reza Ghodssi, Institute for Systems 

Research, University of Maryland, Chair 

Leslie Field, SmallTech Consulting, LLC. 

Viola Vogel, Swiss Federal Institute of 

Technology (ETH Zurich) 

Amy Wendt, University of Wisconsin – 

Madison 

Communities Committee 

Ashley Myers, DePauw University, Co-Chair 

Erin ‘Ed’ Donahue, Lockheed Martin, 

Co-Chair 

Gail Carmichael, Carleton University 

Kate Tsoukalas, Microsoft 

Valerie Bubb Fenwick, Oracle 

Anita Borg Institute for Women 

and Technology Staff 

Telle Whitney, President and CEO 

Jerri Barrett, VP of Marketing 

Deanna Kosaraju, VP of Programs 

Jody Mahoney, VP of Business 

Development 

Caroline Simard, VP of Research and 

Executive Programs 

Kathy Gee, Director of Operations 

Kirk Ross, Director of Finance 

Christine Chiu, Program Content Manager 

Kim McLeod, Leadership Development & 

Academic Initiatives Program Manager 

Tina Pratt, Program Manager 

Rachelle Siskin, Program Logistics Manager 

BJ Wishinsky, Communities Program 

Manager 

Linda Bohn, Office Manager 

Anusha Bagchi, Intern 

Anita Borg Institute for Women 

and Technology Board of Trustees 

Leah Jamieson, John A. Edwardson 

Dean of Engineering, and Ramsburg 

Distinguished Professor, Purdue 

University, Board Chair 

Francine Berman, Professor, Vice President 

of Research and Professor of Computer 

Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic 

Institute- Vice-Chair 

Robin Abrams, Investor 

Prith Banerjee, Senior Vice President, 

Research, and Director, HP Labs, HP 

James Beck, CPA & CMA, Managing 

Director & CFO, Mayfield Fund - 

Treasurer & Vice President 

Mark Bregman, CTO, Symantec 

Josephine Cheng, IBM Fellow and Vice 

President of IBM Research – Almaden 

Debi Coleman, Managing Partner, 

SmartForest Ventures 

Nora Denzel, Senior Vice President and 

General Manager, Payroll, Intuit 

Alan Eustace, Senior Vice President, 

Research and Systems Engineering, 

Google 

Shanna-Shaye Forbes, Graduate Student, 

University of California, Berkeley 

Eugenia Gabrielova, Student, Northwestern 

University 

Penny Herscher, President & CEO, firstRain 

Kathy Hill, Senior Vice President, 

Development Strategy & Operations, 

Cisco Systems Inc. 

Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd 

College 

Ike Nassi, Chief Scientist and Executive 

Vice President, SAP 

Brian Pawlowski, CTO, and Senior Vice 

President, NetApp 

Richard Rashid, Senior VP and VP Research, 

Microsoft 

Justin Rattner, Senior Fellow & CTO, Intel 

Bill Unger, Partner Emeritus, Mayfield Fund 

Telle Whitney, President & CEO, Anita Borg 

Institute for Women and Technology 

William Wulf, Ph.D., Former President, 

National Academy of Engineering 

Anita Borg Institute Board of 

Advisors 

Rebecca Norlander, Executive in Residence, 

Illuminate Ventures, Co-Chair of Advisory 

Board 

Ann Redelfs, Redelfs LLC, Co-Chair of 

Advisory Board 

Frances Allen, IBM Fellow Emerita, IBM 

Pamela Arya, VP, Business Development, 

Harris Crucial Security Programs 

Nina Bhatti, Principle Scientist, HP Labs 

Krista Claude, Vice President Technology, 

Thomson Reuters 

Anne Condon, Professor of Computer 

Science, University of British Columbia 

Katy Dickinson, Chief Analyst, Huawei 

Technologies 

Catherine Didion, Senior Program Officer, 

National Academy of Engineering (NAE) 

Mark Guzdial, Professor in the School of 

Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute 

of Technology 

Robin Jeffries, Google 

Chandra Krintz, Associate Professor, 

University of California, Santa Barbara 

Cindy Lain, Software Engineering Manager, 

Cisco 

Ellen Lapham, Entrepreneur & Designer, 

Innovation Ventures 

Kesha Lashan Hill, National Events Manager, 

Lockheed Martin 

Wei Lin, Senior Director, Engineering, 

Symantec 

Sarah Loos, PhD Student, Carnegie Mellon 

University 

Carol Muller, Department Manager 

for Electrical Engineering, Stanford 

University 

Radha Nandkumar, Professor, National 

Center for Supercomputing Applications 

Sabina Nawaz, Nawaz Consulting, Inc 

Elisa Camahort Page, Co-founder & COO, 

BlogHer 

Claudia Pearce, NSA 

Tracy Prentiss 

Nancy Ramsey, Author, The Futures of 

Women: Scenarios for the 21st Century 

Kathy Richardson, Consultant 

Ruth Stergiou, Principal, Planning Dynamics, 

Inc. 

Audrey Van Belleghem, Program Manager, 

NetApp 

Sheila Van Groningen, Director, ISR 

Systems, Northrop Grumman 


Schedule At-A-Glance 

Tuesday, sepTember 28, 2010 

Start Time End Time Description Location 

Ongoing Free Wireless Internet – Sponsored by AT&T and 

Broadcom 

All GHC Meeting Spaces 

Ongoing Video Booth – Sponsored by SAP Edgewood 

5:00 pm 9:00 pm Nursing Mothers Room Executive Conference Suite 

222 

5:00 pm 9:00 pm Childcare – Sponsored by NetApp Infants - Executive Conference 

Suite 223 

Toddler - Executive Conference 

Suite 219 

3:00 pm 9:00 pm Cyber Center – Sponsored by HP Centennial Ballroom Foyer 

3:00 pm 9:00 pm Registration Open Grand Hall Foyer 

4:00 pm 4:30 pm Training for Exhibitors Hanover FG 

5:00 pm 9:00 pm Career Fair and Sponsor Exhibits (Pick Up Dinner in Centennial Foyer & Grand Hall 

Grand Hall West) – Sponsored by NSA and Raytheon Foyer 

5:00 pm 9:30 pm Interview Booths Regency Ballroom V-VI 

5:00 pm 9:00 pm Resume Clinic – Sponsored by Thomson Reuters Learning Center 

Schedule 


Wednesday, sepTember 29, 2010 



Broadcom 



7:00 am 8:30 am Hoppers Meeting (By Invitation Only) Hanover CDE 

7:00 am 2:00 pm Interview Booths 

7:30 am 8:00 pm Registration Open Grand Hall Foyer 

7:30 am 5:30 pm Cyber Center – Sponsored by HP Centennial Ballroom Foyer 

7:30 am 9:00 am Continental Breakfast – Food and Beverage Grand Hall West 

8:00 am 10:00 pm Childcare – Sponsored by NetApp Infants - Executive Conference 

Suite 223 

Toddlers - Executive Conference 

Suite 219 

8:00 am 10:00 pm Nursing Mothers Room Executive Conference Suite 222 

9:00 am 7:00 pm Sponsor Exhibits Regency Ballroom V-VI 

9:00 am 9:30 am Welcome – Lori Pollock, GHC Program Co-Chair Centennial Ballroom I-IV 

9:30 am 10:30 am PhD Forum 1 & 2 / New Investigators 1 & 2 Various – Details on page 17 

9:45 am 10:30 am Community Volunteers Meeting (By Invitation Only) Courtland 

9:45 am 10:15 am Training for Exhibitors Hanover FG 

10:30 am 10:45 am Break 

10:45 am 11:45 am PhD Forum 3 & 4 / New Investigators 3 Various – Details on page 19 

10:45 am 11:45 am Ambassador’s Meet-up (By Invitation Only) Courtland 

11:45 am 12:00 pm Break 

12:00 pm 1:00pm Main Conference Lunch – Food and Beverage Grand Hall East/West 

12:00 pm 1:00 pm ABI Board of Trustees and Advisory Board Joint Lunch 

(By Invitation Only) 

Avanzare Lounge 

1:00 pm 

2:00 pm 

2:15 pm 

3:15 pm 

3:30 pm 

4:30 pm 

2:00 pm 

2:15 pm 

3:15 pm 

3:30 pm 

4:30 pm 

5:00 pm 

CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshops: 

Workshops #1 

CRA-W Break 

Workshops #2 

CRA-W Break 

Workshops #3 

Discussions 

Various – Details on page 

20 and 66 

1:00 pm 5:00 pm ABI Board of Trustees Meeting (By Invitation Only) Executive Conference Suite 226 

1:00 pm 5:00 pm Dee McCrorey Leadership Workshop – Collaborative 

RiskTaking – Sponsored by Thomson Reuters 

2:15 pm 

3:15 pm 

3:30 pm 

3:15 pm 

3:30 pm 

4:30 pm 

Career Development – Sponsored by Cisco 

Session #1 

Break 

Session #2 

International Ballroom – 

Details on page 68 

Various – Details on page 22 

5:00 pm 6:30 pm LGBT Meet-up Avanzare Lounge 

5:00 pm 6:30 pm ACM–SRC Meet-up (By Invitation Only) – Sponsored 

by Microsoft Research 

5:00 pm 7:00 pm Latinas in Computing Reception (Prior RSVP 

Required) – Sponsored by Lockheed Martin 

Chicago EF 

Chicago A-D 




5:30 pm 7:00 pm For the Newcomer – Meeting for First-Time GHC 

Attendees & Scholarship Recipients 

Centennial Ballroom I-IV 

7:00 pm 8:00 pm Advisory Board Meeting (By Invitation Only) Executive Conference Suite 226 

7:00 pm 9:00 pm Opening Reception 

SRC Poster Competition (Sponsored by ACM and 

Microsoft Research), and General Poster Session 

(Sponsored by Raytheon and Symantec) – hors 

d’oeuvres and cash bar. 

Thursday, sepTember 30, 2010 


Grand Hall East/West – Details on 

page 42 


Broadcom 


Ongoing Video Booth - sponsored by SAP Edgewood 

7:15 am 8:15 am Speaker Appreciation Breakfast (Prior RSVP 

Required) – Sponsored by Cisco 

Grand Hall East – Details on page 

69 




Suite 223 


Suite 219 



7:30 am 8:30 am Technical Executive Forum Breakfast (By Invitation 

Only) – Sponsored by Intel and Symantec 

Baker 

7:30 am 8:30 am Google Scholarship Breakfast (By Invitation Only) Chicago 

8:30 am 9:45 am Welcome: Tracy Camp, General Chair, Alain Chesnais, Centennial Ballroom I-IV – 

ACM, and Telle Whitney, Anita Borg Institute 

Keynote Speaker: Duy-Loan T. Le, Texas 

Instruments 


9:30 am 3:00 pm Sponsor Exhibits 

9:45 am 10:00 am Break 

10:00 am 4:00 pm Coffee and Other Beverages Available for Purchase 

(Cash Only) 

Grand Hall 

10:00 am 12:30 pm Technical Executive Forum – Sponsored by 

Intel and Symantec 

Baker 

10:00 am 11:00 am Session 1 Various – Details on page 23 

11:00 am 11:15 am Break 

11:15 am 12:15 pm Session 2 Various – Details on page 24 

12:15 pm 12:30 pm Break 

12:30 pm 1:30 pm Session 3 (Working Lunch) – Prior RSVP Required Learning Center – Details on 

page 26 

12:30 pm 1:30 pm Main Conference Lunch – Food & Beverage Grand Hall East/West 



12:30 pm 1:30 pm LGBT Lunch (Prior RSVP Required) – Sponsored by 

CA Technologies 

12:30 pm 1:30 pm Research Labs Lunch (Prior RSVP Required) – 

Sponsored by AT&T 

12:30 pm 1:30 pm Systers Lunch (Prior RSVP Required) – Sponsored by 

Intel 

12:30 pm 1:30 pm Technical Executive Forum Lunch (By Invitation 

Only) – Sponsored by Intel and Symantec 

12:30 pm 1:30 pm Women of Color Lunch (Prior RSVP Required) – 

Sponsored by Hewlett Packard 

1:45 pm 2:45 pm Technical Executive Plenary Panel: Collaborative 

Leadership in Driving Innovation 

Panelists: Amy Alving, Chief Technology Officer, 

SAIC, Kelli Crane, Senior Vice President and Chief 

Information Officer, Thomson Reuters, Romea Smith, 

Senior Vice President – CA Technologies, Support, 

and Kalpana Margabandhu, Director, Websphere 

Development, IBM India 

Moderator: Rebecca Norlander, Executive in 

Residence, Illuminate Ventures 


(Cash Only) 

2:45 pm 3:00 pm Break 

Greenbriar 

Hanover FG 

International Ballroom North 

Baker 

International Ballroom South 

Centennial Ballroom I-IV – 


Grand Hall 

3:00 pm 4:00 pm ABI Partner Meeting (By Invitation Only) Baker 

3:00 pm 4:00 pm Session 4: Sessions and SRC Competition Various – Details on page 26 


4:15 pm 5:30 pm Technical Executive Forum Working Session (By 

Invitation Only) – Sponsored by Intel and Symantec 

Baker 

4:15 pm 5:15 pm Session 5: Birds of a Feather Sessions & SRC 

Competition 

Various – Details on page 29 


5:15 pm 7:00 pm Session 6 (during receptions) – (Prior RSVP Required) 

International Ballroom – 


NCWIT Academic Alliance Reception 

Chicago A-D 

5:45 pm 6:45 pm (New, returning, and prospective members welcome) 

– Sponsored by Microsoft Research 

5:45 pm 6:45 pm 

Scholarship Reception (Prior RSVP Required) – 

Sponsored by Lockheed Martin 

Centennial Ballroom I 

5:45 pm 6:45 pm 

Private Reception (By Invitation Only) – Sponsored by 

Silver Corporate Sponsors 

Hanover FG 

6:00 pm 6:45 pm General Reception – hors d’oeuvres and cash bar Grand Hall East/West 

7:00 pm 12:00 am Awards Ceremony 

Centennial Ballroom I-IV – 

Welcome: Tracy Camp, GHC General Chair and Telle 

Whitney, Anita Borg Institute 

Announcement of the Anita Borg Awards and Denice 

Denton Award recipients, New Investigator Best Paper 

and SRC Competition results, networking reception 

Keynote – Carol Bartz, CEO, Yahoo! 

DJ Dance Party – Sponsored by Georgia Tech, College 

of Computing 




Friday, OcTOber 1, 2010 



Broadcom 

All GHC Meeting Areas 

Ongoing Video Booth - Sponsored by SAP Edgewood 

7:15 am 8:15 am Speaker Appreciation Breakfast (Prior RSVP 

Required) – Sponsored by Cisco 

Grand Hall East – Details on page 

69 

7:15 am 8:15 pm Heidi Kvinge Memorial Breakfast (By Invitation Only) Edgewood 




Suite 223 


Suite 219 



8:30 am 9:45 am Welcome: Wendy Rannenberg, GHC 2010 Program Centennial Ballroom I-IV – 

Co-Chair and Lori Pollock, GHC 2010 Program Co-Chair 

Keynote Speaker: Barbara Liskov, MIT 


9:45 am 10:00 am Break 


(Cash Only) 

Grand Hall 

10:00 am 11:00 am Session 7 Various – Details on page 31 

11:00 am 11:15am Break 

11:15 am 12:15 pm Session 8 Various – Details on page 33 

12:15 pm 12:30 pm Break 

12:30 pm 1:30 pm Main Conference Lunch – Food and Beverage Grand Hall East/West 

12:30 pm 1:30 pm ACM Lunch (By Invitation Only) Greenbriar 

12:30 pm 1:30 pm Fran Allen Career Mentoring Award Lunch (By 

Invitation Only) 

Edgewood 

12:30 pm 1:30 pm Junior Faculty Lunch (Prior RSVP Required) Chicago A-D 

12:30 pm 1:30 pm Latinas in Computing Lunch (By Invitation Only) – 

Sponsored by Lockheed Martin 

Hanover FG 

12:30 pm 1:30 pm Senior Faculty Lunch (Prior RSVP Required) Baker 

1:45 pm 2:45 pm Imposter Plenary Panel: Addressing Unique Centennial Ballroom I-IV – 

Challenges 

Panelists: Fran Berman, Vice President for Research 

and Professor of Computer Science, Rensselaer 

Polytechnic Institute, Diane Gonzalez, Vice President 

of Product Development-Shared Services & Tools, 

Intuit, Yolanda Rankin, Research Scientist, IBM 

Research – Almaden, and Katie Siek, Assistant 

Professor in Computer Science, University of 

Colorado, Boulder 

Moderator: Debra Richardson, Professor of 

Informatics and Founding Dean, Donald Bren School 

of Information and Computer Sciences at University 

of California – Irvine 





(Cash Only) 

Grand Hall 

2:45 pm 3:00 pm Break Grand Hall East/West 

3:00 pm 4:00 pm Session 9 Various – Details on page 35 


4:15 pm 5:15 pm Session 10 Various – Details on page 38 


5:30 pm 6:30 pm Session 11: Birds of a Feather Sessions Various – Details on page 40 

7:00 pm 10:00 pm Sponsor Night – This is a networking event to 

celebrate the conclusion of the 2010 Grace Hopper 

Celebration. Dinner will be served and there will be 

music and entertainment. Sponsored by Google and 

Microsoft. (Badge Required for Entrance) 

Georgia Aquarium 

saTurday, OcTOber 2, 2010 



Broadcom 

All GHC Meeting Areas 



Suite 223 


Suite 219 


8:00 am 4:00 pm K-12 Teachers in Computing Workshop – (By 

Invitation Only) – Sponsored by IBM and the Motorola 

Foundation 

Conference Ends 

Check in at registration table in 

front of Regency Ballroom VI for a 

complete agenda – 



Program Overview 

12:00 PM 

3:00 

4:00 

4:30 

5:00 

9:00 

Registration Open 

3:00 pm - 

9:00 pm 

(Grand Hall Foyer) 

Tuesday, sepTember 28 

Training for Exhibitors 

(Hanover FG) 

Career Fair and Sponsor Exhibits 

(Centennial Foyer & 

Grand Hall Foyer) 

Interview Booths 

(Regency Ballroom V-VI) 

(Pick Up Dinner in 

Grand Hall West) 

Resume Clinic 

Prior RSVP Required 

(Learning Center) 


7:00 AM 

7:30 

8:00 

8:30 

9:00 

9:30 

9:45 

10:00 

10:15 

10:15 

10:30 

10:45 

11:45 

12:00 PM 

1:00 

2:00 

2:15 

3:15 

3:30 

4:30 

5:00 

5:30 

6:00 

6:30 

7:00 

8:00 

9:00 

PhD Forum 1 - 

Bioinformatics 

Applications 

(Regency 

Ballroom VII) 

PhD Forum 3 - 

UI/Education 

(Regency 

Ballroom VII) 

Dee McCrorey 

Leadership 

Workshop - 

Collaborative 

Risk Taking - 

(International 

Ballroom) 

Dee McCrorey 

Leadership 

Workshop - 

Collaborative 

Risk Taking 

RSVP Required 


Ballroom) 

ACM - 

SRC Meetup - 

By Invitation 

Only 

(Chicago EF) 

Track 1 

Inv. Tech 

PhD Forum 2 - 

Architecture 

(Hanover CDE) 

PhD Forum 4 - 

Networks/ 

Machine Translation 

(Hanover CDE) 

Practical Career Development 

Job Search Part 1: From 

Resume to Getting the Interview 

(Dunwoody) 

Job Search Part 2: From 

the Interview to 

Negotiating Your Salary 

(Dunwoody) 

LGBT Meet-Up 

(Avanzare Lounge) 

Track 2 

Acad. 


7:30 am – 8:00 pm 

(Grand Hall Foyer) 

Welcome (Centennial I - IV) 

Break 

Break 

Break 

Break 

New Investigators 1 - 

Real World 

Applications 

(Hanover AB) 

Main Conference Lunch (Grand Hall East/West) 

Hoppers Meeting 

(Hanover CDE) 

New Investigators 2 – 

Data 

Management 

(Dunwoody) 

New Investigators 3 - 

Computing and 

Humans 

(Dunwoody) 

ABI Board of Trustees and Advisory Board Joint Lunch – By Invitation Only (Avanzare Lounge) 

Informational Career Development 

Exporing New Careers: Choices in 

Finance, Online Information Services, 

and Small Business Technology 

(Hanover AB) 

Exploring New Career 

Choices in U.S. Defense 

and Cyber Security 

(Hanover AB) 

CRA-W 

Undergrad Track: 

What is 

Research? 

(Regency 

Ballroom VII) 

Is Research for 

Me? 

(Regency 

Ballroom VII) 

How Do I 

Become a 

Researcher? 

(Regency 

Ballroom VII) 

Community Volunteers 

Meeting – By Invitation 

Only (Courtland) 

Break Discussions Discussions Discussions 

For the Newcomer 

(Centennial Ballroom I-IV) 

Opening Reception, Poster Session & SRC Competition - Round 1 

(Grand Hall East/West) 

Track 3 

Indus. 

Wednesday, sepTember 29 

Track 4 

Tech. 

Sponsor Exhibits 9:00 am – 7:00 pm 

Track 5 

Theme 

Track 6 

Students 

Track 7 

Steering 

CRA-W Grad 

Track: 

How do I Enjoy 

and Succeed in 

Grad School? 

(Hanover CDE) 

How Do I Build 

My Professional 

Network? 

(Hanover CDE) 

What’s it Take 

to do Great 

Research? 

(Hanover CDE) 

Track 8 

Tech. Theme 

Track 9 

Career 

Continental Breakfast 

(Grand Hall West) 

Training for Exhibitors 

(Hanover FG) 

Ambassadors Meet-up 

By Invitation Only 

(Courtland) 

CRA-W Early Career 

Researchers Track: 

How Do I Start My 

Own Research 

Program? 

(Hanover FG) 

How Do I Become 

a Leader in My 

Field? 

(Hanover FG) 

How Do I Get 

Promoted? 

(Hanover FG) 

Birds of a 

Feather 

ABI Board of 

Trustees 

Meeting – 


(Exec Conference 

Suite 226) 

Latinas in 

Computing 

Reception – 

Prior RSVP 

Required 

(Chicago A-D) 

ABI Advisory Board Meeting 

– By Invitation Only 

(Exec Conf Room 226) 

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology | Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 13 

Bonus 

Track

Program Overview 

7:15 AM 

7:30 

8:00 

8:15 

8:30 

8:45 

9:45 

10:00 

11:00 

11:15 

12:15 PM 

12:30 

1:30 

1:45 

2:45 

3:00 

4:00 

4:15 

5:15 

5:30 

5:45 

6:00 

6:30 

6:45 

7:00 

12:00 AM 

Track 1 

Inv. Tech. 

Claudia Bauzer 

Medeiros: 

Managing 

Scientific Data: 

Coping with a 

Multidisciplinary 

World 

(Hanover AB) 

Catherine 

Baudin: 

E-commerce 

Intelligence: The 

Art of Mining 

Semi-Structured 

Marketplaces 

(Hanover AB) 

Susan Graham: 

Using Information 

Technology for 

Health and 

Healthcare – A 

Look at Research 

Challenges 

(Courtland) 

Mobile 

Computing: The 

Internet is in 

Your Hand 

(Regency 

Ballroom VII) 

Track 1 

Inv. Tech 


7:30 am - 8:00 pm (Grand Hall Foyer) 

Track 2 

Acad. 

Multicultural 

Awareness 

Training: 

Collaborating 

Across Higher 

Education 

(Courtland) 

Minimum 

Motion with 

Maximum 

Effect: 

Strategically 

Recruiting and 

Retaining 

Undergraduate 

Women 

(Courtland) 

Track 3 

Indus. 

Digital 

Healthcare 

(Dunwoody) 

Cloudy with a 

Chance of Security 

– Addressing 

Security and Privacy 

Risk at Scale in 

Cloud-based 

Delivery Systems 

(Regency 

Ballroom VII) 

Track 4 

Tech. 

The Role of 

Usability in 

Security 

(Cairo/ 

Hong Kong) 

Social 

Networking and 

the Internet 

(Montreal/ 

Vancouver) 

Break 

Break 

Continental 

Breakfast 


Welcome 

Keynote - Duy-Loan Le 


Track 5 

Theme 

Enabling a Next 

Generation of 

Science 

Breakthroughs 

via Computer 

Science 

(Montreal/ 

Vancouver) 

Experts in 

Collaboration: 

How Today's 

Engineers 

Collaborate 

Across 

Boundaries 

(Hanover CDE) 

Break 

Track 6 

Students 

10 Things I Wish 

I Knew Before I 

Started My 

Career 

(Regency 

Ballroom VII) 

Health 

Informatics – 

Making a 

Difference 

Through 

Technology 

(Dunwoody) 


LGBT- Prior RSVP Required (Greenbriar) 

Research Labs Lunch - Prior RSVP Required (Hanover FG) 

Systers - Prior RSVP Required (International Ballroom North) 

Women of Color - Prior RSVP Required (International Ballroom South) 

GHC to Go: How 

to Bring a Mini 

Celebration of 

Women in 

Computing to 

Your Local 

Community 

(Dunwoody) 

Girls, Games, 

and Getting to 

the First Day 

(Dunwoody) 

Private Reception - By Invitation Only 

(Hanover FG) 

Track 2 

Acad. 

Break - (Grand Hall East/West) 

Speaker Appreciation 

Breakfast - Prior RSVP Required 

(Grand Hall East) 

Track 7 

Steering 

Moving Up the 

Ladder – to Full 

Professor or 

Senior Scientist 

(Singapore/ 

Manila) 

Women of Color: 

Strategies for 

Excelling and 

Thriving 

(Singapore/ 

Manila) 

Technical Executive Plenary Panel: Collaborative Leadership in Driving Innovation 


Enlisting Male 

Advocates in the 

Workplace 

(Regency 

Ballroom VII) 

“Are You a 

Salmon Too?” 

(Hanover CDE) 

Track 3 

Indus. 

Thursday, sepTember 30 

HCI, Imaging 

and 

Visualization 

(Singapore/ 

Manila) 

Barbie has a Pink 

Laptop: Redefining 

How the World 

Views a Computer 

Scientist 

(Cairo/Hong Kong) 

Break 

Break 

Keynote - Carol Bartz - Awards Ceremony & DJ Dance Party 


Track 4 

Tech. 

Sponsor Exhibits 9:30 am – 3:00 pm 

Running an 

Outreach 

Program to High 

School Girls… 

(Montreal/ 

Vancouver) 

Scholarship Reception - 


(Centennial Ballroom I) 

Track 5 

Theme 

Going Global 

(Cairo/ 

Hong Kong) 

Track 6 

Students 

Beyond Your 

Technical Skills 

- The Power of 

Words 

(Montreal/ 

Vancouver) 

Conference 

Networking 

Across 

Boundaries 

(Singapore/ 

Manila) 

General Reception 

(Grand Hall East/West) 

Track 7 

Steering 

SRC 

Competition - 

Round 2 

(Hanover AB) 

SRC 

Competition - 

Round 2 

(Hanover AB) 

Track 8 

Tech. Theme 

Track 8 

Tech. Theme 1 

(Open Source) 

An Introduction 

to Community- 

Developed and 

Open Source 

Software 

(Regency 

Ballroom V) 

Career and 

Economic 

Opportunity in 

Open Source 


(Regency 

Ballroom V) 

Creating Mobile 

Phone 

Applications 

and Motivating 

Females in CS 

with Google's 

App Inventor for 

Android 

Working Lunch - 

Prior RSVP 

Required 

(Learning 

Center) 

Open Source for 

Good 

(Regency 

Ballroom V) 

Getting Started 

in Free and 

Open Source 


(Regency 

Ballroom V) 

Open Source 

Codeathon 

for Humanity - 

Prior RSVP 

Required 


Ballroom) 

Track 9 

Career 

Technical Exec Forum 

Breakfast - By Invitation Only 

(Baker) 

Tech. Exec. 

Forum 

Technical 

Executive Forum 

Workshop - 

By Invitation 

Only 

(Baker) 

Track 9 

Career 

Managing Your 

Inner Critic: 

Learning to 

Transform 

Criticism to 

Coaching 

(Hanover CDE) 

Break 

Advancing Your 

Career Through 

Awards 

(Cairo/ 

Hong Kong) 

Break 

Technical Executive 

Forum Lunch - 


(Baker) 

ABI Partner 

Meeting - 

By Invitation 

Only 

(Baker) 

Technical 

Executive 

Working Session 

- By Invitation 

Only 

(Baker) 

Break 

Elevating the Role 

of Women: Insight 

from Women Who 

Hold Board 

Positions in the 

Technology 

Industry 

(Hanover CDE) 

E-Textiles: The 

Softer Side of 

Computing - Prior 

RSVP Required 

(Regency 

Ballroom VI) 

NCWIT Academic 

Alliance Reception 

(Chicago A-D) 


Feather 

14 Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology | Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 

Bonus 

Track

7:15 AM 

7:30 

8:15 

8:30 

8:45 

9:45 

10:00 

11:00 

11:15 

12:15 PM 

12:30 

1:30 

1:45 

2:45 

3:00 

4:00 

4:15 

5:15 

5:30 

6:30 

7:00 

10:00 

Track 1 

Inv. Tech. 

Lucila 

Ohno-Machado: 

Healthcare 

Information 

Technology: 

Opportunities for 

Computer Scientists 

to Make a Real 

Difference 

(Singapore/Manila) 

Carla Gomes: 

Computational 

Sustainability: 

Computational 

Methods for a 

Sustainable 

Environment, 

Economy, and 

Society 

(Hanover AB) 

Jan Moolman: 

TakeBacktheTech: 

Reclaiming 

Technology to 

End Violence 

Against Women 

(Hanover AB) 

Women in 

Computing in 

India: 

Experiences 

with Boundaries 

(Learning 

Center) 

Mommies Know 

Best: 

Pregnancy, 

Graduate 

School, & 

Beyond 

(Courtland) 

Track 1 

Inv. Tech 


7:30 am - 2:00 pm (Grand Hall Foyer) 

Track 2 

Acad. 

Building Bridges 

and Breaking 

Barriers: Panel 

on Diversity and 

Inclusion in 

Computer 

Science 

Education 

(Dunwoody) 

For the Love of 

Teaching: 

Experiences of 

Undergraduate 

Liberal Arts 

College Faculty 

(Courtland) 

Getting Off to a 

Great Start in 

Academia: 

Advice from the 

Other Side of 

the Tenure Track 

(Dunwoody) 

Mentoring: 

Negotiating Cultural, 

Geographical and 

Disciplinary 

Boundaries 

(Montreal/Vancouver) 

Minorities 

without Borders: 

Giving Back to 

Developing 

Countries 

(Montreal/ 

Vancouver) 

Track 2 

Acad. 

Track 3 

Indus. 

High Impact! No Regret. 

5 High Leverage 

Strategies to Proactively 

Plan Your Career for 

Maximum Impact, 

Without Losing Your 

SELF In The Process 

(Regency Ballroom VII) 

The Social 

Networking 

Revolution 

(Hanover CDE) 

Cloud 

Computing – 

Architecting the 

Warehouse 

Behind the 

Cloud 

(Regency 

Ballroom VII) 

The Power of the 

Purse: Making 

Our Collective 

Voices Heard 

(Hanover CDE) 

Confidential 

Advice Session 

on How to 

Succeed as a 

Junior Faculty 

Member 

(Hanover AB) 

Track 3 

Indus. 

Track 4 

Tech. 

Distributed 

Computing 

Systems 

(Learning 

Center) 

Helping Society 

Through 

Technology 

(Dunwoody) 

Break 

Break 

Track 4 

Tech. 

Track 5 

Theme 

Working Across 

Global Boundaries: 

Improving 

Education 

Opportunities and 

Lives of 

East-African 

Women 

(Hanover AB) 

Track 5 

Theme 

Welcome 

Keynote - Barbara Liskov 


Break 

Track 6 

Students 

Use your Facebook 

Addiction for Good: 

How Facebook, 

Twitter, and other 

social media can help 

you find a job, improve 

your business, and 

collaborate across 

boundaries 

(Hanover CDE) 

Break 

The MBA 

Gateway to 

Business 

Careers 

(Singapore/ 

Manila) 

Break 

Break (Grand Hall East/West) 

Break 

Track 6 

Students 

Track 7 

Steering 

Track 7 

Steering 

The Latest and 

Greatest in 

Assistive 

Technology 

(Cairo/ 

Hong Kong) 

Why Investing in 

Women 

Founders and 

Entrepreneurs 

Makes Business 

Sense 

(Learning 

Center) 

Track 8 

Tech. Theme 2 

(HCI) 

Unlocking Human 

Potential: A 

Vision for 

Human-Centered 

Computing 

(Regency 

Ballroom V) 

Career Stories 

of Women 

Working in 

Human 

Computer 

Interaction 

(Regency 

Ballroom V) 


ACM - By Invitation Only (Greenbriar) 

Fran Allen Mentoring - By Invitation Only (Edgewood) 

Junior Faculty - Prior RSVP Required (Chicago A-D) 

Senior Faculty - Prior RSVP Required (Baker) 

Latinas in Computing (LiC) - Prior RSVP Required (Hanover FG) 

Building 

Infrastructure 

(Learning 

Center)) 

Communications 

(Courtland) 

Women Thriving 

in Leadership 

(Regency 

Ballroom V) 

Friday, OcTOber 1 

Imposter Plenary Panel: Addressing Unique Challenges 


Fighting Cyber 

Crime: 

Technology that 

fights crime and 

protects our 

children 

(Montreal/ 

Vancouver) 

Take Back The Tech: A 

Feminist and Techie 

Dialogue on Taking 

Control of Technology 

to End Violence 

Against Women 

(Hanover AB) 

Speed 

Mentoring for 

Latinas in 

Computing 

(Dunwoody) 

Mastering the 

Art of the 

Technical 

Interview 

(Hanover CDE) 

Imagine Cup 

Workshop: Students 

Building Technology 

for Social Good 


Education Across 

International Borders: 

The Simon Fraser 

University / Zhejiang 

University Dual 

Degree Program 


Continental Breakfast 


Real World Agile 

Software Development 

– A ScrumMaster’s 

Retrospective 

and Do You Have What 

it Takes to Process Huge 

Amounts of Data? 

(Courtland) 

Adventures of 

Academic 

Leaders 

(Dunwoody) 

Women in Tech 

Employee 

Resource 

Groups: 

Challenges and 

Success Stories 

(Hanover CDE) 

Fernanda B. 

Viegas: From 

Politics to Art: 

Visualization as 

a Medium 

(Regency 

Ballroom V) 

New Voices in 

Human 

Computer 

Interaction 

(Regency 

Ballroom V) 

HCI Field Trip 

(5:15-7:00 pm) 

Prior RSVP 

Required 

(GVU Center at 

Georgia Tech) 

Sponsor Night – Sponsored by Google and Microsoft (Georgia Aquarium) 

Track 8 

Tech. Theme 

Track 9 

Career 

Award 

Winners 

Anita Borg 

Technical 

Leadership 

Award Winner 

(Montreal/ 

Vancouver) 

Change Agent 

Award Winners 

(Cairo/ 

Hong Kong) 

Denice Denton 

Emerging Leader 

Award Winner 

(Singapore/ 

Manila) 

Anita Borg 

Social Impact 

Award Winner 

(Singapore/ 

Manila) 

Break 

Influencing Without 

Authority: 

Collaboration from 

Idea to 

Implementation 

(Regency 

Ballroom VII) 

Speaker Appreciation Breakfast - 


(Grand Hall East) 


Feather 

K-12 Teachers 

in Computing 

Workshop 

Twitter Integrated 

Science Pilot Program: 

Positively Impacting the 

Attitudes of Adolescent 

Girls Towards 

Technology in 

Middle/High School 

(Regency Ballroom VI) 

Education e-Village: 

Creating an online 

community to enhance 

technology education 

in underserved 

communities 

(Regency Ballroom VI) 

Town Hall 

Meeting 

Bridging 

Boundaries and 

Creating 

Capacity: 

Engaging 

Stakeholders to 

Address Equity 

in K12 

Computing 

(Regency 

Ballroom VI) 

Break 

Activities That 

Attract 4th-12th 

Grade Girls and 

Women to 

Computing - Prior 

RSVP Required 

(Learning Center) 

Break 

Bonus 

Track 

Track 9 

Career 

Managing a 

Career through 

the Childbearing 

Years 

(Courtland) 

Cracking the 

Fellow Ceiling: 

What Does it 

Take to Advance 

as an Individual 

Contributor? 

(Montreal/ 

Vancouver) 

Successfully 

Navigating 

Boundaries to 

Success 

(Cairo/ 

Hong Kong) 

Break 

Supervisors, Stereotype 

Threat, and Supportive 

Men: Three Key Ingredients 

for Gender Reform in 

Computing Organizations 

(Regency Ballroom VII) 


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BREAKOUT 

ROOMS 

07.09

9:30-10:30am 

PhD Forum 1 – 

Bioinformatics 

Applications 

Location: Regency Ballroom VII 

Mentor: Deb Agarwal (Lawrence Berkeley 

National Lab) 

A Flexible, Scalable Framework for 

Integrating Heterogeneous Sequence 

Data in Comparative Genomics 

Presenter: Allison A. Regier (University of 

Notre Dame) 

The assembly step is critical for using 

genome sequence data, but it may 

introduce errors and/or hide ambiguities. 

Previously, the underlying sequence was 

discarded because of its high computational 

demands. I am developing a framework to 

efficiently access underlying sequence data 

during downstream analysis. The framework 

leverages new developments in distributed 

computing that make common data access 

patterns efficient. We will use this information 

to improve comparative genome 

analysis. 

Multivariate Time Series Analysis of 

Clinical and Physiological Data 

Presenter: Patricia Ordóñez Rozo 

(University of Maryland, Baltimore County) 

We aim to create a multivariate 

temporal representation of electronic 

medical data which automates the personalization 

of baselines and thresholds based 

on a patient’s history. Visualizations based 

on the representation emphasize the rate 

of change in variables and assist providers 

in analyzing the data from a multivariate 

perspective. A novel similarity metric for this 

representation will be the cornerstone to the 

development of a search engine for large 

medical databases. 

p r O G r a m d e Ta i L 

WEDNESDAY | SEPT 29 

Multi-Agent Fault Tolerance Inspired by 

a Computational Analysis of Cancer 

Presenter: Megan Olsen (University of 

Massachusetts, Amherst) 

In cancer biology, it is known that cancer 

cells can disappear without therapy, but 

not how. We propose that cells communicate 

such that primarily malfunctioning cells 

(tumors) die. We also propose that this same 

communication can be used as inspiration 

for a fault-tolerance mechanism for multiagent 

and distributed systems to remove 

faulty agents using only local information. 

I examine the communication protocols 

necessary for removing these faults in both 

systems. 


Architecture 

Location: Hanover CDE 

Mentor: Patty Lopez (Intel) 

Predictor Virtualization: Teaching Old 

Caches New Tricks 

Presenter: Ioana M. Burcea (University of 

Toronto) 

We present Predictor Virtualization (PV), 

a technique that takes advantage 

of the existing memory hierarchy (i.e., 

processor caches and main memory) to 

emulate large prediction tables for hardware 

optimizations. PV increases the utility of 

traditional caches: in addition to being 

accelerators for slow off-chip memories, the 

on-chip memory hierarchy becomes leverage 

for effective predictor-based hardware 

optimizations. 

Coordinated System Level Resource 

Management for Heterogeneous 

Many-Core Platforms 

Presenter: Vishakha Gupta (Georgia 

Institute of Technology) 

challenge posed by future architectures 

A is the efficient exploitation of their many 

and sometimes heterogeneous cores. This 

is exacerbated by multiple facilities for data 

movement and sharing across cores on such 

platforms. Our work aims to enable high 

performance program execution and efficient 

resource utilization in such platforms. Hence, 

we propose to virtualize platforms to allow 

for flexibility in targeting functionality, 

schedule VMs efficiently and create underlying 

system-level technologies. 

Throughput-Driven Optimizations for 

Programming Multi-Core Platforms 

Presenter: Rebecca Collins (Columbia 

University) 

Multi-core architectures are ubiquitous 

today, and there is a need for 

high level programming tools that capture 

an application’s parallel substructure 

without placing too great a burden on the 

programmer. My research includes two 

domain-specific tools that raise the level of 

programming abstraction while enhancing 

system throughput for data-driven applications. 

New Investigators 

1 – Real World 

Applications 

Location: Hanover AB 

Mentor: Andrea Danyluk (Williams 

College) 

Hybrid Methods for Generating 

and Evaluating Style-Specific 

Accompaniment 

Presenter: Ching-Hua Chuan (University of 

North Florida) 

Creating distinctive harmonizations in an 

identifiable style may be one of the most 

difficult tasks for amateur song writers. To 

model and assist in this creative process, we 

present a hybrid computer system combining 

knowledge of musical theory and statistical 

learning. The system is capable of learning 

a style from only a few examples to create 


new harmonizations for melodies with 

proper harmonic resolutions. Experiments 

were conducted using pop-rock songs. 

Supporting Collaborative Learning 

in Narrative-Centered Learning 

Environments 

Presenter: Jennifer L. Robison (North 

Carolina State University) 

Student collaboration in traditional 

classroom settings has been shown 

to have multifaceted benefits for students. 

However, creating effective cooperative 

learning environments is challenging. The 

intelligent tutoring systems community has 

begun to investigate the utility of computersupported 

collaborative learning as a means 

for addressing these challenges. This paper 

discusses the advantages of intelligent 

tutoring systems, with a focus on narrativecentered 

learning environments, for 

supporting effective student collaboration. 

The Effect of Age, Gender, and Previous 

Gaming Experience on Customization 

Activities Within Games 

Presenter: Mona Erfani Joorabchi (Simon 

Fraser University) 

Understanding players’ game playing 

behavior is a growing area of research 

currently being explored by many game 

companies. In this paper, we report on a 

study we conducted to understand the 

influence of age, gender, and previous 

gaming experience on customization 

activities of game players in the younger age 

group within games. We note that player 

behavior can be used to improve game 

design and may lead to new player models. 

Designing Technology to Support 

Nurses’ Information Flow 

Presenter: Charlotte Tang (University of 

Calgary) 

This research comprised of longitudinal 

field studies that contributed better 

understanding of nurses’ information flow 



dynamics and impacts of new technologies. 

It contributed the InfoFlow Framework 

for evaluating new technologies and for 

generating new technology designs, as well 

as a paper-and-digital integrated charting 

prototype. A focus group conducted to 

evaluate this prototype indicated promising 

potential for bridging nurses’ use of informal 

paper artifacts and the organizational digital 

medical records. 

New Investigators 2 

– Data Management 

Location: Dunwoody 

Mentor: Nancy Cam-Winget (Cisco) 

An Application of Clustering 

Techniques to Urban Studies 

Presenter: Zahra Ferdowsi (DePaul 

University) 

This paper demonstrates the usefulness 

of data mining techniques in uncovering 

socioeconomic characteristics of modern 

cities and in understanding social processes 

affecting urban life. K-means clustering 

techniques and decision tree analysis were 

used to create a typology of urban neighborhoods. 

The data-driven typology was able 

to capture the spatial relationship between 

areas with similar socioeconomic profiles, 

showing that people with common social 

status tend to aggregate in adjacent areas. 

Retrofitting Authorization In Legacy 

Programs 

Presenter: Divya Muthukumaran 

(Pennsylvania State University) 

Programs need to enforce security policies 

on behalf of users (e.g., secrecy, integrity 

and runtime access check), and need to 

be retrofit with mediation statements to 

support this. In recent work, we have found 

that placing mediation points in programs is 

equivalent to computing a graph-cut, so we 

propose to apply this technology along with 

placement policies to automate the task of 

retrofitting programs for authorization. 

You Are What You Search: Query-Based 

Data Mining for the Web 

Presenter: Barbara Poblete (Yahoo! 

Research) 

In this work we take a look into the 

behavior of Web users, in particular into 

the queries that they submit to search 

engines. Queries provide a unique insight 

into users’ needs and goals while surfing the 

Web. This information is provided by users 

implicitly and is key for improving Web sites, 

search engine raking results, as well as the 

organization of the Web in general. 

A New Relational Naive Bayes Net 

Classifier 

Presenters: Bahareh Bina (Simon Fraser 

University) 

Relational classification is the problem 

of predicting the class attribute of a 

target entity given its attributes and related 

entities’ attributes. In this paper we propose 

a new relational naive Bayes classifiers. 

Previous work assume links independent and 

put the same weight for attributes of the 

target entity and related entities. We modify 

this assumption and propose a new method 

that places more weight on the target 

features than links’ features. 


10:45-11:45 am 


UI/Education 


Mentor: Andrea Danyluk (Williams 

College) 

Usable Security in Practice: 

Collaborative Management of 

Electronic & Physical Personal 

Information 

Presenter: Laurian C. Vega (Virginia 

Polytechnic Institute) 

need exists in HCI to study how issues 

A of trust and privacy can and do affect 

the ad hoc negotiation of security rules and 

how they are managed in actual practice. 

For my dissertation I present data from pilot 

interviews and observations to examine the 

physical and electronic security practices of 

childcares and medical offices. I propose to 

study the policy breakdowns that affect the 

security of personal information. 

In the Beginning: The Early Lives of 

Users in Online Communities 

Presenter: Katherine Panciera (University 

of Minnesota) 

The most crucial part of a user’s life is the 

time between when they first view a 

system and twenty-four hours after their first 

participation in that system. From that point 

on, odds are that their participation will 

decline. When designing online communities, 

we need to understand this more 

deeply. My research also proposes a mixed 

methods study of early life user behavior in 

Cyclopath, a geowiki for bicyclists. 



Building Professional Identity 

as Computer Science Teachers: 

Supporting Secondary Computer 

Science Teachers through Reflection 

and Community Building 

Presenter: Lijun Ni (Georgia Institute of 

Technology) 

Currently, we are facing big challenges 

of preparing and supporting K-12 CS 

teachers. In addition to increasing the 

number of CS teachers, there is a great 

need of supporting those teachers to grow 

and retain as committed, quality teachers. 

This thesis work focuses on exploring ways 

of supporting CS teachers through understanding 

their teacher identity and exploring 

ways of supporting identity development 

through a professional development program 

for CS teachers. 


Networks/Machine 

Translation 


Mentor: Elizabeth Mynatt (Georgia 


Word Alignment with Parallel Phrases 

Presenter: Maria Holmqvist (Linköping 

University) 

present a method for word alignment 

I that uses parallel phrases from manually 

word aligned sentence pairs to align words 

in new texts. Experiments on an English- 

Swedish parallel corpus showed that the 

phrase-based method produced word alignments 

with high precision. Phrase-based 

alignment was compared to statistical word 

alignment and it was found that a combination 

of phrase-based and statistical word 

alignments outperformed pure statistical 

alignment in terms of Alignment Error 

Rate (AER). 

Modeling and Testing of Service- 

Oriented Applications 

Presenter: Ewa Musial (University at 

Albany, State University of New York) 

In this paper we present a technique 

testing not only services but also their 

interactions with execution context. The 

technique utilizes a dependence model that 

depicts relationships between services, 

external resources, and other application 

components. Based on this model, we first 

associate the specifications with the model 

to cover the requirements. Then we use 

node and dependence edge coverage criteria 

to create additional test cases to achieve 

adequate testing. 

Assuring Network Service with 

Bandwidth and Integrity Based 

Fairness 

Presenter: Fariba Khan (University of 

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) 

DDoS attackers take control of large 

bandwidth and services that otherwise 

would have been lightly used by genuine 

users. IBQ and ASV take the power 

back from them by taking two different 

approaches. In ASV clients use otherwise 

underutilized bandwidth. ASV can be implemented, 

without the cooperation of the core 

routers, by slight modification of the client 

and server applications. IBQ introduces a 

tiered integrity system and prioritizes high 

integrity packets. 


New Investigators 

3 – Computing and 

Humans 


Mentor: Ellen Walker (Hiram College) 

What Do Random Matrices Tell Us 

About The Brain? 

Presenter: Kanaka Rajan (Princeton 

University) 

Networks of neurons are often simulated 

using models in which interconnections 

are represented by a matrix of 

synaptic strengths and network dynamics 

are determined by the spectrum of eigenvalues 

of the connectivity matrix. Elements 

of synaptic connectivity matrices can be 

chosen randomly from different distributions, 

making results from random matrix theory 

highly relevant. My paper explores how the 

physics of random matrices informs us of 

behavior at the network level. 

Iris Recognition Using Speeded Up 

Robust Features 

Presenter: Hunny Mehrotra (National 

Institute of Technology Rourkela) 

This paper proposes robust key-point 

descriptor that considers various issues 

which degrades the performance of iris 

biometrics. To overcome the effect of 

aliasing the localised image is transformed 

into rectangular block using scale-based 

normalisation. The normalised iris image 

is enhanced using gamma correction to 

overcome the effect of non-uniform illumination. 

Local features are extracted from 

enhanced image using SURF. The proposed 

system is showing an accuracy of more than 

99%. 



A Mobile-Cloud Collaborative 

Approach for Context-Aware Blind 

Navigation 

Presenter: Pelin Angin (Purdue University) 

Context-awareness is a critical aspect 

of safe navigation, especially for the 

blind in unfamiliar environments. Existing 

devices for context-aware navigation fall 

short due to their dependence on infrastructure 

requirements and limited access to 

resources of contextual clues. In this paper, 

we propose a mobile-cloud collaborative 

approach for context-aware navigation by 

exploiting resources of Cloud Computing 

providers and location-specific resources 

on the Internet. We propose an extensible 

architecture allowing for wide usability. 

1:00-2:00 pm 

CRA-W Career 

Mentoring 

Workshops Session 

#1 

CRA-W Undergrad Track 

What is Research? 


Presenters: Nancy M. Amato (Texas A&M 

University), Dilma Da Silva (IBM, T. J. 

Watson Research Center), and Katie Wolf 

(University of Minnesota) 

Research leads to advances that improve 

the world and how we live and work in 

it. But, what is research? How does it lead to 

new and better technologies? It is simply an 

“Aha!” experience that some people have, 

instantly giving us new results, or is there a 

process involved? What do researchers do 

and how do they do it? This session introduces 

you to the exciting world of research 

and the career paths that you might pursue 

there. 

This session focuses on first and second year 

undergraduate students. More advanced 

students are invited to share their experience 

or to attend the first session of the 

Graduate Student Workshop. 

CRA-W Grad Track 

How Do I Enjoy and Succeed in 

Graduate School? 


Presenters: Elizabeth Mynatt (Georgia 

Institute of Technology), Erika Shehan 

Poole (Pennsylvania State University), and 

Jane Prey (Microsoft Research) 

This session will address strategies for 

thriving in graduate school and developing 

the necessary knowledge, experience 

and skills for a successful career. Topics 

include setting realistic goals and expectations, 

the differences between getting a 

M.S. and Ph.D. degree, selecting advisors 

and mentors, setting research goals, 

working as part of a research team, tracking 

and maintaining your research and academic 

progress, and building self confidence. 

This session will include the importance of 

carefully choosing advisors and mentors and 

the differences between the two, how to 

get the most out of your interactions with 

your advisor/mentor, responsibilities of both 

student and advisor/mentor in making the 

graduate research experience successful, 

and working through problems with the 

advisor/mentor relationships. This session 

focuses on concerns of first and second year 

graduate students. More advanced students 

are invited to share their experience or to 

attend the first session of the Early Career 

Workshop. 

CRA-W Early Career Researchers Track 

How Do I Start My Own Research 

Program? 

Location: Hanover FG 

Presenters: Andrea Danyluk (Williams 

College), Lise Getoor (University of 

Maryland, College Park), and Ashley W. 

Stroupe (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) 


Whether you are in academia or a 

research lab, growing your research 

program means tapping into resources that 

help you be more successful. Funding can 

enable you to attract more students or work 

on larger projects. Collaboration enables you 

to work with people outside your area of 

expertise, initiate new projects, and have a 

lot of fun. Networking builds those relationships 

with people inside and outside your 

institution that can help you get things done. 

With representatives from both academia 

and research labs, this session will cover 

strategies for identifying the resources that 

are available to you and how best to take 

advantage of them. 

2:30-3:30 pm 

CRA-W Career 

Mentoring 

Workshops #2 


Is Research for Me? 


Presenters: Susan Rodger (Duke 

University), Ellen Walker (Hiram College), 

Abrita Chakravarty (Duke University), and 

Susanna Ricco (Duke University) 

Doing research gives us the opportunity 

to create new technology that helps 

all of us. The creativity, innovation, and fast 

pace of research mean that the life of a 

researcher will never be boring. Researchers 

often have ample opportunity to travel and 

the ability to structure their work to fit their 

interests and work style. Sound appealing? 

But is it really for you? This session provides 

a hands-on experience of doing research, so 

you can get a sense of whether it’s for you. It 

also provides information on how to extend 

this experience and do more research as an 



undergrad to decide if you want to pursue 

research as a career. 


How Do I Build My Professional 

Network? 


Presenters: Mary Czerwinski (Microsoft 

Research) and Soha Hassoun (Tufts 

University) 

In this session, you will learn networking 

skills through role-play and interactive 

exercises. You will build skills in finding a 

community, meeting people in the field, and 

promoting your research and yourself. You 

will learn how to present your ideas in a 

concise and appealing way to the people 

you meet. You will practice making technical 

and business connections with others, and 

learn how to leverage them for success in 

graduate school and your later career. 


How Do I Become a Leader in My Field? 


Presenters: Irene Greif (IBM) and Deb 

Agarwal (Lawrence Berkeley National 

Laboratory), and Carla Gomes (Cornell 

University) 

Technical leadership results in advancement 

in industry and government labs. 

It also increases the impact of academic 

research and can lead to widespread 

adoption of research results. What does it 

take to become a technical leader? What 

are the rewards of technical leadership? 

How can you become a thought leader in the 

industry? What are the benefits of making a 

technical impact that goes beyond your organization? 

Panelists from academia, industry, 

and government will share their secrets for 

becoming technical leaders. 

4:00-5:00 pm 

CRA-W Career 

Mentoring 

Workshops #3 


How Do I Become a Researcher? 


Presenters: Cecilia Aragon (University 

of Washington and Lawrence Berkeley 

National Laboratory), Maria Gini 

(University of Minnesota), and Katherine 

Panciera (University of Minnesota) 

What’s it like to be in graduate school? 

What benefits do you get once you 

have your degree? And what is the road 

to graduate school? How do you choose 

the right graduate school for you? Is there 

anything you can do during college to 

improve your chances of being admitted? 

How do you apply? What is the time line for 

completing the application process? What 

are the best kinds of recommendations? 

Does work experience help? How can you 

fund graduate school? Find out the answers 

to these and other questions in this session 

which will tell you all you need to know 

to apply successfully to graduate school 

and reap the rewards that come from an 

advanced degree. 


What’s it Take to do Great Research? 


Presenters: Nina Bhatti (HP Labs) and 

Mary Jean Harrold (Georgia Institute of 

Technology) 

Great research includes not only making 

a discovery and finding evidence to 

confirm the discovery, it includes identifying 

an interesting problem in the first place, 

promoting the ongoing research, and, in the 

end, publishing the research results and 

even moving the results into everyday use. 


This session provides an overview of all 

that’s involved in doing great research, and 

provides tips on how to succeed. You will 

find out how to do a dissertation and subsequent 

research with a real WOW factor. This 

session will also show you that publishing 

is not as hard as it seems with strategies for 

publishing your first and subsequent papers. 


How Do I Get Promoted? 


Presenters: Laura Haas (IBM Almaden 

Research Center) and Ellen W. Zegura 

(Georgia Institute of Technology) 

Do you know what steps you need to 

take to prepare for your next promotion? 

Whether this is preparing a tenure case, 

climbing the technical ladder, or stepping 

into a management role, this session will 

teach you what you can be doing now to 

prepare yourself for that next big promotion. 

2:15-3:15 pm 

Career 

Development 

Session #1 

Practical 

Job Search Part 1: From Resume to 

Getting the Interview 


Panelists: Connie Smallwood (CA 

Technologies), Dawn Carter (Amazon), 

Matt Millunchick (Facebook), and Shana 

Venson (Lockheed Martin) 

Whether you are looking for your first 

job or thinking about a career change, 

come to this session to learn how to find 

a job. This panel discussion will cover all 

the activities that go into getting to a job 



interview, including: resume and cover letter 

writing tips; how to engage your network in 

your job search; and what to do when you 

attend a job fair. 

Informational 

Exploring New Careers: Choices in 

Finance, Online Information Services, 

and Small Business Technology 


Panelists: Karen Weiss (Intuit), Krista 

Claude (Thomson Reuters), Jennifer 

Hall (Intuit), and Sinead Strain (Goldman 

Sachs) 

It is estimated that 1 in 4 workers 

regardless of sector will be a technologist. 

Explore career choices as this panel 

presents innovative technology solutions 

within industries. What is quantitative 

analysis? How are traders supported at 

Goldman Sachs? What is an information 

services company like Thomson Reuters 

developing to remain competitive? How is 

Intuit developing innovative small business 

software solutions? Each offers interesting 

and challenging technical careers. 

3:30-4:30 pm 

Career 

Development 

Session #2 

Practical 

Job Search Part 2: From the Interview 

to Negotiating Your Salary 


Panelists: Anna Krasnyanskaya 

(Symantec), Divya Kolar (Intel), and 

Kathleen Naughton (HP) 

This panel discussion will cover your 

interactions with your potential employer 

including: how to master the technical 

interview; writing the thank you note; 

making sure your references are good ones; 

and how to negotiate the job offer. Get the 

recruiters’ and interviewers’ perspectives 

on what they are looking for from technical 

candidates. Bring your questions along for 

the Q&A session. 

Informational 

Exploring New Careers: Choices in US 

Defense and Cyber Security 


Panelists: Pamela Arya (Harris Crucial 

Security Inc.), Lori Hecker (Raytheon), 

Kathleen A. Hutson (National Security 

Agency), Bonnie Kean (Northrop 

Grumman), Tamara Yu (MIT Lincoln 

Laboratory), Rear Admiral Janice M. 

Hamby (C4 Systems, Joint Chiefs of 

Staff), Rear Admiral (Select) Gretchen A. 

Herbert (US Navy), and Rebecca Wilems 

(Lockheed Martin) 

Some of the most advanced technology 

is being developed in defense and cyber 

security. Interested in cybercrime technology 

to safeguard systems vulnerable to viruses, 

hacking and identity theft? Have you thought 

of becoming a Computer Systems Analyst or 

Information Security Analyst? Are you interested 

in what it takes to obtain a security 

clearance? If so, please join this workshop 

to discuss technology innovation, career 

opportunities and current challenges within 

US defense and cyber security. 


10:00 - 11:00am 

Session One 

Invited Technical Speaker 

Managing Scientific Data: Coping with 

a Multidisciplinary World 


Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, Professor, 

Institute of Computing, University of 

Campinas, Brazil 

Scientists from all domains have 

something in common – they must 

continuously analyze data to conduct their 

research, in what has become known as 

“data-centric science”. The volume of 

data involved is usually very large, e.g., 

when astronomers conduct sky surveys, 

or chemists run simulations on chemical 

compounds. In other situations, data can 

be also scarce, e.g., when archaeologists 

discover prehistoric human bones, or biologists 

study a rare species. Whether in large 

or small volumes, rare or common, scientific 

data usually comes in many formats and 

from very many sources. Its management 

involves experts from distinct domains, 

working in interdisciplinary and multi-institutional 

teams. 

A challenge for computer scientists is to 

design new methods and algorithms, and 

construct software and hardware tools to 

help these scientists from other domains to 

manage, analyze and visualize their data. 

This, in turn, has brought about the need 

for a new kind of training for computer 

scientists, who must learn how to work in 

a multidisciplinary world, and deal with a 

variety of domain-specific requirements. 

The talk will give an overview of some of the 

challenges of conducting computer science 

research in this new scenario. It will concentrate 

on the new skills required (technical 

and social), with examples from several 

scientific fields, followed by a case study in 

agricultural planning. 


THURSDAY | SEPT 30 

Academic Track 

Multicultural Awareness Training: 

Collaborating Across Higher Education 

Location: Courtland 

Panelists: Patty Lopez (Intel), Susan 

Brown (New Mexico State University), 

Catherine Lopez (Marshall Elementary, 

San Bernardino City Unified School 

District), and Sylvia Candelaria de Ram 

(Cognizor) 

Research has clearly demonstrated that 

an inclusive organizational culture 

in industry, government, and academia 

is critical to recruitment, retention, and 

advancement of women and under-represented 

minorities in STEM. K-12 teacher 

training in multicultural education has 

existed for 30 years to address bias in the 

classroom. This workshop will increase bias 

awareness through interactive exercises 

and demonstrates the need for training in 

multicultural education in higher education. 

Industry Track 

Digital Healthcare 


Panelists: Becky Sundling (Microsoft), 

Pam Montana (Intel), Christina Banta 

(Intuit), Shirley Gaw (Google), Lisa Rom 

(Symantec), and Yvonne Zhou (Kaiser 

Permanente) 

Today’s healthcare consumers are 

connected to digital information and care 

resources on-the-go. Billions of dollars will 

be spent by online-enabled adults over the 

next several decades to manage healthcare 

for themselves and their families. Likewise, 

today’s healthcare providers are exploring 

ways to optimize operations and enable 

patient data sharing between physicians to 

improve the quality of care. This panel will 

explore hot market segments, job opportunities 

and emerging research areas. 

Technical Track 

The Role of Usability in Security 

Location: Cairo/Hong Kong 

Panelists: Heather Richter Lipford 

(University of North Carolina, Charlotte), 

Diana K. Smetters (Palo Alto Research 

Center), and Mary Ellen Zurko (IBM) 

In many security solutions, the human 

has been identified as the “weakest 

link” in the system, as human errors are 

a cause of many security vulnerabilities. 

Usability plays a major role in designing and 

deploying security and privacy technologies 

that actually work. In this panel, leaders in 

the usable security community will discuss 

taking a user-centered approach to the 

design and evaluation of security and privacy 

technologies. 

Theme Track 

Enabling a Next Generation of Science 

Breakthroughs via Computer Science 

Location: Montreal/ Vancouver 

Panelists: Deb Agarwal (Lawrence 

Berkeley National Laboratory), Catharine 

van Ingen (Microsoft Research), Ewa 

Deelman (Intercollegiate Studies Institute 

and University of Southern California), and 

Kristin Tolle (Microsoft Research) 

Many of the problems scientists are 

tackling today are at a scale and/ 

or complexity that they require advances 

in computer science to address them. 

The challenge for the scientists and the 

computer scientists is bridging the gap 

between the disciplines to collaborate. 

We hope to inspire computer scientists to 

pursue interdisciplinary work with scientists. 

Enabling science breakthroughs in fields like 

climate change and health care is incredibly 

rewarding. 

Student Track 

10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I 

Started My Career 


Panelists: Gayna Williams (Microsoft), 

Kate Kelly (Microsoft), Kaoutar 

El-Maghraoui (IBM), Avani Patel 

(Symantec), and Lora Brock 

(Blackboard Inc.) 

Getting ready to graduate? Wondering 

what to do in the next stage of your life? 

The panelists will talk about the top things 


they wish they knew before graduation. Find 

out what helped them succeed in the first 

five years of their careers. Leave with a set 

of tips for getting your career off on the right 

foot and how to prepare while you are still 

in school. 

Steering Committee Recommendation 

Moving Up the Ladder – to Full 

Professor or Senior Scientist 

Location: Singapore/ Manila 

Panelists: Joan Francioni (Winona 

State University), Susanne Hambrusch 

(Purdue University), Susan Rodger (Duke 

University), and Mary Fernández (AT&T 

Labs Research) 

Most CSE women are in departments 

that lack senior women and thus 

crucial mid-career advising often never 

happens. Surveys of associate professors in 

2004-06 showed that fewer than half of the 

participants had discussions with their head 

on identifying and formulating career goals. 

This panel will provide information about 

effective career management strategies for 

the mid-career stage, specifically including 

effective communication, having a mentor, 

and increasing visibility (effective selfpromotion). 

Technical Theme Track – Open Source 

An Introduction to Community- 

Developed and Open Source Software 

Location: Regency Ballroom V 

Panelists: Natalia Vinnik (Yahoo!), Sara 

Ford (Microsoft), Olga Natkovich (Yahoo!), 

and Stormy Peters (GNOME Foundation) 

Industry leaders in the Open Source 

Community bring their passion and 

expertise to excite women about the possibilities 

of Community Developed and Open 

Source Software. Are you scared to publish 

your code to the public? Wondering what it 

really means to be involved in a communitydeveloped 

software project? In this session, 

we will break down the stigmas of Open 

Source Software by sharing personal and 



professional experiences of getting started 

with Open Source Projects. 

Career Track 

Managing Your Inner Critic: Learning to 

Transform Criticism to Coaching 


Panelists: Erin Chapple (Microsoft), 

Stacey Seargent (Connect Growth and 

Development), Alyssa Henry (Amazon), 

Meg Layton (Symantec), Ira Pramanick 

(Google), and Pamela Parrish (Oracle) 

Do you have an inner voice saying “I 

should be better …” or “I should have 

known …”? Is it so familiar you’ve given it 

a name? Does it drain energy and distract 

you? In this panel, women who have faced 

their inner critic discuss how to change the 

conversation to build confidence and power. 

They’ll discuss the critic, how it shows up, 

and how to reduce its negative impact. 

11:15am – 12:15pm 

Session Two 


E-commerce Intelligence: The Art of 

Mining Semi-Structured Marketplaces 


Catherine Baudin, Research Scientist, 

eBay Research Lab 

E-commerce sites vary in the degree 

of structure of the data that are being 

generated and in the scope of the technologies 

that can be used to search and 

analyze these data. Merchants who operate 

e-commerce sites to sell from their own 

inventory control the way it is described 

and organized, and generally use a common 

identity structure, with model numbers in 

catalogs. In these database-like worlds, 

buyers can search for products using many 

criteria, and the merchants can analyze their 

inventory or even harness the power of the 

crowd to forecast user demand based on 

what similar users have bought. 

By contrast, a global marketplace like eBay 

connects buyers with sellers of all sizes, 

locations and expertise, from professional 

power sellers to mom-and-pop shops and 

one-time individual vendors. Sellers from 

all venues create their own ads for products 

ranging from electronics, to clothing, collectibles, 

or art. Such global marketplaces share 

characteristics with both merchant sites and 

online communities, and generate a flurry of 

data: product descriptions, purchasing transactions, 

seller feedbacks, opinions in discussion 

forums, and user query logs. Improving 

search or extracting e-commerce intelligence 

in such a semi-structured environment 

is a special challenge, requiring the craft of 

selecting the right data, extracting the right 

features, efficient parallel processing, and 

clever engineering as much as statistics or 

machine learning algorithms. 

I will describe tools for mining product 

descriptions, user queries and session logs 

in order to understand and improve buyer 

and seller experience on the site. 


Minimum Motion with Maximum Effect: 

Strategically Recruiting and Retaining 

Undergraduate Women 


Presenters: Lecia Barker (University of 

Texas) and Joanne Cohoon (University of 

Virginia) 

Evidence-based interventions embedded 

in a strategic plan = elegant solution to 

gender parity in undergraduate computing. 

National Center for Women & IT research 

scientists Lecia Barker and Joanne Cohoon 

describe how to maximize effectiveness 

with shared vision, specific and reasonable 

goals, relevant, evidence-based interventions, 

and careful tracking of what works 


and what doesn’t to get and keep women in 

the major. Workbooks and resources will be 

provided to participants. 


Cloudy with a Chance of Security 

– Addressing Security and Privacy 

Risk at Scale in Cloud-based Delivery 

Systems 


Panelists: Kore Koubourlis (Microsoft), 

Gerlinde Zibulski (SAP AG), Linda Bernardi 

(StraTerra Partners LLC), and Alyssa 

Henry (Amazon Simple Storage Service) 

Cloud-based applications and Software 

as a Service present unique security, 

privacy and compliance concerns. Hear 

about top risks facing users of online 

services; areas users should evaluate when 

entrusting data to a service provider; the 

latest technologies that address these risks; 

and a risk management framework that 

delivers controls at scale, across global 

requirements and multiple service lines. 

Cloud applications have indeed a fair chance 

for IT security! 

Technical Track – Social Networking 

and the Internet 


Anger Management: Using Sentiment 

Analysis to Manage Online 

Communities 

Presenters: Sara Owsley Sood (Pomona 

College) and Elizabeth Churchill (Yahoo! 

Research) 

As online communities grow and user 

generated content increases, the need 

for community management also rises. 

Community management has three main 

purposes: to create a positive experience 

for existing participants, to encourage 

appropriate socio-normative behaviors, and 

to encourage potential participants to make 

contributions. Research indicates that the 



quality of content a potential participant 

sees on a site is highly influential; off-topic, 

negative comments are a particularly strong 

boundary to participation. A problem for 

community managers, therefore, is the 

detection and elimination of such undesirable 

content. As a community grows this 

task becomes more daunting. In this paper, 

we introduce an approach to automatic 

detection of inappropriate negative user 

contributions. We apply sentiment analysis 

techniques to the task of classifying short 

comments about news stories, a challenge 

due to the lack of context in the short 

comments. In combination with relevance 

detection techniques, this work will inform 

a hybrid community management system by 

automatically flagging off-topic and hostile 

comments. 

AND 

Faceted Identity, Faceted Lives: Social 

and Technical Issues in Being Yourself 

Online 

Presenters: Shelly Farnham (Yahoo!) and 

Elizabeth Churchill (Yahoo! Research) 

This paper explores key issues people 

experience managing personal boundaries 

within and across social technologies. 

We look in particular at email and online 

social networks. We offer a theoretical 

framework for understanding the errors in 

assumptions about identity that are currently 

inscribed into the sharing models of social 

technology systems. Through a questionnaire 

study we examine how people facet 

their identities and their lives, and how 

these facets are expressed through use of 

technology. We found for more mature users 

family was an extremely important context 

for sharing online, that men with families 

were particularly likely to have incompatible 

identity facets, and that email was still a 

preferred form of communication for sharing 

across facets of life. We found people with 

higher levels of incompatibility across facets 

are particularly worried about sharing in the 

context of social networks. 

AND 

Geographical Characterization 

of the Web 

Presenters: Xinh Huynh (Lawrence 

Livermore National Laboratory) and Ali 

Dasdan (eBay Inc.) 

As the growth of the world wide web 

has spread around the world, it has 

become a major source of information and 

communication in more and more regions, 

many of which map to a country. In this 

paper, we look at how the web is partitioned 

into regions or countries and analyze the 

interconnection among regions by examining 

the hypertext links between them, based on 

a large scale graph of the web with more 

than 100 billion web pages and more than 

a trillion edges, encompassing over 250 

regions. Our results show that although most 

of the observed web linkage occurs within a 

region’s borders, there is substantial interaction 

between regions. Our results deepen 

our understanding of the high level structure 

of the web, showing how this graph crosses 

geographic boundaries. 

Theme Track 

Experts in Collaboration: How 

Today’s Engineers Collaborate Across 

Boundaries 


Panelists: Gilda Garreton (Oracle), Nadia 

Anguiano-Wehde (IBM), Madeline Vega 

(IBM), and Meenakshi Kaul-Basu (Oracle) 

Today’s engineer is an expert in 

collaboration. The ability to work in 

cross-functional teams and across multiple 

disciplines is no longer an option, but rather 

an absolute necessity. This interactive 

session will explore the collaborative efforts 

among software, electrical, and mechanical 

engineers to successfully develop and 

introduce cutting-edge technologies into 

the server market and will provide tips on 

becoming knowledgeable across areas at 

your workplace. 


Student Track 

Health Informatics – Making a 

Difference Through Technology 


Panelists: Bonnie MacKellar (St. John’s 

University), Karin Verspoor (University of 

Colorado Denver School of Medicine), 

Dale Wolff (Emerging Health Information 

Technology), Mia McCroskey (Emerging 

Health Information Technology), and Soon 

Ae Chun (City of University of New York, 

College of Staten Island) 

Healthcare and biomedical informatics 

are widely seen as solutions to the 

woes of our healthcare system. Women 

seem to be especially attracted to these 

fields, perhaps because they want to make a 

difference. In this panel, we will explore the 

wide range of opportunities for computing 

professionals in the world of medicine, 

biomedical research, and healthcare 

through the stories of our participants, who 

represent a range of career paths. 


In Cooperation with the Tapia Celebration 

of Diversity in Computing 

Women of Color: Strategies for 

Excelling and Thriving 


Panelists: Cecilia Aragon (University of 

Washington and Lawrence Berkeley 

National Laboratory), Patty Lopez (Intel), 

Sandra Johnson (IBM), and Loretta Moore 

(Jackson State University) 

This Women of Color Panel represents 

a continuation of a similar panel held 

at Grace Hopper 2009. Last year, the panel 

focused on issues unique to women of color 

in computing and strategies for overcoming 

these issues. This year the focus is on strategies 

for excelling and thriving as a woman 

of color. In particular, the panel will discuss 

effective ways to promote yourself, award 

nominations, making the best of given 

opportunities, and utilizing one’s networks. 

The panel consists of women of color who 



have excelled in their positions. The panel 

is organized by the Coalition to Diversify 

Computing (CDC), a joint organization of the 

ACM, CRA, and IEEE-CS. 


Career and Economic Opportunity in 

Open Source Software 


Panelists: Cat Allman (Google), Jenny Han 

Donnelly (Yahoo!), Margo Seltzer (Harvard 

University), and Sarah Sharp (Intel) 

Some people think that all work on 

free and open source projects is done 

purely as a charitable donation, to solve a 

challenge or “scratch an itch,” or to support 

a cause. These people are not entirely 

correct. These *are* common and good 

reasons to be involved in FOSS, but they are 

not the whole story. You can get a job, make 

money, advance in your existing career, and 

build a start-up - all through working in FOSS 

development. 

Career Track 

Advancing Your Career Through 

Awards 


Panelists: Katy Dickinson (Huawei 

Technologies), Frances E. Allen (IBM), 

Marcy Alstott (Hewlett-Packard), Lucinda 

M. Sanders (NCWIT), Robert Walker (Kent 

State University) and Manuela M. Veloso 

(Carnegie Mellon University) 

There are hundreds of awards available 

to women in computing. In industry, 

promotions and high-status titles can 

serve the same function as awards. Some 

organizations offer higher pay, public 

acknowledgment, or seniority to winners of 

major awards. What difference does it make 

if you get an award? How do we ensure that 

more women students, professionals, and 

academics will get into the queue and on 

the lists of those honored? 

12:30 – 1:30pm 

Session Three 

(Working Lunch) 


(Prior RSVP Required) 

Creating Mobile Phone Applications 

and Motivating Females in CS with 

Google’s App Inventor for Android 

Location: Learning Center 

Panelists: Ellen Spertus (Google and Mills 

College), Sharon Perl (Google), and Jill P. 

Dimond (Georgia Institute of Technology) 

Google App Inventor for Android (AIA) 

is a visual programming environment 

for creating mobile phone applications, 

designed with the goal of making Computer 

Science attractive to students not motivated 

by existing offerings. Attendees will get 

hands-on experience with AIA, led by 

presenters who are developers of AIA 

and have successfully taught it to girls 

and college women, enabling attendees 

to evaluate the use of AIA in their own 

outreach. 

3:00 – 4:00pm 

Session Four and 

SRC Competition 

(Second Round) 


Using Information Technology for 

Health and Healthcare – A Look at 

Research Challenges 


Susan Graham, Pehong Chen 

Distinguished Professor of Electrical 

Engineering and Computer Science 

Emerita, University of California, Berkeley 


Good health is a major contributor to our 

quality of life. Improvements in the costeffective 

delivery of quality healthcare that 

is personalized to individual needs are an 

important priority to our society. Both acute 

health emergencies and chronic conditions 

require care. That care comes both from 

professionals and from family and friends; it 

occurs both in institutions and at home; it is 

both preventative and responsive. 

Computing and information science and 

engineering play an increasingly essential 

role in providing that care. Every part of 

the computing and behavioral sciences 

can contribute to significant advances in 

health and healthcare. We have major 

opportunities now to combine our science 

and technical interests and expertise with 

our understanding of and empathy for 

care-giving roles and responsibilities – to do 

compelling research that has high societal 

payoff. 

In this talk, I will survey some of the ongoing 

research and emerging opportunities in this 

field. My talk is drawn from a broad-based 

workshop on “Discovery and Innovation 

in Health IT” that I co-chaired in fall 2009. 

I look forward to sharing with you my 

enthusiasm for this important convergence 

of disciplines. 


GHC to Go: How to Bring a Mini 

Celebration of Women in Computing to 

Your Local Community 


Panelists: Gloria Townsend (DePauw 

University), Deanna Kosaraju (Anita Borg 

Institute), Joanne Cohoon (NCWIT), and 

Elaine Weyuker (ACM-W) 

Small regional celebrations for women 

in computing are springing up all over 

the United States. This panel will discuss 

the formation of the Grace Hopper Regional 

Consortium; talk about where regional 

celebrations are planned over the next few 

years, and how attendees can work together 



in their own community to start a mini- 

Hopper with easy step-by-step instructions 

and learn what support is available. 


Enlisting Male Advocates in the 

Workplace 


Panelists: Caroline Simard (Anita Borg 

Institute), Bruce Bigler (Intel), Gabby 

Silberman (CA Technologies), Will 

Allen (HP), Luis Fraga (University of 

Washington), Colin Bodell (Amazon), and 

Patty Lopez (Intel) 

Organizational change to promote women 

and minorities into key positions on 

the management and technology ladders 

can be accelerated when male advocates 

in the workplace are enlisted and utilized 

effectively. Sharing best practices of how 

to create awareness, to engage, and to 

maintain support by male advocates enables 

us to be more successful in our chosen 

career paths and is critical to increasing the 

representation of women and minorities in 

technology. 

Technical Track – HCI, Imaging, and 

Visualization 


EmailTime: Visualization of the 

Temporal Email 

Presenters: Minoo Erfani Joorabchi, 

Ji-Dong Yim, and Christopher D. Shaw 

(All presenters are from Simon Fraser 

University) 

To accomplish Social Network Analysis 

(SNA), we design and develop 

EmailTime, a tool for visualizing and 

analyzing the email dataset (a social 

network) over the course of time that enable 

the user (analyst) to interactively explore 

the email data of individuals or groups. 

We present the EmailTime’s features such 

as multiple views of plot and histogram, 

filtering, etc. along with visualization 

examples of Enron email dataset as our 

benchmark. It also evaluates some measurements 

such as centrality and similarity of 

individuals in the network. EmailTime helps 

the user to find out “who” knows “what” 

and “when” and discover the unusual 

behaviors in the network. 

AND 

Integrating Multiple Computational 

Techniques for Improving Image 

Access: Applications to Digital 

Collections 

Presenters: Judith Klavans (University 

of Maryland, College Park) and Jennifer 

Golbeck (University of Maryland, College 

Park) 

Museums traditionally rely on trained 

cataloging professionals to create 

metadata for their collections. While this 

authoritative information is well-grounded, 

it is brief and limited in its description of the 

museum objects since the human cataloging 

task is time-consuming and expensive. 

New techniques provide an opportunity 

to expand subject-oriented explanatory 

metadata. Social tags and linguistic analysis 

of descriptive text holds promise, but there 

are many challenges to integrating these 

computational techniques for museum applications. 

In this paper, we present our initial 

investigations along these lines and discuss 

a research program to improve the integration 

of computational linguistics, humancomputer 

interaction, and recommender 

systems to improve access to images in a 

museum context. 

AND 

Visualizing Search Results: Evaluating 

an Iconic Visualization 

Presenters: Minoo Erfani Joorabchi, 

Arefeh Dalvandi, Hasti Seifi, Lyn Bartram, 

and Christopher D. Shaw (All presenters 

are from Simon Fraser University) 

Commercial websites offer many items 

to potential site users. However, most 

current websites display results of a search 

in text lists, or as lists sorted on one or two 

single criteria. Finding the best item in a 

text list based on multi-priority criteria is 

an exhausting task, especially for long lists. 

Visualizing search results and enabling users 


to perceive the tradeoffs among the results 

based on multiple priorities may ease this 

process. To investigate this, two different 

techniques for displaying and sorting search 

results are studied in this paper; Text, 

and XY Iconic Visualization. The goal is to 

determine which technique for representing 

search results would be the most efficient 

one for a website user. We conducted a user 

study to compare the usability of the two 

techniques. Collected data is in the form of 

participants’ task responses, a satisfaction 

questionnaire, qualitative observations, 

and participants’ comments. According to 

the results, iconic visualization is better 

for overview (it gives a good overview in a 

short amount of time) and search with more 

than two criteria, while text-based performs 

better for displaying details. 

Theme Track 

Going Global 


Panelists: Meenakshi Kaul-Basu (Oracle), 

Suma Kadur (Cisco Systems), Lesley 

Kao (Yahoo!), Radha Ratnaparkhi (IBM 

Research), Jan Roberts (NetApp), and 

Elizabeth Harmon Reid (Google) 

Enterprises are leveraging more global 

resources to produce and market 

products around the world. This panel will 

examine both the need to go global and 

the best practices and learnings in product 

design, role distribution, market analysis, 

technology infrastructure, and cultural 

boundaries that must be considered when 

building a global team or taking a product to 

another country. Why go global and when 

will you succeed if you do? 

Student Track 

Beyond Your Technical Skills - The 

Power of Words 


Panelists: Lara Deek (University of 

California, Santa Barbara), Nalini 

Vasudevan (Columbia University), 

Janet Kayfetz (University of California, 

Santa Barbara), Martha Kim (Columbia 



University), and Lamia Yousseff 

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 

Scientists who will lead our discipline 

are those not only with sound analytical 

skills, but those who partner their technical 

accomplishments with excellent communication 

skills. Excellent presenting/writing 

skills are fundamental requirements for 

professional success and impact one’s ability 

to be recognized and accepted in a range of 

professional contexts. Through this panel, 

we hope to increase awareness about the 

importance of developing such competencies 

and discuss a few fundamental 

principles for effective scientific delivery. 


SRC Competition – Round 2 


The ACM Student Research Competition 

(SRC), sponsored by Microsoft Research, 

offers a unique forum for undergraduate and 

graduate students to present their original 

research at well-known ACM sponsored and 

co-sponsored conferences before a panel of 

judges and attendees. 

There are two rounds of competition at each 

conference hosting an SRC and a grand 

finals competition: First Round Competitions- 

The first round is usually referred to as 

the Poster Session. Judges will review the 

posters and speak to participants about their 

research; a group of semi-finalists will be 

chosen to present at the second round of the 

competition. Second Round Competitions 

- Semi-finalists continue by giving a short 

presentation of their research before a panel 

of judges, with a supporting power point 

presentation. Evaluations are based on the 

presenter’s knowledge of his/her research 

area, contribution of the research, and the 

quality of the oral and visual presentation. 

Three winners will be chosen in each 

category, undergraduate and graduate. 


Open Source for Good 


Panelists: Avni Khatri (Yahoo!), Alice 

Bonhomme-Biais (Google), Heidi Ellis 

(Western New England College), Jamie 

Lockwood (Yahoo! Labs), and Louiqa 

Raschid (University of Maryland) 

Are you interested in community service? 

Are you wondering how Open Source 

can be used as a tool for good? Community 

based organizations and Non-Governmental 

Organizations (NGOs) have utilized Open 

Source development as a means of 

creating applications for disaster relief and 

humanitarian efforts. This session gives an 

overview of how community-based organizations 

have collaborated with academia 

and the private sector to develop applications 

for humanitarian purposes. Panelists 

from various organizations will share their 

experiences with developing Open Source 

collaboration applications that have been 

used to manage disaster relief efforts in 

countries like Haiti and Sri Lanka. Panelists 

will present technical and non-technical 

viewpoints on how to get involved in 

humanitarian Open Source efforts. 

Career Track 

Elevating the Role of Women: Insight 

from Women Who Hold Board Positions 

in the Technology Industry 


Panelists: Patricia A. K. Fletcher (SAP), 

Penny Herscher (FirstRain), Nora Denzel 

(Intuit), Polly Sumner (SalesForce), Priya 

Iyer (Anaqua), and Sophie Vandebroek 

(Xerox) 

The panel discussion provides insight into 

the factors and competencies needed to 

acquire a board in the technology industry. 

With so few women on boards in technology, 

attaining a directorship must be all but 

impossible, right? Wrong. Offering pragmatic 

discussions based on personal experience 

related to recent research related findings, 

each of the executive panelists share candid 

insights the strategies they took to earn their 

seats at the executive table. 


4:15pm – 5:15pm 

Session Five - 

Birds of a Feather 

Sessions and 

SRC Competition 

(Second Round) 

Birds of a Feather Session 

Mobile Computing: The Internet is in 

Your Hand 


Panelists: Gilda Garreton (Oracle), Sylvia 

Candelaria (Cognizor), Patty Lopez (Intel), 

Dilma da Silva (IBM, T.J. Watson Research 

Center), and Amanda Kong Hua (eBay) 

Application development for iPhone, 

Smartphones, camera phones, 

netbooks, and other smart devices are 

explored in the context of their native 

operating systems. What are the challenges 

of developing for devices with limited 

resources? What is their fault tolerance? 

Can applications be ported between 

devices? What are the opportunities in this 

space for research, entrepreneurship and 

commercialization? What are the applications 

for social good? Best practices and 

challenges will be shared. 


Girls, Games, and Getting to the 

First Day 


Panelists: Caitlin Sadowski (University 

of California at Santa Cruz), Gillian Smith 

(University of California at Santa Cruz), 

Gail Carmichael (Carleton University), and 

Anne Sullivan (University of California at 

Santa Cruz), and Fauzia Saed (Teradata 

Corporation), and Michelle F. Hutton 

(Stanford University) 



Middle and high school education is 

crucial in shaping girls’ perceptions 

of computing. Game design challenges 

misconceptions about computing and introduces 

computational thinking. This panel 

will discuss its effectiveness for increasing 

girls’ interest in computing, compare several 

languages for teaching young students, 

and share experiences with mixed versus 

single-gender groups. We will also discuss 

strategies for attracting girls to outreach 

programs and promoting diversity in recruitment. 

Audience participation is encouraged. 


Are You a Salmon Too? 


Panelists: Jennifer Goodall (State 

University of New York, Albany), 

Sharon Mason (Rochester Institute 

of Technology), and Kristen Kielbasa 

(University at Albany) 

In celebrating technical women’s accomplishments 

and empowering women 

to persist in the computing pipeline, we 

sometimes become targets for negativism 

from colleagues and students who think 

women need or want special treatment. 

Often, we may feel as if we’re swimming 

upstream. This session will explore different 

reactions to women supporting women, 

such as attending Grace Hopper and running 

programs attractive to a diverse population. 


Barbie has a Pink Laptop: Redefining 

How the World Views a Computer 

Scientist 


Panelists: Alyssa Rosenzweig (University 

of Toronto), Victoria Schwanda (Cornell 

University), and Jennifer Rosenzweig 

(Dragonfly Organization Resource Group) 

Within computer science there exists a 

nontraditional group with technical 

expertise, but also a passion for aesthetics, 

interaction experience and human behavior. 

Our contributions are valuable, yet we may 

feel the pressure to code to prove that we 

can do the “real work.” The label “computer 

scientist” suits us, yet not by the common 

definition. Join us as we explore what it 

means to be a “computer scientist.” 


Running an Outreach Program to 

High School Girls: Google Joins 

with NYU’s Women in Computing 

and Princeton’s Graduate Women in 

Science and Engineering to Inspire 

High Schools Girls to Pursue Studies 

in Computer Science and Engineering! 

How We Planned, Raised Money For, 

and Repeated an Annual Outreach 

Event that gets High School Girls 

Excited About Computer Science and 

Engineering. 


Presenter: Sana Odeh (New York 

University) 

Google joins with NYU’s Women in 

Computing and Princeton’s Graduate 

Women in Science and Engineering to 

inspire high schools girls (9th and 10th 

grades level) to pursue studies in Computer 

Science and Engineering. The “Annual 

Computer Science and Engineering Instruction 

for NYC Girls” is designed to get young 

women excited about computer science 

and engineering. The event draws over 220 

girls along with their teachers from 22 high 

schools in New York City. 


Conference Networking Across 

Boundaries 


Panelists: Cindy Rubio-González, Emily 

Blem, Somayeh Sardashti, and Yasuko 

Watanabe (All panelists are from 

University of Wisconsin-Madison) 

Networking is vital for your personal 

and career growth. Yet, it can be 

challenging if you are unfamiliar with the 

process, or if your culture and customs do 

not fit into those of the majority. In this 


Birds-of-a-Feather session, we will focus on 

issues women, as well as minority people, 

face when attending technical conferences 

and suggest strategies to overcome them. 


SRC Competition (Second Round) 


The ACM Student Research Competition 

(SRC), sponsored by Microsoft Research, 

offers a unique forum for undergraduate and 

graduate students to present their original 

research at well-known ACM sponsored and 

co-sponsored conferences before a panel of 

judges and attendees. 

There are two rounds of competition at each 

conference hosting an SRC and a grand 

finals competition: First Round Competitions- 

The first round is usually referred to as 

the Poster Session. Judges will review the 

posters and speak to participants about their 

research; a group of semi-finalists will be 

chosen to present at the second round of the 

competition. Second Round Competitions 

- Semi-finalists continue by giving a short 

presentation of their research before a panel 

of judges, with a supporting power point 

presentation. Evaluations are based on the 

presenter’s knowledge of his/her research 

area, contribution of the research, and the 

quality of the oral and visual presentation. 

Three winners will be chosen in each 

category, undergraduate and graduate. 

Technical Theme Track – OpenSource 

Getting Started in Free and Open 

Source Software 


Panelists: Cat Allman (Google), Leslie 

Hawthorne, Selena Decklemann (Emma), 

Gregory Hislop (Drexel University), 

Deborah Nicholson (Free Software 

Foundation), Terri Oda (Carleton 

University), and Pinar Yanardag (Bogazici 

University) 

Are you interested in contributing to a 

Free or Open Source software project, 

but you’re not sure how to get started? 



Wondering about some of the social aspects 

of participating in the community, as well 

as the technical details? During this panel 

discussion, key contributors to several Free 

and Open Source Software projects will 

discuss tips for successfully engaging with 

the project of your choice. Panelists will 

share their own experiences getting started 

in Free and Open Source development. They 

will also share best practices with audience 

members, helping newcomers understand 

the basics of contributing to Open Source so 

their initial foray is most effective. 

Bonus Track 


E-Textiles: The Softer Side of 

Computing 

Location: Regency Ballroom VI 

Panelists: Ann-Marie Horcher (Nova 

Southeastern University), Kylie Peppler 

(Indiana University), and Diane Glossom 

(Indiana University) 

This workshop connects attendees with 

a new area of computing, e-textiles and 

soft computing. Traditionally technology 

has been engineered with rigid materials, 

using assembly skills such as wiring and 

soldering. The new field of computational 

textiles explores using fabric in combination 

with sewn conductive thread to assemble 

computationally-enhanced textile materials. 

This workshop will engage attendees in 

constructing their own sewn circuit project, 

the precursor for more complex computationally-based 

e-textile projects. 

5:15pm – 7:00pm 

Session Six 

(During Receptions) 



Open Source Codeathon for Humanity 

Location: International Ballroom 

Coordinators: Avni Khatri (Yahoo! Inc.) and 

Jennifer Redman (Buunabet) 

Facilitators: Fran Boon (Sahana Software 

Foundation), Jenny Han Donnelly (Yahoo! 

Inc.), Jennifer (Kobi) Hsu (University of 

Maryland), Jamie Lockwood, (Yahoo! 

Labs), Louiqa Raschid (University 

of Maryland and Sahana Software 

Foundation), and Pat Tressel (Sahana 

Software Foundation) 

As a culmination to the Grace Hopper 

Conference Open Source Track, come 

participate in a Codeathon for Humanity 

with the Sahana project. This is a hands-on 

event where participants work together to 

build software that helps alleviate human 

suffering by creating access to critical information 

in disasters zones. Come socialize 

with your fellow GHC attendees while 

contributing to an existing F/OSS project. All 

skill and experience levels welcome! 


10:00 – 11:00 am 

Session Seven 


Healthcare Information Technology: 

Opportunities for Computer Scientists 

to Make a Real Difference 


Lucila Ohno-Machado, Professor of 

Medicine and Founding Chief, Division 

of Biomedical Informatics, University of 

California, San Diego 

Healthcare has lagged behind other 

industries in the utilization of information 

technology. Some reasons for this 

gap are related to the complex nature 

of physician-patient interactions, lack of 

systems that can seamlessly be embedded 

in clinical workflows, and limited collaboration 

and communication that cross the 

boundaries between medicine, computer 

science, and engineering. Changes in the 

healthcare landscape in the U.S. provide a 

unique opportunity to develop new ideas 

for integrating information technology into 

healthcare. Reducing costs and providing 

healthcare for all requires the development 

of more efficient systems of care, in 

which not only public health indicators and 

institutional expenditures are monitored, but 

also objective quality of care measures and 

individual patient outcomes. High resolution 

monitoring cannot be achieved without 

computer-based systems that are able to 

integrate data from clinical encounters, 

billing systems, and research studies for 

meaningful data analysis, pattern recognition, 

and high fidelity simulations. 

There are a variety of areas in which 

computer scientists can partner with clinicians 

and other decision makers, but the 

development of such partnerships requires 


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a systematic approach. In biomedical 

informatics training programs, the goal is 

to provide training in a complementary area 

for individuals with computer science or 

health sciences backgrounds, and to train 

the next generation of researchers. While 

this covers important ground, more needs to 

be done. There is currently limited work in 

the area of training the existing generation 

of computer scientists and clinician leaders 

on how to work together to approach current 

healthcare challenges in a novel way. I will 

present a model for crossing disciplinary and 

geographical barriers in order to promote 

health and alleviate the burden of disease, 

and present several examples in which this 

could be done today. 


Building Bridges and Breaking 

Barriers: Panel on Diversity and 

Inclusion in Computer Science 

Education 


Panelists: Margaret Dickey-Kurdziolek 

(Virginia Polytechnic Institute), Manuel 

Pérez-Quiñones (Virginia Polytechnic 

Institute), Stephanie Ludi (Rochester 

Institute of Technology), Amy Csizmar 

Dalal (Carleton College), Bonnie 

MacKellar (St. John’s University), 

and Megan Olsen (University of 


Classroom climates can greatly influence 

student decisions regarding their 

education and careers, and as such, if we 

hope to increase diversity in computing 

we need to build classroom environments 

that are welcoming to a diverse set 

of students. In this panel, we will bring 

together educators who are concerned with 

the classroom climates we create through 

our pedagogical decisions, and facilitate an 

interactive dialog on experiences, instruction, 

and strategies. 


High Impact! No Regret. 5 High 

Leverage Strategies to Proactively 

Plan Your Career for Maximum Impact, 

Without Losing Your SELF In The 

Process 


Presenter: Nancy D. Solomon (Nancy D. 

Solomon, LLC) 

The flailing economy we’re in dictates 

that your expendability is directly tied 

to the Impact that you’re having on your 

organization. 

The women who are keeping their jobs, 

getting recruited, and receiving promotions 

are fewer in number, but more distinguishable 

than a year ago. They are the ones 

whose presence and performance have such 

a high positive impact on their organization 

that they have become indispensable. 

Technical Track – Distributed 

Computing Systems 


TGRID: Grid Computing For 

Computational Problem Solving in a 

Liberal Arts Environment 

Panelists: Sarah Monisha Pulimood 

(College of New Jersey), Shane Mullin 

(College of New Jersey), and Stephen 

Sigwart 

grid computing environment can 

A harness campus computing resources 

to collaboratively solve large computational 

problems. We discuss the motivation for and 

challenges of developing such an environment 

at a small liberal arts institution. A 

prototype of this system successfully determined 

the value of the Jacobstahl function 

j(n) for all n < 50. Previously, this value for 

the computation intensive algorithm was 

known only for all n < 21. 


Theme Track 

Working Across Global Boundaries: 

Improving Education Opportunities and 

Lives of East-African Women 


Panelists: Erika Flint (IBM) and Deb 

Raudins (IBM) 

Women in Africa continue to suffer from 

a lack of educational, technical, and 

professional opportunities which limits the 

potential of these women in every aspect 

of their lives. In this session we review the 

experiences and lessons learned by a team 

charged with the mission of improving the 

lives and opportunities of an East-African 

community through an in-country experience 

building technical and educational solutions 

for a new world class university. 

Student Track 

Use your Facebook Addiction for Good: 

How Facebook, Twitter, and other 

Social Media Can Help you Find a Job, 

Improve your Business, Collaborate 

across Boundaries, and Make a 

Difference 


Panelists: Jennifer Marsman (Microsoft), 

Randi Zuckerberg (Facebook), and BJ 

Wishinsky (Anita Borg Institute) 

Are you a Facebook addict? Do you 

document your life on Twitter? Social 

media is a great way to keep in touch with 

friends, but it can also help you in the 

business world. Learn some tips & tricks to 

find a job, improve your business, collaborate 

better, and make a difference in the 

world using social media. 


The Latest and Greatest in Assistive 

Technology 


Panelists: Brianna Havlik (HP), M. 

Bernardine Dias (Carnegie Mellon 

University), Frances West (IBM), Jenny 

Lay-Flurrie (Microsoft), and Selena Chan 

(Intel) 



Although the computer science industry 

is not known for helping others, there 

are many computer scientists who are 

using their skills to give back to society, for 

example in the field of assistive technology, 

helping those with disabilities. This panel 

serves as a showcase for some of the 

inventive technology being introduced in the 

assistive technology arena. This panel will 

demo some of the smart advancements in 

assistive technology. 

Technical Theme Track – HCI 

Unlocking Human Potential: A Vision 

for Human-Centered Computing 


Presenters: Elizabeth Mynatt (Georgia 


Human-Centered Computing (HCC) 

investigates socio-technical systems 

drawing from the fields of Human-Computer 

Interaction (HCI), Social Computing, Industrial 

Design, and Learning and Cognitive 

Sciences. The heart of the matter is that 

HCC recognizes the dance between people 

and computing technologies. New technologies 

present novel opportunities and people 

respond through use, disuse, adoption, 

assimilation and rejection. The overarching 

activity of appropriation pushes back on 

technology design to inform the next steps. 

This dance can be beautifully fluid, full 

of new energy, and it can be frustratingly 

awkward. Throughout this field there are 

tremendous opportunities to study and 

invent, design and observe the role of 

computing technologies in all walks of life. 

In this talk, I present a brief history of 

the intellectual agendas that have come 

together to inform Human-Centered 

Computing. Looking forward, I present 

the agenda that informs our community 

today, Unlocking Human Potential through 

Technical Innovation. Drawing from the 

seven themes that anchor the work in the 

GVU Center at Georgia Tech, I will present 

examples of how computing research can 

enable Creativity, Wellness, Independence, 

Emotion, Learning, Persuasion and Trust. 

These challenges push past questions of 

interaction design and look at the fundamental 

experience of computing and its role 

in everyday life. 

Award Winner Track 

Anita Borg Technical Leadership 

Award Winner – Underwritten by Cisco 


Laura Haas (IBM Almaden Research 

Center) 

Integrating People and Information: 

My Career in Industrial Research 

We depend on information, in both 

our work and personal lives. But the 

information we need is scattered across 

many sources, and must be brought together 

into a usable form – a simple-sounding but 

challenging task that has been the focus of 

my career. I will describe this work and my 

path to IBM Fellow, with particular attention 

to the role that collaboration with a broad 

variety of colleagues has played. 

K-12 

Twitter Integrated Science Pilot 

Program: Positively Impacting the 

Attitudes of Adolescent Girls Towards 

Technology in Middle/High School 


Panelists: Arshia Khan (College of St. 

Scholastica), Chery Takkunen (College 

of St. Scholastica), and Cynthia Welsh 

(Cloquet Public Schools) 

Collaboration between computer science, 

teacher education faculty and a middle/ 

high school science teacher resulted in a 

Twitter integrated science pilot program that 

attempted to capitalize on the career-decision 

making window of opportunity of 10 to 

15 year old girls. The challenges, successes 


and logistics of the pilot program will be 

shared as a possible solution to positively 

impact the attitudes of adolescent girls 

towards technology through social media. 

Career Track 

Managing a Career through the 

Childbearing Years 


Panelists: Lynda Grindstaff (Intel), Mary 

Anne Egan (Siena College), Karin Meyer 

(Intuit), Phyllis Stewart Pires (SAP), 

Elizabeth Psihos (Thomson Reuters), and 

Lalitha Ramanathan (Symantec) 

Are you considering having a child but not 

sure how that may impact your career? 

Do you have children and are strained by 

juggling all of life’s demands? Come to this 

fun and interactive panel of working mothers 

who will discuss their personal challenges, 

triumphs, and interesting perspectives on 

how to keep your career on the right track 

before, during, and through your childbearing 

years. 

11:15 am – 12:15 pm 

Session Eight 


Computational Sustainability: 

Computational Methods for a 

Sustainable Environment, Economy, and 

Society 


Carla Gomes, Associate Professor and 

Director, Institute for Computational 

Sustainability, Cornell University 



Humanity’s use of Earth’s resources 

is threatening our planet and the 

livelihood of future generations. Computer 

science and related disciplines can — and 

should — play a key role in increasing the 

efficiency and effectiveness in the way we 

manage and allocate our natural resources. 

Computational Sustainability is a new 

emerging interdisciplinary research field 

with the overall goal of developing computational 

models, methods, and tools to help 

manage the balance between environmental, 

economic, and societal needs for a 

sustainable future. 

In this talk, I will provide examples of 

Computational Sustainability problems, 

ranging from wildlife preservation and biodiversity, 

to poverty mitigation, to large-scale 

deployment and management of renewable 

energy sources. I will highlight overarching 

computational themes in constraint 

reasoning and optimization and interactions 

with machine learning, and dynamical 

systems. I will also discuss the need for a 

new approach that views such challenging 

computational problems as “natural” 

phenomena, amenable to a scientific 

methodology, in which principled experimentation, 

to explore problem parameter spaces 

and hidden problem structure, plays as 

prominent a role as formal analysis. 


For the Love of Teaching: Experiences 

of Undergraduate Liberal Arts College 

Faculty 


Panelists: Ellen Walker (Hiram College), 

Valerie Barr (Union College), Andrea 

Danyluk (Williams College), Andrea 

Lawrence (Spelman College), Catherine 

McGeoch (Amherst College), Tia Newhall 

(Swarthmore College), Ann Smith (Saint 

Mary’s University of Minnesota), and Ellen 

Spertus (Mills College and Google) 

Faculty at liberal arts colleges face 

unique opportunities and challenges that 

differ from those of the research-oriented 

universities where most candidates earn 

their PhDs. Many women are not fully aware 

of this career opportunity. We will discuss 

the differences between teaching at a 

liberal arts college and a research-oriented 

institution, how to prepare for and obtain a 

liberal arts faculty position, and how to have 

a happy and successful career. 


The Social Networking Revolution 


Panelists: Wei Lin (Symantec), Rachel 

Weinstein Petterson (Google), Nancy 

Bhagat (Intel), Angela LoSasso (HP), 

Cathy Lasser (IBM), Joann Ordille (Avaya), 

Meredith Ringel Morris (Microsoft 

Research and University of Washington), 

and Jennifer El (Symantec) 

Social media is transforming the way 

we live and do business. Revolutions 

in advertising, product referral, customer 

retention, conversion and support have 

happened because of digital social 

networks. Are you aware of these revolutions? 

What does industry do to understand 

and leverage these changes? How do they 

intersect with your work, family and social 

life? How will these revolutions affect 

members of the Glass House generation? 

Technical Track – Helping Society 

Through Technology 


Motivating Teenagers Physical Activity 

Through Mobile Games 

Presenters: Sri Kurniawan, Marilyn 

Walker, and Sonia M. Arteaga (All 

presenters are from University of 

California, Santa Cruz) 

This paper reports the design requirements 

of personalized mobile persuasive 

games to motivate teenagers to start and 

continue being physically active. Being 

physically active can lead to reduced risks of 


having weight and cardiovascular problems; 

however efforts in this direction had variable 

success. Designing technology that will 

be engaging and motivating for teenagers 

requires an understanding of the factors that 

contribute to behavior adoption in teenagers. 

To understand these, we approach the 

design from several theoretical models: 

Theory of Planned Behavior, Theory of 

Meaning Behavior, and Personality Theory. 

Mobile applications can help overcome 

barriers to exercise, such as transportation 

and access to facilities. They are 

also personal and pervasive. Games were 

chosen because they are perceived to be 

fun by teenagers. Results from our study are 

summarized, as well as lessons learned and 

future directions of this work. 

AND 

Senior Citizens Barriers to Computing 

Presenters: Janine Hernandez and Felicia 

Doswell (Both presenters are from Norfolk 

State University) 

The Internet is a vital tool in today’s 

society and will continue to be a great 

part of our everyday lives. Many government 

and commercial organizations are 

using drastic means to encourage citizens 

to use the Internet to conduct business such 

as charging for non-Internet transactions. 

Such activities are almost mandating that 

all persons become computer literate and 

use the Internet. However, there is still a 

digital divide among various groups within 

the United States. It is imperative that we 

find a way to close the gap for the group of 

Americans that have little or no computer 

experience. The most underrepresented 

group of computer and Internet users are 

older adults over the age of 55. Yet, acquisition 

of information such as daily finances, 

health issues, and communication are vital 

to continued independent living for this 



group. This research brings together seniors 

and computer technology to document, 

address and discuss solutions to usability 

and accessibility barriers to computer and 

Internet use. This research effort presents 

data in two areas: computer literacy and 

experience, and exploration of the effect 

that computer training has on decreasing 

some of the barriers to computing for older 

adults. 

Student Track 

The MBA Gateway to Business Careers 


Panelists: Sara Nordhoff (Forte 

Foundation), Susan Morrison (John 

Deere), Leslie LaChance (Delta Airlines), 

and Stephanie Espy (MathSP) 

Learn how you can launch your technical 

degree and experience into an exciting 

and fulfilling career in business leadership. 

Diverse and successful women in 

business with technical backgrounds will 

tell their stories and share advice on how 

their degrees coupled with an MBA or other 

advanced degree launched their careers 

ranging from entrepreneurship to financial 

management to product quality. Panelists 

will also share tips on applying to graduate 

and MBA programs. 


Why Investing in Women Founders and 

Entrepreneurs makes Business Sense 


Panelists: Telle Whitney (Anita Borg 

Institute), Cindy Padnos (Illuminate 

Ventures), Vivek Wadhwa (UC Berkeley), 

and Linda Bernardi (StraTerra Partners, 

LLC) 

Entrepreneurs, Founders and Leaders still 

do not include many women, but this 

is starting to change. Only 5% of Venture 

funding includes women founders. This 

topic has garnered a great deal of attention 

this year, including a front page article in 

the New York Times. This panel explores 

the data behind women entrepreneurs 

and explores how to attract more women 

entrepreneurs. 


Career Stories of Women Working in 

Human Computer Interaction 


Panelists: Elizabeth Churchill (Yahoo! 

Research), Amy Bruckman (Georgia 

Institute of Technology), Mary Czerwinski 

(Microsoft Research), Katherine Isbister 

(New York Polytechnic University), Kerry 

Rodden (YouTube), and M.C. Schraefel 

(University of Southampton) 

Human Computer Interaction (HCI) is 

defined as “the study of interaction 

between people (users) and computers”. 

The objective of this panel is to illustrate the 

various career paths as a researcher or practitioner 

of HCI – addressing both established 

and emerging opportunities. Several women 

will share career stories and illustrate how 

they have sought/created opportunities, 

mentor and/or are mentored, face challenges 

and leverage social networks and 

professional bodies. 


Change Agent Awards Panel – 

Underwritten by Google 


Change Agent Award Winners: Gayatri 

Buragohain (India), Ana Regina Cavalcanti 

da Rocha (Brazil), Tayana Etienne (Haiti) 

Moderator: Elisa Camahort Page 

(BlogHer) 

The Anita Borg Change Agent Awards 

celebrate the accomplishments of 

technical women from emerging countries. 

These awards are designed to recognize 

up-and-coming leaders that impact or 


advance women’s participation in technology, 

while also internationally expanding 

the reach of the Grace Hopper Celebration 

of Women in Computing conference. 

Recipients are recognized for their technical 

leadership and advocacy work and will be 

honored at the 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration 

of Women in Computing Conference’s 

Awards Ceremony. 

Why More Women in Technology? 

Gayatri Buragohain 

Before starting the organization Feminist 

Approach to Technology (FAT), I spoke 

to many well-known people in the field of 

development, women empowerment as 

well as technology, trying to get ideas and 

support from them. I was surprised by the 

reaction from many influential people and 

their questions. Today, the questions have 

changed. There is more willingness to listen 

than to fight back with counter arguments. I 

would like to analyze the change. 

How to Influence the Career of Other 

Women in Technology, Ana Regina 

da Rocha 

Although women make up 40% of the 

Brazilian workforce, they are typically 

found in lower paid jobs. Successful women 

in science and technology are rare. Is it 

possible to change this picture? What can 

be done to influence other women’s careers? 

I will present the programs I have instituted 

at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 

to encourage young female students in their 

professional development. These programs 

have increased retention of women in our 

Master and PhD Programs in Software 

Engineering. Now women represent 50% of 

my graduate students. 



Role Model in ICT in Under Developed 

Countries, Tayana Etienne 

ICT (information and communication technology) 

represents a critical opportunity 

for under developed countries if and only if 

it can be harnessed by enough indigenous 

problem-solving minds motivated to tackle 

their own local challenges. My work in the 

academic world and as an entrepreneur in 

the Haitian IT industry is based on simple 

objectives: how to mobilize this critical mass 

of problem-solving minds and how to make 

the case for innovation as a way out of our 

most severe issues. 

K-12 

Education e-Village: Creating an Online 

Community to Enhance Technology 

Education in Underserved Communities 


Panelists: M. Bernardine Dias (Carnegie 

Mellon University), Ermine A. Teves 

(Carnegie Mellon University), Sarah M. 

Belousov (Carnegie Mellon University), 

Yonina Cooper (Carnegie Mellon 

University in Qatar), Jamie Lockwood 

(Yahoo!), and Belinda Nichols (Google) 

E-Village aims to create an online 

community, where educators from 

around the world can share ideas, experiences, 

expertise, educational resources, 

and strategies customized for effective 

technology education in developing regions. 

In this panel discussion, we will present 

E-Village’s motivation and background, 

explain its objectives and design, provide 

industry perspectives on the importance of 

this work, and encourage discussion of the 

project and ideas for future directions. 

Career Track 

Cracking the Fellow Ceiling: What Does 

it Take to Advance as an Individual 

Contributor? 


Panelists: Caroline Simard (Anita Borg 

Institute), Mark Bregman (Symantec), 

Carol Thompson Eidt (Microsoft), Judy 

Priest (Cisco), and Josephine Cheng (IBM) 

New research shows that technical 

women are less likely than men to 

advance in Individual Contributor positions, 

and women in upper tiers IC positions are 

rare. Women at the mid-level are faced with 

choosing between advancement through 

individual contribution or management, 

and there are no established programs to 

help women make this choice. We seek to 

understand what it really takes to advance 

as an Individual Contributor. 

3:00 – 4:00 pm 

Session Nine 


TakeBacktheTech: Reclaiming 

Technology to End Violence Against 

Women 


Jan Moolman, Project Coordinator 

MDG 3 – Women’s Networking Support 

Programme, Association for Progressive 


Women all over the world are discovering 

the potency of technologies 

and using them in advancing their rights 

especially in the campaign to end violence 

against women. Advocacy to stop violence 

against women is a powerful force that has 

freed women from harm and abuse. To this 

day however, violence continues to be a 

reality for many women. 

This presentation is about how technology 

is changing the way women experience and 

confront violence. To some extent, technologies 

have aided perpetrators in harassing, 


exerting control and even inflicting harm 

through mobile devices, spy software, email 

tampering, tiny surveillance cameras, GPS 

technologies, cyber stalking and misogyny 

in virtual reality environments. On the other 

hand, the internet has been creatively used 

by women in poorly resourced countries with 

limited access to technology. Girls in South 

Africa are using their cell phones to stop 

teen pornography. Filipina migrant workers 

can rely on an SOS SMS Helpline to report 

abuse while they work overseas. Village 

women trained in digital storytelling share 

experiences of healing and survival from the 

armed conflict in Uganda. 

As tech-savvy women, we have a role to 

play in shaping technologies to keep women 

safe. Technology practice is as much part 

of creating technology as is engineering 

and design. How can we demand more of 

technology and use it to protect, exercise 

and advance women’s rights? 


Getting Off to a Great Start in Academia: 

Advice from the Other Side of the 

Tenure Track 


Panelists: Marie desJardins (University 

of Maryland, Baltimore County), Cristina 

Nita-Rotaru (Purdue University), Kelly 

Shaw (University of Richmond), Laurie 

Williams (North Carolina State University), 

and Sara Sprenkle (Washington & Lee 

University) 

Feeling overwhelmed in your new role 

as faculty member? Wondering how to 

effectively balance research, teaching, and 

service as well as work with life? 

This panel provides frank advice from 

successful, recently promoted associate 

professors, who have a unique perspective 

on making a successful transition from 

graduate student to leading a research 

program and teaching in a university or 

college that requires research scholarship. 




Cloud Computing – Architecting the 

Warehouse Behind the Cloud 


Panelists: Linda Apsley (Microsoft), Linda 

Bernardi (StraTerra Partners, LLC), Alyssa 

Henry (Amazon Web Services), Wei Lin 

(Symantec), Brian Pawlowski (NetApp), 

and Radha Ratnaparkhi (IBM Research) 

Cloud computing is a model for enabling 

convenient, on-demand computer, 

application, and network access through 

the internet. Cloud services can be easily 

engineered, rapidly provisioned and released 

with lower cost and minimal management 

effort or service provider interaction. Players 

across the IT industry have announced 

cloud computing efforts. Participants in this 

session will hear about the opportunities, 

the challenges and the benefits of cloud 

computing. 

Technical Track – Building 

Infrastructure 


The Revolution Driven by NAND 

Memory in Client & Enterprise Storage 

Presenter: Amber Huffman (Intel) 

• Solid state drives (SSDs) and caches built 

from NAND memory are eliminating the 

traditional storage bottleneck. 

• System architecture must be re-evaluated 

for new levels of storage performance, 

previously not contemplated. 

• Opportunities abound to utilize the 

platform in new ways now that large 

datasets can be accessed in a high performance 

way. 

• Client and Enterprise platforms are experiencing 

the revolution of NAND memory, 

but in different ways. 

Theme Track 

Fighting Cyber Crime: Technology that 

Fights Crime and Protects Our Children 


Panelists: Mary Jo Schrade (Microsoft), 

Rhonda Shantz (Symantec), Sarah Seltzer 

(Microsoft), Erica Christensen La Blanc 

(CA Technologies), Cristina Fernandez 

(National Center for Missing & Exploited 

Children), and Robert Leslie Nichols (Boys 

& Girls Clubs of America) 

Today’s criminals are becoming highly 

sophisticated and technically astute. 

They use the Internet to perform cyber 

crimes such as fraud and identity theft, 

child pornography, computer network and 

information systems security breaches, 

extortion, and even terrorism. This panel 

will discuss how technology companies are 

partnering with non-profit organizations to 

fight crime and protect our children and will 

discuss potential technical careers at nonprofit 

organizations and for profit companies 

and working on technologies that helps 

humanity. 

Student Track 

Mastering the Art of the Technical 

Interview 


Panelists: Ellen Spertus (Google and 

Mills College), Cecilia Aragon (University 

of Washington and Lawrence Berkeley 

National Laboratory), Erin Chapple 

(Microsoft), Tamara Holden-Gurin (County 

of Alameda, California), and Taylor Van 

Vleet (YouTube) 

Computer science majors applying 

for their first jobs often do not know 

what to expect from or how to prepare for 

their first technical interviews. A group of 

experienced software professionals with 

extensive interviewing and hiring experience 

at different sized-companies will explain 

through presentations, mock interviews, and 

question and answer what companies are 

looking for, the different ways candidates 

are assessed, and how best to prepare. 



Do You Have What it Takes to Process 

Huge Amounts of Data? 


Panelists: Claris Castillo (IBM Research) 

and Barbara Poblete (Yahoo! Research) 

Hadoop-Map-Reduce is a framework 

for easily writing applications, which 

processes vast amounts of data in-parallel 

on large clusters in a reliable, fault-tolerant 

manner. Empowered with data analytic 

such tools, anyone can design complex 

data intensive applications. The goal of this 

workshop is to increase awareness on how 

Hadoop-Map-Reduce can be used through 

read study cases and hands-on exercises. 

AND 

Real World Agile Software 

Development – A ScrumMaster’s 

Retrospective 

Presenter: Melody Hancock (Raytheon 

Missile Systems) 

Team development, team dynamics 

and team interactions across multiple 

technical disciplines are crucial to the 

success of large R&D efforts. This presentation 

covers the use of Agile practices 

in a collaborative technical environment 

including software developers, signal 

processing algorithm developers, integrators 

and testers of embedded software. 

The experiences of an integrated team of 

twelve engineers tasked with a challenging 

schedule and performance objectives will be 

presented from the ScrumMaster’s perspective. 


From Politics to Art: Visualization as a 

Medium 


Invited Technical Speaker: Fernanda B. 

Viegas, Research Scientist, Google 

Data visualization has historically been 

accessible only to the elite in academia, 

business, and government. It was “serious” 



technology, created by experts for experts. In 

recent years, however, web-based visualizations–ranging 

from political art projects 

to news stories–have reached audiences 

of millions. Meanwhile, new initiatives in 

government, aimed at all citizens, point to an 

era of increased transparency. 

What will this new era of data transparency 

and expressiveness look like–and what are 

the implications for technologists who work 

with data? To help answer this question, 

I report on work into public data analysis 

and visualization. Some of the results come 

from Many Eyes, a “living laboratory” web 

site where people may upload their own 

data, create interactive visualizations, and 

carry on conversations. Political discussions, 

citizen activism, religious conversations, 

game playing, and educational exchanges 

are all happening on Many Eyes. Finally, 

I discuss artistic projects that complicate 

and subvert the traditional notion of data 

visualization by highlighting its potential as 

an expressive medium that invites emotion. 


Denise Denton Emerging Leader Award 

Winner – Underwritten by Microsoft 

Research 

Location: Singapore/Manila 

Beth Pruitt (Stanford University) 

Roads Forged and the Roads Ahead 

Role models like Denice Denton forged 

paths for women in academia, engineering, 

and leadership roles, particularly in 

the interdisciplinary field of MEMS. Like her, 

I strive to be accessible and open to collaborators 

and students and to create scientific 

and personal connections in my work. I will 

discuss the fascinating opportunities at the 

intersection of engineering and biology, and 

how new connections enable new discoveries 

of the role of mechanics in biology. 

K-12 

Town Hall Meeting: Bridging 

Boundaries and Creating Capacity: 

Engaging Stakeholders to Address 

Equity in K12 Computing 


3:00 – 5:00 p.m. 

The K-12 Computing Teachers Workshop, 

the second to be held at the Grace 

Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 

Conference (GHC), is hosted in partnership 

with the Computer Science Teachers Association 

(CSTA) and the Anita Borg Institute 

for Women and Technology (ABI). This year’s 

theme “Overcoming Barriers, Boundaries 

and Bad News” will build upon the equity 

issue discussions from the inaugural 

workshop which culminated in a white paper 

“Addressing Core Equity Issues in K-12 

Computer Science Education: Identifying 

Barriers and Sharing Strategies.” 

Career Track 

Successfully Navigating Boundaries to 

Success 


Panelists: Kathleen E. Naughton (HP), 

Teresa A. Dahlberg (University North 

Carolina, Charlotte), Celeste Fralick (Intel), 

Sandy Lieske (HP), Jody Mahoney (Anita 

Borg Institute), and Rebeca J. Parsons 

(ThoughtWorks) 

This panel is to explore the personal 

boundaries that many of us navigate 

to reach success in our careers. As we all 

move through our careers, there are many 

opportunities and choices that are presented 

to us. Our panelists have moved from junior 

engineer to vice president, from “stay-athome” 

mom to industry, from industry to 

academia and visa-versa, from private sector 

to government regulatory, and into non-profit 

sectors. 


4:15 – 5:15 pm 

Session Ten 

Bonus Track 

Women in Computing in India: 

Experiences with Boundaries 


Panelists: Gayatri Buragohain (Feminist 

Approach to Technology), Hassath C.P. 

(Feminist Approach to Technology), 

Sowmya Vijayalakshmi (IBM India), Mani 

Soni Abrol (Yahoo Inc.), and Sangeeta 

Bhattachalya (Intel Labs, India) 

India, being known for its diverse culture, 

has its own challenges for its technical 

women, which have to be approached 

with special treatment. In this discussion 

panelists offer perspective on the gender 

gap and the challenges faced by women in 

the computing industry, research, academia, 

Free and Open Source Software and the 

efforts made to address the same. 


Mentoring: Negotiating Geographical 

and Disciplinary Boundaries 


Panelists: Lisa M Marvel (US Army 

Research Laboratory), Nancy Amato 

(Texas A&M University), Padma Raghavan 

(Pennsylvania State University), Lori 

Pollock (University of Delaware), and 

Tiffani Williams (Texas A&M University) 

Collaborating with a diverse group of 

researchers can have a positive impact 

on research projects, individual researchers, 

and society. However, overcoming geographical 

and disciplinary boundaries can be 



challenging. The objective of this panel is to 

help mentoring teams successfully negotiate 

these boundaries. We will accomplish this 

by role-playing ineffective mentoring situations 

and then constructing and replaying 

better solutions with the assistance of the 

audience guided by the panel moderator. 


The Power of the Purse: Making Our 

Collective Voices Heard 


Panelists: Kathleen Naughton (HP), Cathy 

Lasser (IBM), Wei Lin (Symantec), Divya 

Kolar Sunder (Intel), Vidya Dinamani 

(Intuit), and Patty Lopez (Intel) 

Women have a greater opportunity 

for influencing product design, 

marketing campaigns, and appropriate 

media portrayals of women in technology 

by recognizing and leveraging our considerable 

collective buying power. This can be 

accomplished reactively by responding 

to marketing surveys and after-product 

purchases, but a proactive role is more 

timely and has a greater impact through 

the effective use of our ever evolving social 

media. We discuss ways to leverage our 

collective voices. 

Technical Track – Communications 


Crossing Boundaries to Build and 

Sustain a Massive Web Mail Service 

Presenter: Julia Lee (Yahoo!) 

The presentation describes several design 

considerations required to build the 

massive scale, highly popular, and sustainable 

web mail service that is Yahoo! Mail. 

With over 300 million users globally on 

Yahoo! Mail, many of the design considerations 

and boundaries crossed to build such 

a service solve technical and socio-organizational 

problems unique to massive scale 

Internet services. 

AND 

Oblivious Context Sensitive 


Presenter: Chaitrali Amrutkar (Georgia 


Context aware applications provide users 

with a rich set of services using information 

such as time and location. This information 

is usually sensitive and may violate 

user privacy. We present a framework for 

developing two-party applications capable 

of making decisions based on contextual 

information without revealing either participant’s 

inputs. We demonstrate the ability to 

create efficient context-sensitive applications 

based on private searching, which can 

run on hardware constrained mobile devices. 

A technical report is available upon request. 

AND 

User Identification on Smart Phones 

Presenter: Saira Zahid (University of 

Dundee) 

Smart Phones are increasingly replacing 

laptops with the increase in the 

processing and memory capacity and 

decreasing sizes. They are used to store 

user’s sensitive information/data. Therefore, 

it is important to authenticate legitimate 

users of a Smart Phone and to block 

imposters. The presentation focuses on an 

intelligent scheme that identifies the user of 

the Smart Phone with 98% accuracy thereby 

providing an effective solution to ID theft. 


Theme Track 

Take Back The Tech: A Feminist and 

Techie Dialogue on Taking Control of 

Technology to End Violence Against 

Women 


Panelists: Shikoh Gitau (University of 

Capetown), Sally-Jean Shackleton 

(WomensNet), Nithya Sambasivan 

(University of California, Irvine), Mary 

Hudachek-Buswell (Clayton State 

University), Jill Dimond (Georgia Institute 

of Technology), Jean-Yves Hamel (United 

Nations Development Programme), Jan 

Moolman (The Association for Progressive 

Communications Women’s Networking 

Support Programme), and Stefanie 

Markham (Georgia State University) 

Violence against women is now recognized 

as a human rights issue mainly 

addressed by women’s rights activists, 

human rights defenders and some governments. 

However, the inclusion of technology 

as a mitigator and extendor requires that 

technologist be part of this discussion. 

This panel brings together feminist groups, 

women activist, development workers and 

technologist to discuss ways in which ICTs 

can be designed and optimized as tools to 

fight against gender based violence. 

Student Track 

Imagine Cup Workshop: Students 

Building Technology for Social Good 


Panelists: Diane Curtis, Lindsay Lindstrom, 

and Tara Walker (All panelists are from 

Microsoft) 

This workshop is a hands-on experience. 

Similar to last year’s Systers Code 

Sprint, students will be able to work directly 

with industry professionals to learn new 

technologies, put together project plans and, 

ultimately, to create technology for social 

good. 



Students should bring their laptops and have 

an interactive session with professionals 

where they will create their Project Plan and 

start working on a project to do social good 

in their community. 


Adventures of Academic Leaders 


Panelists: Joan Francioni (Winona State 

University), Mary Jean Harrold (Georgia 

Institute of Technology), Laura Dillon 

(Michigan State University), and Ellen 

Zegura (Georgia Institute of Technology) 

This panel will facilitate a discussion on 

how a faculty member can move to the 

level of leadership within their university 

or research community. Examples include 

becoming department chair or dean, chairing 

major committees within the university, or 

organizing and managing large research 

grants or centers on campus and with other 

universities. The panelists will talk about 

ways to have an impact through academic 

leadership and the challenges and rewards 

of this kind of leadership. 


New Voices in Human Computer 

Interaction 


Panelists: Rebecca E. Grinter (Georgia 

Institute of Technology), Shaowen 

Bardzell (Indiana University), Meredith 

Ringel Morris (Microsoft Research and 

University of Washington), Erika Shehan 

Poole (Pennsylvania State University), 

and Divya Ramachandran (University of 

California, Berkeley) 

Human Computer Interaction has its roots 

in workplace studies focused on optimizing 

“man-machine interfaces.” Much has 

changed in the landscape that was eventually 

renamed human-computer interaction. 

An focus on optimization has broadened 

to an appreciation for the overall experi- 

ence of computing systems. HCI work has 

broken out of the office and into the home 

and on the body. More radically, researchers 

now recognize the importance of humancomputer 

interaction as fundamental to 

much of human activity. The objective of 

this panel is to illustrate the vision, scope 

and ambition of some of these new voices 

in the HCI community. Several women will 

describe their current research at this early 

and formative stage of their careers. 


Anita Borg Social Impact Award 

Winner – Underwritten by Microsoft 

Research 

Location: Singapore/Manila 

Ann Quiroz Gates (University of Texas at 

El Paso) 

Building Cooperative Teams to Foster 

Student Success 

To create change in the number of people 

who succeed in higher education, in 

particular, those from underrepresented 

groups who choose STEM fields, it is 

important to acknowledge that there is a 

large segment of our society who have the 

capability to be successful, but lack appropriate 

support structures. This talk describes 

efforts to create cooperative environments 

that empower students and faculty to reach 

higher levels of productivity and achievement. 


Career Track 

Supervisors, Stereotype Threat, and 

Supportive Men: Three Key Ingredients 

for Gender Reform in Computing 

Organizations 


Panelists: Catherine S. Ashcraft 

(University of Colorado Boulder/NCWIT), 

Leisa Thompson (University of Virginia), 

and Wendy Dubow (University of 

Colorado/NCWIT) 

This panel will discuss research on three 

topics highly relevant to educators 

and professionals interested in increasing 

women’s participation in computing: 1) 

addressing unconscious bias in the supervisory 

relationship, 2) reducing effects of 

stereotype threat, and 3) understanding roles 

men play in gender reform. This session 

will provide knowledge and skills that can 

increase the pace and improve the quality of 

women’s participation and advancement in 

computing. 

5:30 – 6:30 pm 

Session Eleven: 

Birds of a Feather 

Sessions 


Mommies Know Best: Pregnancy, 

Graduate School, & Beyond 


Panelists: Caitlin Sadowski (University 

of California at Santa Cruz), Alexandra 

Holloway (University of California at Santa 

Cruz), Laurian Vega (Virginia Polytechnic 

Institute), Ann-Marie Horcher (Nova 

Southeastern University), Melissa C. Smith 



(Clemson University), and Susan Sim 

(University of California at Irvine) 

The Grace Hopper conference celebrates 

all women in computer science. 

However, the many women who attend 

this conference fill more roles that just the 

role of a computer scientist. They are also 

mothers, grandmothers, sisters, wives, and 

daughters. In this panel-based BoF session 

we discuss the important role of motherhood 

in particular reference to its impact on young 

computer science academics and beyond. 


Minorities without Borders: Giving 

Back to Developing Countries 


Panelists: Barbara Poblete (Yahoo! 

Research), Ioana Burcea (University of 

Toronto), Rosa Enciso (Microsoft), Cindy 

Rubio-Gonzalez (University of Wisconsin- 

Madison), Alma Juarez-Dominguez 

(University of Waterloo), Saliha Pehlivan 

(University of Central Florida), Valeria 

Herskovic (University of Chile), and Savita 

Kini (Cisco), and Sangeeta Bhattachalya 

(Intel Labs, India) 

This Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) session aims 

to bring together technical women interested 

in collaborating with and helping the 

growth of technical communities in developing 

countries. The BoF will allow people 

to think of ways to “give back”, i.e., how to 

help from abroad or inside, how to transfer 

the know-how of successful experiences 

in the U.S., and how to create a channel of 

collaboration with organizations abroad. 


Confidential Advice Session on How to 

Succeed as a Junior Faculty Member 


Panelists: Nancy Amato (Texas A&M 

University), Tracy Hammond (Texas A&M 

University), and Jennifer Walter (Vassar 

College) 

This BOF is a follow-on to popular BOFs on 

this topic at previous Hoppers. Participants 

will share experiences and advice with 

each other. One tenured faculty member 

will participate as a resource person. Topics 

will be determined by attendees; examples 

include tips for dealing with being the only 

woman in your department/group, how to 

handle aggressive colleagues or students, 

what can/can’t you ask a TA to do, etc. 


Women Thriving in Leadership 


Presenter: Fay Hellal (Yahoo!) 

Women start their careers in business 

with the same level of intelligence, 

education, and commitment as men; yet they 

make up for barely 3% of the leadership in 

fortune 1000 companies. 

This session poses few questions as to 

what really stand in the way of women to 

thrive in leadership. The session will also 

offer answers, based on various research, to 

stimulate the conversation. 


Speed Mentoring for Latinas in 

Computing 


Panelists: Dilma Da Silva (IBM, T. J. 

Watson Research Center), Nadia 

Anguiano-Wehde (IBM), Cecilia Aragon 

(University of Washington & Lawrence 

Berkeley National Laboratory), Gaby 

Aguilera (Google), Claris Castillo (IBM 

Research), Patty Lopez (Intel), Gabriel 

Silberman (CA Technologies), and Gilda 

Garreton (Oracle) 

Speed mentoring is a networking exercise 

where people get advice in a series of 

short, one-on-one conversations. The lack 

of Latina mentors and role models is well 

known as one of the biggest challenges 

preventing the retention and increase of 

Latinas in the computing related fields. 

Thus we will apply the “speed mentoring” 


technique to create opportunities for Latinas 

in Computing to identify new possible 

mentors/protégés and get valuable 

immediate feedback. 


Education Across International 

Borders: The Simon Fraser University/ 

Zhejiang University Dual Degree 

Program 


Panelists: Youyou Yang, Xiaoyuan Xu, 

Jenny Lee, Janice Regan, and Greg 

Baker (all panelists are from Simon Fraser 

University) 

Discussion of the Simon Fraser University 

(Canada) and Zhejiang University 

(PRC) Dual Degree Program in Computing 

Science (DDP) as an example of successful 

educational collaboration across international 

borders. Panelists will outline how the 

program works and provide different views 

of the advantages, benefits and challenges 

of creating and participating in such a 

program. Views include students in the DDP 

and faculty that have participated in faculty 

exchanges. 


Women in Tech Employee Resource 

Groups: Challenges and Success 

Stories 


Panelists: BJ Wishinsky (Anita Borg 

Institute), Karolina Buchner (Yahoo!), 

Zahra Ghofraniha (Google), and Karin 

Meyer (Intuit) 

The objective of this session is to bring 

together leaders of women’s networks or 

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) in global 

technology companies. Key topics to be 

discussed include objectives and initiatives 

of these groups, presence across global 

offices, benefits to employees, challenges 

in founding, growing, and sustaining these 



groups, and lessons learned. Everyone 

interested in starting up, expanding, or 

re-energizing their group is encouraged to 

join the discussion! 


Influencing Without Authority: 

Collaboration from Idea to 

Implementation 


Panelists: Virginia Smith (HP) and Glenna 

Mayo (Yahoo!) 

What a great idea! Now you must 

convince a wide range of stakeholders 

(from managers to developers) that this will 

benefit the organization and is worth their 

investment. The panelists will present their 

real world experiences and strategies for 

effective collaboration with stakeholders to 

ensure the success of a great idea. Participants 

will also have a chance to discuss 

their own experiences in getting their great 

idea sponsored and implemented. 



HCI Field Trip 

Location: Graphics, Visualization, and 

Usability (GVU) Center at Georgia Institute 

of Technology 

5:15-7:00pm 

Please join us for a laboratory tour of the 

GVU Center at Georgia Tech. Over 100 

research demonstrations by Georgia Tech 

faculty and students are part of this special 

event for Grace Hopper 2010. The GVU 

Center enables research in human centered 

computing (HCC) by fostering interdisciplinary 

collaborations that combine expertise 

in science, engineering, design, art, and 

the humanities. The mission of unlocking 

human potential through technical innovation 

guides research in creativity, emotion, 

wellness, independence, learning, persuasion 

and trust. (Maps and directions can be 

found at ABI information table.) 

Bonus Track 

(Prior RSVP required) 

Activities that Attract 4th-12th Grade 

Girls and Women to Computing 


Presenter: Barbara J. Ericson (Georgia 


Georgia Tech has been investigating 

activities that attract students, and 

especially girls, to computing since 2004. 

We have had success with PicoCrickets, 

Pleo robots, Scratch, and Alice. This 

workshop will allow each participant to have 

a hands-on experience with each of these 

tools. Materials will also be distributed that 

describe our outreach programs, results, and 

provide links to detailed descriptions of our 

outreach activities and summer camps. 


7:00 – 9:00 pm 

SRC Poster 

Competition 

Location: Grand Hall East/West 

Undergraduate Entries 

(In alphabetical order by title) 

Detecting Shapes in Raven’s Matrices 

Presenter: Jacqueline K. Mok (University 

of Waterloo) 

This research in the field of Computer 

Vision addresses the problem of determining 

what figures are present in Raven’s 

Matrices, given a databank of possible 

figures. After obtaining matched keypoints 

between an image and model through the 

Scale-Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) 

technique, the Hough transform, a votingbased 

procedure, along with clustering 

is applied to the results to determine the 

“most popular” figure and how many times 

it occurs. 

Human Perception of Gendered 

Artificial Entities 

Presenter: Sarah M. Harmon (Colby 

College) 

There is little research regarding human 

perception of robots with respect to 

robot gender, especially in task-oriented 

situations. Such research increases our 

understanding of how perception of robot 

gender shapes human-robot interactions 

and behavior in a gendered world, and helps 

us consider implications of future gendered 

robots and gender as a social construct. In 

this study, subjects interact with an explicitly 

gendered entity. Their responses determine 

if perceived gender dictates behavior. 

SRC POSTER SESSION 

W e d n e s d ay | s e p T 3 0 

Integrating Medical Database, User 

Interface, and Statistic Models 

Presenter: Yingxu Liu (Winona State 

University) 

variable definition schema has been 

A designed to support a web-based 

lung cancer survivability prediction tool, 

implemented in XML. In the past, medical 

databases, data entry Web Interfaces, and 

statistical models for prediction cancer 

treatment outcomes were developed independently. 

With the XML schema and Java 

programs, information could be exchanged 

among functioning units including medical 

databases, statistical models and Web 

Interfaces. Using approach, redundant and 

inconsistent information could be minimized. 

LEGO Robots Can Stimulate Interest in 

Computer Science 

Presenter: Justine Johnson (Eastern 

Washington University) 

Our project introduces programming to 

elementary school students with Lego 

Robots. The students build and program 

robots to perform tasks, and they eventually 

compete in an end-of-the-year competition. 

Student feedback is obtained through 

surveys and observations to discern any 

changes in their perceptions of the field. We 

hope giving students a positive experience 

with programming will encourage their 

interest in the computing sciences. 

Treating Your Elders with Respect: 

Dynamic Adaptation of Service 

Interfaces for Older Clients 

Presenter: Kristin R. Whetstone (Virginia 


When service interfaces are upgraded, 

their clients must be modified accordingly. 

Since it may not be possible to update 

all the clients, older clients are denied 

service, rendering the application unusable. 

Our approach dynamically adapts service 

interfaces for older clients, so that an 

upgraded interface method can provide the 

functionality an older client would expect. 

We have implemented a working prototype 

and shown its effectiveness to patch several 

realistic services. 

What are You Looking At? Classifying 

Neural Activity of the Fusiform Face 

Area 

Presenter: Sophia Yang (Pomona College) 

We apply supervised learning techniques 

in the analyses of neural 

activity. Given a repository of fMRI data from 

subjects viewing images of faces, objects, or 

scrambled objects, we focus on the fusiform 

face area (a region known for its role in 

visual processing and face recognition) for 

pattern specific information. We are able to 

predict viewed image types with 65-70% 

accuracy given two image conditions, and 

45-50% accuracy given three. 

7:00 – 9:00 pm 

Graduate Entries 

(In alphabetical order by title) 

A Modular Pipeline for Computational 

Prediction of Imprinted Human Genes 

Presenter: Abrita Chakravarty (Duke 

University) 

Although offspring inherit two copies of 

most genes from parents, only one copy 

remains functional for “Imprinted” genes 

in humans. These have been implicated 

in certain developmental disorders. Their 

experimental identification is procedurally 

complex. We propose initial computational 

screening by using a modular pipeline that 

downloads publicly available data, extracts 

novel epigenomic and genomic features, 

selects the most discriminative features and 

finally classifies the genes to predict their 

imprinted status. 


A Survey of Penetration Testing Against 

Web Application Vulnerabilities 

Presenter: Jing (Wendy) Jin (George 

Mason University) 

Web application vulnerabilities such 

as Cross-site Scripting, SQL injection 

become serious security problems in 

financial and health systems. These vulnerabilities 

allow attackers to perform various 

actions like obtaining unauthorized account 

access, stealing users’ sensitive data etc. 

We describe state of art of web application 

penetration testing which mimics attackers’ 

behaviors. Based on our vulnerable Bank 

demo, we analyze the effectiveness of 

multiple penetration testing tools against 

several well-known attacks. 

A Technique to Achieve Higher 

Utilization Bound for Static-Priority 

Tasks on Multiprocessors 

Presenter: Molood Noori Alavijeh 

(Chalmers University of Technology) 

This paper proposes a technique to 

develop a scheduling algorithm for 

real-time periodic tasks on multiprocessors. 

A new technique is used for task assignment 

to processors. The feasibility analysis for 

the worst case performance is addressed. 

The objective is to prove that, all tasks meet 

their deadlines, if the utilization of a task set 

is less than or equal to UB percentage of the 

total processing capacity of m processors. 

An Exploration of Intuitive Travel 

Techniques for Full Body Video Game 

Interfaces 

Presenter: Juliet N.P. Norton (University of 

Central Florida) 

We present work based on a Wizard-of- 

Oz study exploring travel interaction 

techniques for full body interfaces in the 

video game Mirror’s Edge. Given complete 

freedom in choosing motions and gestures, 

participants showed a mix of natural and 

constrained gestures adapted to space and 

field of view restrictions. We discuss our 



results, provide design guidelines for full 

body interfaces, and present our current 

work the implementation of our proposed 

gesture set. 

Authorship Attribution of Web Forum 

Posts using Clustering and Specialized 

Classifiers 

Presenter: Sangita Pillay (University of 

Alabama at Birmingham) 

Internet communication tools serve as an 

effective platform for suspicious activities 

among anonymous users. Our current 

research work focuses on combining supervised 

and unsupervised learning approaches 

for performing authorship attribution on web 

forum posts. For the first stage our approach 

focuses on using clustering techniques to 

reduce the complexity of processing a large 

number of posts and authors. The second 

stage involves using the resulting clusters to 

train specialized classifiers. 

Automated Event Extraction and Named 

Entity Recognition in the Domain of 

Veterinary Medicine 

Presenter: Svitlana Volkova (Johns 

Hopkins University) 

We present an approach for automated 

extraction of animal disease-related 

events from unstructured web documents. 

Our approach relies on extraction of 

structured entity tuples consisting of event 

attributes such as: animal diseases, dates, 

species, locations and confirmation status 

of the event. Moreover, for domain-specific 

entity extraction we automatically build an 

ontology using syntactic pattern matching 

approach for semantic relation discovery 

between disease entities (precision - 0.84, 

recall - 0.78). 

Coexpression Predicate Extraction from 

Text using Conditional Random Fields 

Presenter: Richa Tiwari (University of 


We present a framework for extracting 

information about coexpression 

relationship among genes from text using 

Conditional Random Fields. The classification 

results of our CRFs model, trained on 

full-length biomedical papers, have been 

compared with that of Support Vector 

Machine, Nearest Neighbor with generalization 

and Neural Networks. We also evaluate 

our ranking results against the search 

results of Google and PubMed and show the 

improvement in distinguishing positive and 

negative papers. 

Compound Merging Strategies for 

Statistical Machine Translation 

Presenter: Sara Stymne (Linköping 

University) 

Translation into compounding languages 

like German and Swedish is a challenge 

for statistical machine translation. I present 

a novel algorithm for merging compound 

parts, based on part-of-speech matching 

with an extended tag set. It improves the 

quality of merged compounds compared 

to previously suggested methods, both 

measured automatically and shown in an 

error analysis. Translation is also improved 

compared to systems without compound 

processing for Swedish and German. 

Deterministic, Deadlock-Free 

Concurrency 

Presenter: Nalini Vasudevan (Columbia 

University) 

Most concurrent programming models 

come with two major pitfalls: nondeterminism 

and deadlocks. By determinism, 

we mean the output behavior of the program 

is independent of the scheduling choices 

(e.g., the operating system) and depends 

only on the input behavior. 


In this paper, we propose a design of a 

deterministic, deadlock-free model. Any 

program that uses this model is guaranteed 

to produce the same output for a given 

input. Additionally, the program will never 

deadlock. 

Encryption-based Access Control in 

Social Networks 

Presenter: Sonia Jahid (University of 

Illinois at Urbana - Champaign) 

We propose an architecture that 

performs Attribute-based Encryption 

(ABE) with efficient revocation in Online 

Social Networks. Users create groups by 

assigning attributes to their contacts, and 

encrypt data so that only people having 

enough attributes can decrypt it. Our design 

introduces an untrusted proxy by combining 

existing ABE, and polynomial revocation 

schemes, and provides fine-grained access 

avoiding expensive computation. This is very 

useful when users interact with a subset of 

their friends frequently. 

Harnessing Multiple Cores for Efficient 

Checkpointing in Grid Systems 

Presenter: Tanzima Z. Islam (Purdue 

University) 

In grid systems, unpredictable evictions 

of the guest jobs from the voluntarily 

shared computational resources lead to 

fluctuating completion times. At the cost of 

increased overhead, checkpoint-recovery 

technique provides fault-tolerance to these 

guest jobs in such a volatile environment. 

We propose to leverage multiple cores to 

make checkpoint-recovery process efficient 

and preliminary results show that reduced 

recovery overhead improves the performance 

of the guest jobs. 

Influence of User Perception, Security 

Needs, and Social Factors on Device 

Pairing Method Choices 

Presenter: Iulia Ion (Swiss Federal 

Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)) 

Previous studies tried to find the single 

most usable device pairing method but 



failed to take into account the variety of 

situations in which such methods could 

be used in real-life. We show that people 

do not always use the easiest method nor 

the one they like best: they prefer different 

methods in different situations, depending 

on the sensitivity of data involved, their time 

constraints, and social conventions. 

Link Privacy Preservation in Publishing 

Online Social Network 

Presenter: Na Li (University of Texas at 

Arlington) 

Many online social network sites (e.g., 

Facebook) regularly publish social 

network data to provide further utility to 

researching and advertising, which incurs 

significant privacy concerns, especially 

over sensitive relations. We introduce the 

L-diversity model to define a link-privacy 

protection and propose a corresponding 

algorithm without incurring too much utility 

loss. Through experiments on real-world 

datasets we demonstrate the effectiveness 

of our algorithm and the tradeoff between 

utility loss and privacy preservation. 

Persim: A Human Activity Simulator for 

Pervasive Spaces 

Presenter: Shantonu Hossain (University 

of Florida) 

powerful and verifiable simulation tool 

A is needed to accelerate research on 

human-centered and pervasive computing. 

In this poster, an overview of the Persim 

project is given which includes a proposed 

standard for dataset representation and an 

event driven simulator of human activities 

in pervasive spaces. Persim is intended 

as a research tool and a shared resource 

benefiting several research communities in 

evaluating their ideas and algorithms quickly 

and with reasonable accuracy. 

Power Control for AP-Based Wireless 

Networks Under the SINR Interference 

Model 

Presenter: Shuang Li (Ohio State 

University) 

In this paper, the power control problem 

is considered for single-hop access 

point-based wireless networks under the 

SINR interference model. We develop 

an algorithm that uses only two power 

levels with bounded optimality gap for the 

utility-independent power control subproblem. 

Besides, an asymptotically optimal 

two-stage iterative algorithm with much less 

complexity is proposed. Further, a heuristic 

two-stage greedy algorithm is proposed with 

polynomial time complexity. 

Predictor Virtualization: A Pay-As- 

You-Go Approach to Hardware 

Predictors 

Presenter: Ioana M. Burcea (University of 

Toronto) 

Modern processors employ a variety of 

predictor-based hardware optimizations 

that collect metadata about application 

behavior, store it in on-chip lookup tables 

and use it to predict and optimize for future 

application patterns. Currently, processor 

architects use a one-size-fits-all approach 

to build hardware predictors that leads 

to sub-optimal designs. In this poster, we 

present Predictor Virtualization, a pay-asyou-go 

solution to hardware prediction that 

adapts to the application’s need for predictor 

resources. 

Principal Contour Extraction and 

Contour Classification to Detect 

Coronal Loops from the Solar Images 

Presenter: Nurcan Durak (University of 

Louisville) 

We have developed a system that 

determines coronal loop existence 

from a given Solar image region in two 

stages: 1) extracting principal contours from 

the solar image regions with the proposed 

principal contour extraction method that 


achieves 88% accuracy, 2) deciding whether 

the extracted contours are in a loop shape 

in terms of geometric features of contours 

and an Adaboost classifier based C4.5 which 

achieves 85% precision and 83% recall. 

Query Processing over Distributed 

Wireless Sensor Networks in Future 

Internet 

Presenter: Shaila Pervin (Monash 

University) 

The terabyte torrent of data generated 

by billions of sensors belonging to 

distributed heterogeneous Wireless Sensor 

Networks (WSNs) in Future Internet will only 

be valuable if they are effectively used on 

purpose and this necessitates an efficient 

Internet scale query processing framework 

for WSN. In this work, by generating hierarchical 

characteristic model of each WSN, 

we outline the overall query processing 

methodology for Internet scale distributed 

WSNs. 

Raising the Level of Abstraction of 

Parallel Programming 

Presenter: Ritu Arora (University of 


Writing efficient parallel applications is 

a complex task, mainly due to extra 

burden on the programmers to identify and 

express concurrency. The main goal of this 

research is to raise the level of abstraction 

of parallel programming based upon MPI 

and OpenMP standards such that there is a 

significant reduction in the end-user effort 

without compromising on performance. 

Generative programming tools are used to 

automate the process of generating parallel 

code. 



SFS3: An Object-Oriented Simulation 

Framework for Self-Stabilizing Systems 

Presenter: Sally K. Wahba (Clemson 

University) 

protocol is self-stabilizing if its actions 

A guarantee that a given legitimacy 

predicate will eventually be satisfied regardless 

of the initial state. The self-stabilizing 

characteristic is particularly beneficial when 

designing large-scale networked systems. 

Despite the increasing use of self-stabilizing 

protocols, current network simulation tools 

do not support self-stabilizing systems. In 

this poster, we present SFS3 -- an objectoriented 

framework following a novel 

architecture to simulate the behavior of 

self-stabilizing systems. 

Threshold Query Optimization for 

Uncertain Data 

Presenter: Yinian Qi (Purdue University) 

The probabilistic threshold query (PTQ) 

is one of the most common queries in 

uncertain databases, where all results satisfying 

the query with probabilities that meet 

the threshold requirement are returned. We 

investigate the general PTQ for arbitrary 

SQL queries that involve selections, projections 

and joins. We improve the efficiency 

of query execution by enabling alternative 

query plan enumeration for optimization 

that leverages the threshold for pruning, and 

experimentally verify our results. 

Towards Fast Mapping of Jammed 

Regions in WSNs 

Presenter: Nabila Rahman (University of 

Texas at Arlington) 

Jamming attacks in Wireless sensor 

networks (WSNs) is difficult to prevent 

and in a large scale WSN, detection and 

mapping out the jammed regions is critical 

while maintaining the interactions among 

the low-powered sensor nodes to minimal. 

We propose a light-weight technique for 

faster mapping of the jammed regions, 

where the actual responsibility of mapping 

is assigned to the central base station, 

minimizing the load of the sensor nodes. 

Using Reverse Feedback Hints for I/O 

Load Balancing in MPI-IO and PVFS2 

Presenter: Christina M. Patrick 


In large scale machines, there is a possibility 

of disproportionately distributing the 

I/O-load among the I/O-servers. This reduces 

the I/O-throughput causing bottlenecks. We 

propose modifying the I/O-stack to introduce 

hints. When these hints pass through the 

I/O-stack, they activate the runtime layer 

which collects statistics. This information is 

passed back using reverse feedback hints. 

Analysis of this information helps users 

identify the bottleneck, and redistribute the 

load to increase performance. 

World Model Learning through First 

Order Induction 

Presenter: Kathryn L. Genter (University of 

Texas at Austin) 

Currently, simulators are often used to 

predict the effect of an agent’s actions 

in the world and in effect improve an agent’s 

performance. My work explores the use of 

the first order inductive learning algorithm 

for learning rules which can be used to 

implement the different parts of a simulator. 

Specifically, I focused on building world 

models for predicting opponents’ strategies 

from collections of gameplay traces. 


GENERAL POSTER SESSION 


7:00 – 9:00 pm 

General Poster 

Session 

Location: Grand Hall East/West 

@ghc Clustering and Topic Extraction 

#Micro-blogs #Twitter 

Presenter: Katie Anna E. Wolf (University 


Twitter.com, a popular application for 

micro-blogging, lets users share and 

follow each other’s brief statuses (“Tweets”). 

The project aims to analyze Tweets using 

topic extraction and clustering techniques 

previously used on longer text documents. 

Tweets are highly abbreviated and have little 

redundancy; hence traditional methods must 

be adapted to this domain. This will help 

organize the highly dynamic and unstructured 

Tweets and expose trends as topics 

change rapidly over time. 

A Computational Model of Accelerated 

Future Learning through Feature 

Recognition 

Presenter: Nan Li (Carnegie Mellon 

University) 

Accelerated future learning (AFL), in 

which learning proceeds more rapidly 

because of prior learning, is one of the most 

interesting measures of robust learning. 

Many studies have demonstrated that 

some instructional treatments lead to AFL. 

However, little study has focused on understanding 

the learning mechanisms that yield 

AFL. In this poster, we present a computational 

model that demonstrates AFL through 

the use of machine learning techniques to 

acquire feature recognition. 

A Cryptographic Protocol for the Cloud 

Presenter: Lauren M. Stuart (Purdue 

University) 

Ateniese et al.[2] propose a process for 

creating a publicly-verifiable proof of 

storage (ensures correct storage of data by a 

provider) from a homomorphic identification 

protocol (a party proves it knows a private 

key). The example HIP is a variation on one 

by Shoup; an investigation of the requirements 

and utility of the resulting proof of 

storage shows the cost and benefit of its use 

in a cloud computing environment. 

A Framework for Developing 

Multitouch Applications to Enhance 

K-12 Education 

Presenter: Lori A. Rebenitsch (South 

Dakota School of Mines and Technology) 

The Blob Multitouch Designer is a multitouch 

presentation framework created to 

bring emerging multitouch technology into 

K-12 classrooms. It allows teachers to create 

interactive presentations that will encourage 

collaboration between students. 

The framework consists of two applications. 

The Creator allows teachers to create 

presentations from a regular computer. The 

presentations can be loaded into the Viewer 

program installed on the multitouch system. 

A Model of Teaching Game Theory 

Presenter: Sezgi Sensoz (Istanbul Bilgi 

University) 

Lots of disciplines a have strong interest in 

Game Theory (GT). A historical developing 

of GT is presented specifically and the 

relation with GT and Computer Science is 

investigated. Two studies will be implementing. 

One is making teaching model and 

implementing it in Istanbul Bilgi University 

as a guest lecturer. The other one is meeting 

with company’s manager to discuss whether 

an education in GT is a necessity or not. 

A New Image for Computing: Dot Diva 

Presenter: Jill Ross (NCWIT) 

The Dot Diva initiative is creating 

an exciting and attractive image of 

computing for college-bound high school 

girls, ages 13-18. Dot Divas are young 

women with the power and the passion to 

make a difference and believe in the power 

of computing to build a better world. Every 

aspect of the Dot Diva initiative has been 

extensively tested with our target audience: 

college bound high school girls. These 

messages and images will be available 

along with a variety of resources for 

educators. 

A Non-Biometric Approach to 

Presence Monitoring in Summative 

E-assessments 

Presenter: Kikelomo Maria Apampa 

(University of Southampton) 

The security of summative e-assessments 

goes beyond ensuring that the ‘right’ 

student is authenticated at the initial login. 

More is required to verify the presence of an 

authenticated student for the duration of the 

test. Hence, we propose a novel blob-based 

system to detect the presence and activities 

of a student. By exploiting the geometrical 

attributes of binary images, we investigate 

the feasibility of a blob-based presence 

verification system in e-assessments. 

A Phishing Trip: Collecting and 

Analyzing Phishing URLs 

Presenter: Heather McCalley (University 

of Alabama at Birmingham) 

Computer Forensics researchers at the 

University of Alabama at Birmingham 

(UAB) have built a database of information 

about known phishing web sites that is used 

for computer and justice science research. 

Our methodology and results are unique and 

valuable in both fields, and our poster details 

the population and maintenance of the 

phishing site database and its use toward 

criminal justice. 




A Reinforcement Learning Approach 

for Load Balancing in Scientific 

Applications Characterized by a Large 

Number of Time Steps 

Presenter: Srishti Srivastava (Mississippi 


For effectively load balancing scientific 

applications, a number of loop scheduling 

algorithms are available; however, selecting 

the algorithm that is appropriate for an 

application involves guesswork especially 

at runtime. Reinforcement Learning (RL) 

solves problems via learning, planning and 

decision-making. A RL agent following the 

model-free learning approach becomes 

very useful for automatically selecting the 

appropriate load balancing algorithm during 

the lifetime of the application and learning 

using well known techniques like QLEARN 

and SARSA. 

A Symbiotic, Inter-disciplinary 

Collaboration: Mobile Application 

Benefits for Software Development and 

Science Courses 

Presenter: Sonal Dekhane (Georgia 

Gwinnett College) 

This poster addresses two problems in 

different domains by integrating them 

into one interdisciplinary project. The 

software engineering students have been 

“hired” to design and develop a mobile 

application to help tutor organic chemistry 

concepts by involving multiple avenues of 

learning. By enabling this business relationship 

we attempt to provide the software 

engineering students with authentic 

learning experiences and to provide organic 

chemistry students with an efficient learning 

tool. 

A Tangible Query System for Learning 

the Structure of Amino Acids 

Presenter: Promita Chakraborty (Virginia 


We are building a tangible query 

interface to aid in learning the 

structure of amino acids by school children. 

Students would be able to interact with 

the system and would learn the chemical 

structure of amino acids by querying the 

system. Teaching school children a topic as 

complex as the structure of amino acids is a 

hard task. A suitable learning model needs 

to be designed, and the necessary tools 

need to be built. 

Accommodating Gender Discrepancies 

in the Application of the Internet, for a 

More Enriching Academic Environment 

Presenter: Ritika Jhangiani (College of 

Saint Scholastica) 

The goal of this study is to identify if there 

exists a gender difference among college 

level students with respect to how they use 

the internet and their attitude and comfort 

level towards using it. This information could 

provide valuable guidelines for teachers 

towards tailoring the use of the internet, in 

order to provide a more satisfying learning 

experience for male and female college 

students. 

Adaptive Binarization Method with 

Variable Window Size 

Presenter: Alexandra Olteanu (University 

“Politehnica” of Bucharest) 

Document image binarization is the step 

at the base of every content conversion 

system and requires maximum quality for 

the output, since it affects all subsequent 

processing steps. Our method aims to 

overcome a series of problems that global 

binarization algorithms cannot treat and 

to bring a significant improvement to local 

binarization methods, such as Niblack’s, by 

using a variable window size. 

Adaptive Scheduling Approach Used 

for Rescheduling in Large Scale 

Distributed Systems 

Presenter: Alexandra Olteanu (University 

“Politehnica” of Bucharest) 

Fault tolerance is an important issue 

which is studied in the context of Large 

Scale Distributed Systems (LSDS). The 

proposed fault tolerant solution for resource 

management in LSDS combines an adaptive 

scheduling approach that selects the most 

appropriate scheduling algorithm depending 

on the application type and the set of 

available resources, and a generic rescheduling 

algorithm that supports a large variety 

of scheduling heuristics which are chosen in 

advance. 

Alice Franchise - An Exploration of 

Storytelling Alice, Alice 2.x, and 

Alice 3.0 

Presenter: So Phi A Ngo (Roger Williams 

University) 

Alice Franchise poster shows the varied 

Alice programming environments, 

developed at Carnegie Mellon University. It 

explicates the differences between Storytelling 

Alice, designed for middle school, 

Alice 2.x, designed for high school/preCS1, 

and Alice 3 (Beta), designed for CS1 and as 

a to bridge to Java. The poster session will 

include examples of implementation of each 

program, especially for outreach, with an 

emphasis on introductory programming in a 

media rich environment. 

Amazon Mechanical Turk: A Method 

for Multi-National Collaboration for 

The Purpose of Discovering Foreign 

Language Nicknames 

Presenter: Elizabeth McGrath (MITRE) 

This research considers if crowdsourcing 

via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (Mturk) 

labor market could be used effectively to 

discover Arabic nicknames. According to a 

U.S. government report, the Christmas day 




bomber suspect Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab’s 

name was misspelled in a database 

and thus it did not appear that he had 

applied for a Visa, when in fact he was 

already boarding flight 253 bound for Detroit. 

Come see how we use crowdsouring to 

address this problem. 

An E-community Point System for 

Promotion of Business-Oriented NPO 

Presenter: Shoko Miyagawa (Keio 

University) 

The author proposes a service model and 

system functions for service promotion 

in business oriented Non-Profit Organizations 

using e-community points. The author 

proposes the e-community point model to 

realize the 3 requirements that prompts 

business-oriented NPOs to scale out, and 

also implements an e-community point 

system called “UPA”. The effectiveness of 

the e-community point is shown through an 

experiment by developing a career training 

program for women. 

An Empirical Study of Bugs in 

Undergraduate Programming 

Assignments 

Presenter: Alison Cooley (Utah State 

University) 

Over a four year period, 60% of the 

female computer science majors 

changed majors after their freshman year at 

Utah State University. While many reasons 

contribute to this, one frustration some 

students experience is working through 

difficult programming bugs. Each month 

we gather and classify the data from the 

Computer Science tutor lab and use it to 

create games and videos on common bugs 

in hopes of increasing retention. 

An Empirical Study of Single Event 

Coverage 

Presenter: Steena D.S. Monteiro (Utah 


In this study, we examine the relationship 

between single event coverage and fault 

finding effectiveness for two event-driven 

applications. Our results show that 75% 

event coverage detects the majority of easy 

and moderate faults in a GUI application, but 

difficult fault detection requires 95% event 

coverage. Results from both test applications 

exhibit effective fault detection from 

using event-based testing. 

An Exploration Into 3D Surface Design 

With Fabric: 3D Interaction with 

Tangible, Two-Handed, Direct Input 

Presenter: Anamary Leal (Virginia 


3D surface design can be found anywhere 

from products like cars to the arts like 

clothing. Current surface design solutions 

use traditional keyboard/mouse interactions 

to develop surfaces, lacking in freeform, 

natural movements. The goal is to improve 

current interaction methods in 3D surface 

design by 3D interactions. We explored 

different 3D interactions on a flexible input 

surface, specifically fabric, and how users 

interact to represent shapes through an 

exploratory study. 

Analysis of Comic Images Using 

Frame Partitioning for Comic Contents 

Management 

Presenter: Chieko Harayama (Tsuda 

College) 

Recently, the development of software 

to create comics has made easy 

comics’ production possible. This has lead 

to increase demand for comics’ distribution 

and related services for consumers. 

Generally comic is defined as a series of 

frames. We have found out how comics are 

composed is diverse and its structure may 

include semantic information. In this paper, 

we discuss value in the comics’ structure 

information that based on frame partitioning. 

Applying Data Mining Techniques to 

Analyze Homeowner Mobility in the 

City of Chicago 

Presenter: Zahra Ferdowsi (DePaul 

University) 

This study uses data mining techniques 

to analyze migration trends of urban 

population within the city of Chicago, using 

mortgage transactions, property address 

and information, and mortgage amount. 

It focuses on 1) to characterize housing 

purchases according to social status of the 

neighborhoods where people moved to, 

or distance between communities, and 2) 

to evaluate significant factors such as size 

of the new house, and quality of public 

amenities. 

Approximate Bandwidth Allocation for 

Compositional Real-Time Systems 

Presenter: Farhana Dewan (Wayne State 

University) 

Bandwidth allocation among components 

is a fundamental problem in compositional 

real-time systems. State-of-the-art 

algorithms use either exponential-time or 

pseudo-polynomial-time techniques for 

exact allocation, or linear-time, utilizationbased 

techniques which over-provisions 

bandwidth. An important design objective 

of these systems is minimizing bandwidth 

allocated to each component while 

simultaneously guaranteeing component 

schedulability. To address this, we develop 

fully-polynomial-time approximation scheme 

for allocating bandwidth for sporadic 

tasksystems scheduled by fixed-priority upon 

Explicit-Deadline Periodic resource. 

Are Kids Health Websites Really 

Readable for Kids? 

Presenter: Taima Suid (Lisa Academy 

North) 

The poster describes the work of 

measuring the readability level of kids’ 

health-website using the Health Readability 

Assessment Toolkit (HRAT). The HRAT was 




used to measure the readability level of the 

kids health-websites identified by a number 

of search engines. Although, the recommendations 

is to maintain readability level of 6th 

grade for health information, the study finds 

that less than 37% of kids health-website 

are really readable for kids. 

Assembly Language Translator 

Presenter: Jingjing Ren (Santa Clara 

University) 

When learning a new assembly 

language, it is helpful for students 

to use a known assembly language as 

reference, since instruction sets of different 

computer architectures (Intel, MIPS, etc.) 

have distinct differences and similarities. 

This website can help students learn 

different instruction sets and processor 

methodologies by accepting assembly code 

of a known language, translating it into code 

of the new language, and showing the cycle 

count of each. 

Assisted Integration and 

Reconstruction of Large Scale 3D 

Models 

Presenter: Anna Topol (York University) 

Advancements in computer processing 

power and in image processing 

algorithms have increased the popularity 

of vision-based sensors as a means of 

obtaining 3D models of complex objects and 

environments. To obtain a single model of 

a large scale environment multiple smaller 

scans are collected that need to be merged 

together. We present an assisted alignment 

algorithm applied to model feature and 

transformation constraints interactively 

defined by the user. 

Association Mapping across 

Populations via Multi-Task Regression 

Presenter: Kriti Puniyani (Carnegie Mellon 

University) 

Association mapping is the problem of 

finding genotype markers associated 

with a given phenotype, eg. markers predic- 

tive of say, diabetes. Different populations 

may or may not have the same genetic 

causes for the phenotype. We propose a 

regression based framework that uses joint 

inference across multiple populations to find 

relevant associated markers for each population. 

We outperform existing methods on 

simulated data and the lactase-persistence 

phenotype on the WTCCC dataset. 

Automatic Generation of Language 

Quizzes for ESL Learners Based on 

Video Transcripts 

Presenter: Aoi Yoshida (Tsuda College) 

The rise of the Internet has enabled ESL 

learners to watch authentic videos in 

English more easily than before. Nonetheless, 

learning materials utilizing them 

are not enough since the development of 

them takes much cost and time. We have 

designed the algorithm that automatically 

generates multiple-choices based on video 

transcripts. By embedding this algorithm 

in COOLL, Tsuda College’s online learning 

system, learning materials can be efficiently 

provided for ESL learners. 

Automatic User Status Update in Closed 

Collaborative Environments 

Presenter: Abayomi King (University of 

Toronto) 

One of the most frequently sought after 

pieces of information among software 

developers is awareness about co-workers. 

Awareness enables team members to 

contact each other to gain information such 

as clarification about design decisions. 

Our work investigates how collaborative 

platforms can automatically glean user 

activity information in order to promote team 

awareness and support collaboration over 

distance. Specifically, we look at automatic 

status updates in collaborative software 

development environments. 

Body-based Interaction for Desktop 

Games 

Presenter: Mara G. Silva (Virginia 


We are investigating the benefits of 

adding body-based interaction to 

complement keyboard and mouse interaction 

in desktop gaming. We present a proofof-concept 

implementation of body-based 

navigation for the game World of Warcraft, 

a formative evaluation, and design considerations 

for this type of interaction. Our observations 

provide evidence that this approach 

can help players perform more tasks at the 

same time and can be attractive and helpful 

to new players. 

Brain Signals instead of Questions: 

Building an Adaptive/Interactive 

Mobile Learning System 

Presenter: Samah Gad (Virginia 


We present an approach for adapting 

learning materials in a mobile 

learning environment based on the user 

emotion. The emotion will be detected using 

an Electroencephalography (EEG) sensor. We 

describe in details our emotion detection 

approach and the adaptation technique used 

to adapt learning materials. Our hypothesis 

is that the proposed approach will improve 

the adaptation of e-learning materials in 

mobile learning environments. 

Bridging the Technology Gap: An 

Undergraduate Student Experience 

in Developing an Electronic Medical 

Record for Physician Volunteers 

Providing Care to the Economically 

Deprived in India 

Presenter: Arshia Khan (College of St. 

Scholastica) 

In spite of this tremendous growth in technology 

in India, the low income population 

does not benefit. Specialists on Wheels for 

the Economically Deprived (SOWED) is an 

organization which provides health care to 

the underprivileged and deprived areas in 




India. In an attempt to help SOWED, the 

Health information system and the computer 

information system departments have 

combined their efforts by bringing together 

students to develop an electronic medical 

record system. 

Building a Successful and Sustainable 

Training Outreach Program - Lessons 

Learned 

Presenter: Stephanie Garcia (New Mexico 


Young Women in Computing (YWIC) is 

an outreach program at New Mexico 

State University targeting middle and high 

school females. The goal is to introduce 

them to computer science in middle school 

and continue to give them options in CS 

all through high school, hopefully resulting 

in technology majors in university. YWIC 

also plans to help these students pursue 

their degrees by providing a student group, 

tutoring and job opportunities. 

Building the Computing Pipeline: 

Recognizing & Supporting Young 

Women Aspiring in Technology 

Presenter: Ruthe Farmer (National Center 

for Women & IT) 

Isolation is one of the biggest factors 

preventing young women from thriving 

in computing classes in high school and 

college. The NCWIT Award for Aspirations 

in Computing program identifies and 

connects these young women at a critical 

stage in their educational experience. Learn 

how to build a pipeline of young women into 

computing and IT in your community utilizing 

a national program model and toolkit 

developed by NCWIT. 

Career Transitions: Business to 

Education 

Presenter: Deborah Hughes (Lyndon State 

College) 

Have you considered making the transition 

from business to education? This 

poster presentation considers important 

aspects of each profession and explores 

factors to reflect on before choosing. It will 

assist you in examining your strengths and 

skills to determine if they are applicable 

to education. Also, this investigation will 

identify and explore possible career paths. 

Finally, guidelines will be provided for the 

successful transition to a new and fulfilling 

career. 

CBEAR : A New Energy Aware Routing 

Algorithm 

Presenter: Komal Jalan (Indian Institute of 

Technology Guqahati) 

CBEAR is a power-aware routing 

algorithm for non-mobile sparse 

wireless network in rural areas where 

power supply is a problem. This algorithm is 

oriented towards maintaining connectivity 

of the network. Matrix manipulations on the 

graph are used to find the contribution of 

each node to connectivity which is used as a 

routing metric. The residual battery capacity 

of each node is also taken into account 

during routing. 

Cellular Automaton Model of Solid 

Tumour Growth 

Presenter: Jenna Cameron (University of 

Western Ontario) 

Solid mass tumours consist of mutated 

cells exhibiting uncontrolled growth and 

lack of correct response to signals. Cellular 

automaton (CA) models involve individual 

units that operate independently similar 

to cancerous cells. The CA model being 

presented models the growth of solid mass 

tumours from the avascular growth phase to 

the vascular growth phase and metastasis, 

using partial differential equations representing 

the environment. The model tests 

the efficacy of brachytherapy. 

Cloud Computing - Collaborative 

Technology 

Presenter: Sowmya Vijayalakshmi (IBM 

India Private Ltd) 

The research and development in the field 

of collaborative technologies shows 

phenomenal impact. One of the very popular 

technology in the current age is cloud 

computing. Adopting cloud computing has 

a very powerful and potential impact and 

Indeed cloud computing would work well 

in reducing cost, managing resources and 

being eco-friendly. This technical presentation 

will focus on architecture & collaborative 

capabilities of cloud computing & how 

this technology is extremely beneficial. 

Collaboration Through Pair 

Programming 

Presenter: Kera Watkins (Georgia 

Southern University) 

Research has indicated that pair programming 

improves student retention. When 

students pair program, they are happier and 

they perform at least as well or better than 

solo programming students. Informal peer 

mentoring and increased student communication 

is developed. 

Collaborative Spam Detection for 

Mobile Phone Text Messages 

Presenter: Padmavathy Murthy 

(Symantec) 

This antispam solution helps curb spam 

in text messages using a crowdsourcing 

approach. We intend to provide smartphone 

users with a special application that allows 

them to report text messages as spam, 

and look up the rating of a text message, 

as determined by the crowd. To minimize 

false positives and negatives, we maintain a 

“Reliability Quotient” for each participating 

user, rewarding or penalizing them based on 

the reporting accuracy. 




College Brand Project and Career 

Education for Women at Toyama 

National College of Technology in 

Japan 

Presenter: Saori Takamatsu (Toyama 

National College of Technology) 

Toyama National College of Technology 

has been making significant contributions 

to the development of regional 

industry, however TNCT or “Kosen” is not 

always recognized. In our “Kosen Brand 

Project”, we sought to increase our college’s 

awareness by focusing on our women 

researchers and engineers. The students 

involved received a career education 

through project-based learning within the 

community. The publicity gained should 

attract both students and employers to the 

“Kosen Brand”. 

Comparison Between the Use of 

Whole-Body and Essential Actuators in 

Motion Indexing Techniques 

Presenter: Harnish Bhatia (University of 


Motion capture (mocap) is a way to 

represent temporal structure of 

human motion digitally. Motion is generally 

captured in long sequences but stored in 

small segments and annotated to have fast 

retrieval. My research is based on comparing 

different ways of motion data segmentation 

and indexing and propose improvements 

on these techniques. Three different 

existing types of techniques are designed, 

implemented and evaluated and methods to 

improve these algorithms are explored. 

Computational Framework for 

Controlled F-actin Stained Confocal 

Microscopy Image Simulation 

Presenter: Chi Cui (University of Maryland, 

College Park) 

The validation of image analysis methods 

used in automated image cytometry has 

become an important topic. Image generation 

by experiments could not guarantee 

a test set of all the possible cases while 

obtaining the ground truth from human 

inspection is very time consuming and 

questionable for human bias. In this poster 

we propose a computational framework for 

generating synthesized confocal microscopy 

images with Factin structures highlighted by 

Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP). 

Computer Science Unplugged: A Tool 

for Outreach 

Presenter: Lynn Lambert (Christopher 

Newport University) 

You’ve been asked to talk to a group 

about Computer Science, but how 

can you ensure that the talk is engaging? 

This poster discusses Computer Science 

Unplugged, a set of kinesthetic, fun 

activities by Tim Bell, Ian Witten and Mike 

Fellows. csunplugged.org covers core areas 

of Computer Science without using any technology. 

Activities include error detection, 

searching, networks and routing, and how 

binary numbers represent characters, FAXes, 

and images. 

CVM: A Simple Tool for Creation and 

Management of Virtual Machines in 

Condor 

Presenter: Pramita Mitra (University of 

Notre Dame) 

Virtual Machine (VM) is highly relevant 

in High Throughput Computing (HTC) 

resources such as Condor because (1) it 

may be necessary to precisely reproduce an 

execution environment, and (2) it is useful 

to be able to enforce isolation between 

multiple users sharing the same hardware. 

This technical poster proposes a simple tool 

called Condor-VM (CVM), which enables 

the HTC users to create, display, save and 

destroy a VM in Condor. 

Data Collection in Social Semantic 

Web 

Presenter: Pinar Yanardag (Bogazici 

University) 

We have several identities on the web 

showing different aspects of our life 

such as our profession, our interests and 

our social life. This project aims to collect 

personal information from Twitter, Flickr, 

Del.icio.us, Last.FM, Youtube, Friendfeed 

web sites and make it observable by one 

account in addition to converting all these 

collected data in RDF (Resource Description 

Framework) and FOAF format. 

Decision Strategies for Agents in the 

RoboCup Rescue Simulation 

Presenter: Maitreyi Nanjanath (University 


We describe our police, ambulance, and 

fire brigade agents in the RoboCup 

Rescue Simulation. Agents have to rescue 

civilians and extinguish fires in an earthquake-hit 

city. Limited communications and 

uncertainty in road accessibility and civilians 

locations hampers the process. We study 

the effectiveness of our algorithms to clear 

blockades, estimate civilian locations and 

rescue them, and extinguish fires in minimal 

time. We compare their performance with 

agents from other teams. 

deGendering Games: Towards the 

Development of a Gender-Inclusivity 

Framework (GIF) 

Presenter: Roziana Ibrahim (Learning 

Societies Lab) 

Despite the dramatic growth in gender 

and games research, many challenges 

remain in designing a more gender-inclusive 

game. This research addresses some 

problems relating to gender-inclusivity 

in games. A framework was proposed to 

provide a theoretical context and scope 

about gender-inclusivity in games. The 

framework defines gender-inclusivity in 

three components: (1) genre, indicates the 

type of game, (2) gameplay, describes the 

game behaviour and, (2) content, describes 

the game content. 




Design of Spintronic Logic In Cache 

Using Magnetic Tunnel Junctions 

Presenter: Shruti Patil (University of 

Minnesota) 

Advances in the emerging field of 

spintronics have enabled non-volatile 

spintronics-based memory devices to 

perform logic operations. Their unique properties 

make it challenging to develop logic 

in memory circuits. We present the design 

of a Spintronic logic in cache (SLIC) unit 

that can both store operands and perform 

logic operations on them. By simulating a 

computing system with a SLIC unit, we show 

its performance potential as data scales. 

Diffusion with a State Dependent 

Diffusion Coefficient 

Presenter: Nicole M. Jinn (University of 

British Columbia) 

Diffusion is a time-dependent process 

arising from deterministic trajectories 

appearing to be random. The domain we 

are working with is rectangular. We use 

molecular dynamics to study diffusion. 

Two contrary theoretical predictions of the 

motion of the diffusing particle are available. 

The first prediction uses Brownian motion, 

a continuous-time stochastic process. 

The second prediction is from statistical 

mechanics. In conducting a numerical simulation, 

we validated the second prediction. 

Dissecting Spam: Analyzing Spam 

Through the Use of Data Mining 

Presenter: Sarah E. Turner (University of 


Spam is a rapidly growing industry that 

is responsible for an estimated $22 

billion dollars in losses every year (3). Spam 

composes 97% of emails (2), and offers a 

myriad of research opportunities due to the 

overlap between spam and other forms of 

cybercrime. At The University of Alabama 

at Birmingham, we work to gain a better 

understanding of spamming trends in order 

to reduce the effectiveness of spam. 

Domain Adaptation for Summarization 

of Conversations 

Presenter: Oana Sandu (University of British 

Columbia) 

We are investigating improving summarization 

of conversations through 

domain adaptation: specifically, we attempt 

to leverage the labeled data available in 

the meetings domain in the summarization 

of email threads. We compare several 

approaches to supervised domain adaptation 

using out-of-domain labeled data, and 

also try to use unlabeled data in the target 

domain through semi-supervised domain 

adaptation. We identify methods that are 

promising for our task. 

Ebook Usability Study 

Presenter: Ann-Marie Horcher (Nova 

Southeastern University) 

This study compares the usability of two 

e-book readers, the B&N Nook and the 

Amazon Kindle. The subjects performed 

tasks typical of a reader selecting, acquiring, 

reading and navigating a book. The success 

in performing the tasks, and their perception 

of the difficulty was measured. The 

comments of the subjects about the tasks 

reveals usability issues inherent in the 

e-book technology, usability issues related to 

gender, age, and physical capabilities. 

Effective and Adaptive High-Level 

Context Reasoning 

Presenter: Bridget Beamon (University of 


research problem in the area of context- 

A aware computing is adaptive and 

effective high-level context reasoning. Effectiveness 

refers to the suitability of reasoning 

methodology for efficiently reasoning and 

representing the heterogeneous characteristics 

of context. Adaptive reasoning aides in 

optimizing context quality and maintaining 

quality in the face of dynamic resource availability, 

degrading reasoning performance 

and evolving requirements. This research 

proposes enabling solutions for adaptive and 

effective reasoning. 

Energy Efficient Data Management for 

Internet 

Presenter: Shweta Shandilya (IBM) 

World Wide Web (WWW) and Internet 

have changed every facet of our life 

starting from the morning newspapers, daily 

traffic, communication to socialization. The 

data on the WWW has been growing exponentially 

in the last decade thus requiring 

more space and money to maintain this data 

in the Data Centers which in turn leading to 

increase in Energy Consumption. This paper 

provides an analysis on state of art that 

exists today. 

Enhancing Early Childhood Education 

with Computer Science Curriculum 

Presenter: Michelle Datoc (Virginia 


Technology has become an indispensable 

tool for enriching early education. 

MyVICE strives to deliver an engaging curriculum 

to guide children in creating animated 

shorts while learning basic programming 

concepts. Some children dismiss technical 

fields because it is not seen as “cool.” By 

exposing children in early education to the 

curriculum, MyVICE hopes children choose 

their future careers for the right reasons 

instead of basing their decisions on what is 

“cool.” 

Enhancing Trust in Grid Computing 

Environments 

Presenter: Shashi Bhanwar (Thapar 

University) 

Grid computing scenario throws challenges 

for unknown users to utilize 

services from service providers not known 

in advance. Therefore, trust and reputation 

models play a significant role in such 

open markets. In this paper TUX-TMS: an 

extensible reputation based Trust Management 

System is presented for enhancing 

trust in grid systems, wherein trust is build 

by utilizing community based feedback 

about past experiences with a domain which 

further, helps in making recommendation 

and judgment. 




Estimating the Difficulty Level of Videos 

for ESL Learners 

Presenter: Kae Nakaya (Tokyo Institute of 

Technology) 

Nowadays, learners of English as a 

Second Language (ESL) have a large 

amount of potential learning videos; many 

of which are without the difficulty level. It 

is difficult for them to find an English video 

resource matched to their abilities. We 

propose an algorithm for estimating the difficulty 

level of videos for ESL learners based 

on the analysis on text, sound and images of 

the video. 

Evaluating CS Unplugged Activities and 

High School Programming I Students 

Presenter: Yvon Feaster (Clemson 

University) 

There is a decline in enrollment in the 

field of Computer Science (CS) while 

at the same time the number of CS jobs is 

increasing. For this reason, it is imperative 

that students become engaged in learning 

activities that motivate them to consider 

CS as a career. We present research that 

evaluates the effectiveness of CS Unplugged 

activities on high school students’ attitudes 

and views of CS as a career. 

Evolution of the Clusters for Time- 

Series Data 

Presenter: Seniha Esen Yuksel (University 

of Florida) 

For time series data, most Hidden Markov 

Model (HMM) based classification 

methods learn a single model per class; 

however, often times the data is generated 

by more than one model, which requires 

clustering. Time series clustering is hard due 

to the high dimensionality and the temporal 

patterns. In this study, we are proposing a 

novel probabilistic framework to simultaneously 

cluster and classify time series data; 

while providing statistically interpretable 

results. 

Exploring Computer Science Gender 

Parity through Research in Afghanistan 

Presenter: Jandelyn D. Plane (University 

of Maryland, College Park) 

Collaborate Across Boundaries and learn 

about women in computer science 

education by exploring research conducted 

in Afghanistan. In 2006-2007, the years 

of the study, Kabul University’s Computer 

Science Department had a percentage 

of women higher than the percentage of 

women in the university as a whole. This 

presentation will report on data collected 

through focus groups, surveys and interviews 

that all explored many characteristics 

thought to thwart gender parity. 

Extending OSPF for Mobile Ad-Hoc 

Networks 

Presenter: Katherine E. Isaacs (San José 


mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) is a 

A self-organizing set of wireless devices. 

Extending the popular Open Shortest Path 

First (OSPF) routing protocol for MANET 

allows mobile devices and their data 

traffic to travel between mobile and wired 

networks. Existing extensions reduce control 

traffic flooding by limiting the network 

through which such flooding occurs. Our 

extension further reduces flooding by 

changing the scope and timing of control 

messages sent. 

Faster than the Stereotypes: 

Involving Girls in Computer Science at 

a Young Age 

Presenter: Gordon Campbell (Columbia 

Teachers College) 

Women are typically encouraged to 

explore Computer Science at the 

collegiate level, but by this time many 

women are already behind the curve. 

Existing research shows that stereotypes 

about male superiority in Science achieve an 

irreversible prominence by the end of high 

school, thus inhibiting the development of 

women as Computer Scientists. This poster 

explores when gender biases initially form 

and when they later ossify. 

Feedback: How to Give It, Get It, and 

Benefit From It Across Boundaries 

Presenter: Lynda Grindstaff (Intel) 

It’s never easy to give someone feedback, 

and it’s uncomfortable receiving feedback. 

It may be easier if they are in your direct 

chain of command, but what if they are 

your peer, a volunteer, or located on the 

other side of the globe? Come view this 

poster presentation where you will learn 

how to deliver feedback effectively and use 

feedback to help achieve the success you 

deserve. 

From Steam Technology to Quantum 

Computation via LEGOs 

Presenter: Kaori Ishizaki (Keio University) 

The digital computer’s improvement may 

will stagnate in several years, because 

of thermodynamic problems and the 

difficulty of managing the quantum effects 

brought on by the Moore’s Law. Reversible 

computing can avoid thermodynamic 

problems, and is also indispensable for the 

development of quantum computers. My 

goal is to make a model, the LEGO Reversible 

Difference Engine, which can introduce 

the process of reversible computing to those 

unfamiliar with the concept. 

Futuristic Social Collaboration in 3D 

Tele-Immersive World 

Presenter: Pooja Agarwal (University of 

Illinois at Urbana Champaign) 

With the emergence of awareness 

among users, multimedia systems 

have gained immense popularity. An 

innovative system in this area is the 3D Tele- 

Immersive System where remote participants 

collaborate in a virtual environment 

for performing exciting activities. TEEVE is 

an example of a live 3DTI system providing 

capabilities like remote gaming, remote 

therapy and remote dancing. We present the 

current Tele-Immersive technology, research 

challenges and future advances in context 

of TEEVE. 




Girls, Games, and Getting to the First 

Day 

Presenter: Gillian Smith (University of 

California at Santa Cruz) 

Middle and high school education is 

crucial in shaping girls’ perceptions 

of computing. Game design challenges 

misconceptions about computing and 

introduces computational thinking, but may 

be unappealing to some girls. This poster 

overviews the effectiveness of game design 

for increasing girls’ interest in computing, 

compares several languages for teaching 

young students, and shares experiences 

with mixed versus single-gender groups. 

Giving Students Automatic Feedback 

on Java Program Design 

Presenter: Hannah Blau (University of 


This research will partially automate the 

process of giving students feedback 

on the design of their Java programs. My 

goal is to diagnose silent design flaws that 

produce no compile-time or runtime errors, 

no incorrect output. These flaws include 

inappropriate subclassing, a constructor that 

runs the entire program, instance variables 

that should have been local variables. These 

mistakes are characteristic of programmers 

who have not yet assimilated the objectoriented 

idiom. 

Global Social Entrepreneurship 

Presenter: Grace (Ge) Wang (University of 

California, San Diego) 

We will discuss some of our experiences 

in the past year as we 

transitioned TIES, an experiential learning 

program at UCSD, to a program that focuses 

on establishing collaborations on a global 

scale. We will discuss some of our current 

projects and collaborations, highlight some 

of our accomplishments in the past year, and 

some of the challenges that we encountered 

in the course of our transition. 

Graph Based Mining On Weighted 

Directed Graphs 

Presenter: Sijin Abdulkarim (Indiana 

University - Purdue University 

Indianapolis) 

Weighted and directed graphs are highly 

significant in biological networks. 

A novel sub-network mining algorithm 

was developed to find the most significant 

pathways from a weighted directed network. 

A biological problem associated with Limb 

regeneration was used to evaluate the 

performance of the algorithm. The subnetworks 

those are obtained were further 

validated using the canonical pathways 

found from the literature. 

Grid Infrastructure Based Forensic 

Analysis for Combating Global 

Terrorism 

Presenter: Jyotsana Sharma (Thapar 

University) 

Today, every nation relies on interconnected 

computer systems. The access 

to information networks via the Internet 

enables even small terrorist outfits to wreak 

disaster. Forensic analysis of network 

traffic can prove useful in detecting and 

preventing such terrorist attacks, but the 

archiving and analysis is highly resource 

intensive. Successful implementation of 

grid computing to various computationally 

intensive scientific and academic problems 

has encouraged us to attempt the application 

of grid computing to the terrorism 

problem. 

GUANYIN: A Cloud Computing 

Infrastructure for Perpetual Checking of 

Deployed Software 

Presenter: Yunling Wang (Columbia 

University) 

Thorough checking of a software product 

is now hampered by the ability to detect 

all defects (bugs) during the pre-deployment 

phases. We propose to build GUANYIN, 

the first large-scale distributed software 

reliability infrastructure. GUANYIN can 

drive software into a variety of states by 

performing live checking to capture real 

software states triggered by large number 

of end-users. It also leverages idle resources 

to provide huge computing power for the 

checking. 

Hero In Vein 

Presenter: Karen Gragg (Harvey Mudd 

College) 

Hero In Vein is an overhead shooter 

meant to educate and raise awareness 

about how HIV/AIDS is spread within the 

body. In this game, the player is a B cell 

who must help protect its host body from an 

assault by HIV/AIDS. The ultimate goal is to 

repress HIV/AIDS into its latency stage, so 

that the afflicted individual can live a long 

and happy life. 

High Performance LINPACK on 

Graphics Processing Units 

Presenter: Priyanka Agrawal (National 

Institute of Technology Surat) 

High-Performance LINPACK Benchmark 

is used as a performance measure 

for ranking supercomputers in the TOP500 

list. We study Graphics Processing Units 

as an approach for efficient execution of 

HPL. The results of our study indicate that 

HPL involves large amount of data transfer 

between CPU and GPU and thus GPU parallelism 

cannot be fully exploited. Here, we 

propose some optimizations to reduce data 

transfers and achieve maximum speedup of 

HPL. 

How “Birds of a Feather Flock 

Together” on Online Social Spaces 

Presenter: Munmun De Choudhury 

(Arizona State University) 

Over several decades, social scientists 

have been interested in the idea 

that “similarity breeds connection” i.e. 

“homophily”. Homophily structures the 

ego-networks of individuals and is therefore 




likely to effect the mechanisms in which 

information propagates. We investigate the 

interplay between homophily along user 

attributes and information diffusion process 

on social media. Our experiments conducted 

on a large Twitter dataset indicate that 

homophily based prediction is able to 

quantify actual diffusion characteristics and 

external trends significantly. 

How Human Characteristics Effect 

Music Annotations: An Experiment 

Presenter: Feyza Seda Yilmaz (Istanbul 

Bilgi University) 

Since image annotation games have a 

great success, lots of music annotation 

games are designed. Reasoning eye and 

ear are fairly different in both function and 

behavior. This paper claims tagging sound 

clips is not as easy as tagging images, for 

most of the people. Analyzing the data 

collected from people with/without musicbackground 

and different tastes in music 

may offer some regulations for filtering and 

evaluating tags. 

How to Attract Students to Computing? 

Presenter: Barbara Ericson (Georgia 


In this poster we provide details on efforts 

at the Institute for Computing Education 

(ICE) at Georgia Tech to attract more 

4th-12th grade students especially more 

females and underrepresented minorities, 

to computing and the effectiveness of these 

efforts. Georgia Tech has tried a large variety 

of approaches in one-week computing 

summer camps and four -hour workshops 

including: LEGO robots, PicoCrickets, 

Scratch, Alice, Media Computation, IPRE 

robots, and Pleo robots. 

I Don’t Necessarily Trust My Childcare: 

Securing Electronic & Physical 

Personal Information 

Presenter: Laurian Vega (Virginia 


need exists in HCI to study how issues 

A of trust and privacy can and do affect 

the ad hoc negotiation of security rules and 

how they are managed in actual practice. 

For my dissertation I present data from pilot 

interviews and observations to examine the 

physical and electronic security practices of 

childcares and medical offices. I propose to 

study the policy breakdowns that affect the 

security of personal information. 

Identification of Interacting Proteins 

Presenter: Roshna Agarwal (Purdue 

University) 

Protein-protein docking is essential in 

living organisms for carrying out several 

biological processes, and occurs via attachment 

of proteins at docking sites. Our goal 

is to develop a faster computational method 

for predicting docking sites than current 

methods allow, such as Z-DOCK, which 

can take up to few hours for a single pair 

of proteins. Our method quickly searches 

surface shape complementarity of many 

proteins to predict potential docking sites. 

Imagine Cup Game Design Competition 

– Altair 

Presenter: Hope Whitney-Monical 

(Scripps College) 

Our project is to design and create a 

game for the Microsoft Imagine Cup 

competition, focusing on the theme of using 

technology to address the U.N. Millennium 

Goals. In order to progress through Altair, the 

player must invest in technological research 

and human capital development in three 

different areas. Every stage incorporates 

realistic technology to demonstrate how 

technological developments can bring the 

world closer to achieving the U.N. Millennium 

Goals. 

Impact of Soft Errors in Scientific 

Applications 

Presenter: Sowmyalatha Srinivasmurthy 


The increase in transistor density on the 

chip facilitates higher performance, but 

leads to higher susceptibility to soft-errors. 

A majority of applications executed on 

super computers are long running scientific 

applications now threatened by soft-errors. 

Hence understanding their vulnerability to 

soft-errors is critical. We investigate the 

impact of soft-errors on the performance of 

scientific applications especially in iterative 

solvers and suggest performance and poweraware 

methods to reduce their effect. 

Increasing Interest in Computing 

Through a Robot Based Educational 

Platform 

Presenter: Stefanie A. Markham (Georgia 


An active learning strategy using personal 

robots in computer science was used 

to create more participation and interest in 

computing. The benefits of using robots are 

discussed and the approach is compared to 

a traditional approach. Results of this study 

demonstrate a significant increase in student 

interest. Female enrollment in computer 

science remains extremely low. Assignments 

were gender neutral. Gender bias 

remains an important issue when designing 

computer science curricula. 

Inferring Isomorphic Sub-graphs from 

Multiple Cancer Protein Interaction 

Networks 

Presenter: Ru Shen (University at Albany, 

State University of New York) 

Protein interaction networks carry vital 

and embedded information about 

protein’s functions. We compared the 

protein interaction networks of different 

cancer diseases to identify their common 

and distinct functional modules. We identified 

the overlapping sub-networks first. Then 

we determine the connected components 

which are the identical common sub-graphs. 

These sub-graphs were expanded by using 

similar nodes matching. We believe that this 

work would allow us to identify functionallyrelevant 

sub-graphs in cancer networks. 




Integrating and Querying a Web of 

Hybrid Data Using Wikitology 

Presenter: Zareen S. Syed (University of 

Maryland, Baltimore County) 

The Web is mixture of interwoven 

networks of hybrid data such as free 

text, links, media, tables, triples etc. There 

is a need for new approaches for integrating 

information from heterogeneous sources 

and in heterogeneous representations. 

Through the development of Wikitology 

knowledge base derived from Wikipedia, 

we demonstrate a novel architecture for 

integrating structured and un-structured data 

and provide an integrated query interface to 

applications. 

Intrusion Detection System Using 

Support Vector Machine 

Presenter: Meenakshi Amirtharaj (Amrita 

Vishwa Vidyapeetham) 

Nowadays the need to classify legitimate 

users and intruders is of high priority. 

Support Vector Machines (SVM) is used for 

classification. Proximal SVM gives a wider 

margin by pushing the data points as far 

as possible, yielding better classification. 

Reduced SVM reduces the data set size and 

uses it for training, leading to less training 

time. Therefore the data set is reduced and 

feed into ProximalSVM. Feature selection is 

preformed. Efficient and faster classification 

is obtained. 

It Does What and It’s Shipping When!? 

Testing in an Experimental Environment 

Presenter: Lilia Paradis (Microsoft Live 

Labs) 

Testing for Microsoft Live Labs presents 

unique challenges. The Live Labs ethos 

involves experimentation on a small scale, 

taking place during quarterly innovation 

weeks. Whether and when to ship the 

projects that arise from experimentation is 

decided democratically. 

This poster describes the test problems 

and questions existing in Live Labs and the 

heuristics that our testers use to turn around 

quickly on the next cool thing. 

JCinema: Software for Producing 

Photorealistic Renderings of 

Biomechanical Simulations 

Presenter: Spiridoula Lagaditis (University 

of British Columbia) 

My research focused on developing 3D 

visualization tools for software that 

works as a bridge between a biomechanical 

simulator and an open source rendering 

engine to produce high-quality output. I 

developed a UI that produces the system in 

3D given a large data-set generated by the 

simulator which describes how the model 

interacts in a physical environment. The UI 

allows for user control and ease for further 

investigation. 

Jesus and the Jimson Weed - How Do 

We Derive Meaning from Tags, Text, 

and Queries to Support Improved Image 

Access? 

Presenter: Irene Eleta (University of 

Maryland, College Park) 

Accessing images from on-line digital art 

collections remains challenging because 

traditional text-based search techniques are 

inadequate. Social tagging is a promising 

strategy for improving image retrieval in 

such collections. This poster examines 

how four areas of research - multi-lingual 

tagging, subject categorization of tags 

and queries, multi-word tags and terms, 

and behavioral approach to understanding 

search - shed light on this problem. 

Just a Spoonful of Sugar: Mitigating the 

Effects of Technology Change 

Presenter: Beverly Magda (Georgetown 

University) 

Because of a White House mandate 

for electronic health records by 2014, 

many hospitals are experiencing technology 

change at a fast pace. Technology projects 

notoriously have high failure rates and 

research has shown the top reasons why 

is not because of the technology itself, but 

because of human elements. This research 

examined benefits and application of leadership 

support, communication, training, and 

end-user involvement in hospital emergency 

departments implementing electronic 

healthcare records. 

Land Cover Change Detection Using 

Data Mining 

Presenter: Vasudha Mithal (Indian 

Institute of Technology, Kanpur) 

The land-cover-change-detection problem 

is one of detecting when the land cover 

at a given location has been converted from 

one type to another. 

The data used in this problem is the 

timeseries of FPAR(spectral measure of 

the amount of vegetation) for different 

geographical locations. The idea is to 

develop algorithms which take advantage 

of the inherent characteristics of spatiotemporal 

data and are scalable i.e. suitable 

for high-resolution earth science datasets. 

Language Detection Using Hidden 

Markov Models - Optimized Algorithm 

for Wikipedia Pages 

Presenter: Rajitha Rani Satharla 

(Autozone) 

We intend to solve the problem of 

language detection -determining 

if given text is in a particular language or 

not. We designed and implemented an 

algorithm that can extract Wikipedia pages 

of a given language, parse the HTML to 

retrieve content of that particular language. 

While automatically filtering out unnecessary 

and redundant content, and Model that 

language as a hidden Markov model for easy 

detection using an optimized algorithm that 

works with bigrams. 




Learning Anywhere? 

Presenter: Olutayo Boyinbode (University 

of Cape Town) 

Ubiquitous Computing is a brand – 

new and human centered computing 

paradigm, which is seamlessly embedded 

into every fabric of our lives. Ubiquitous 

learning also called U-learning is based on 

ubiquitous technology. 

The most important and complete role 

of Ubiquitous computing technology in 

U-learning is to construct a ubiquitous 

learning environment, where any woman 

is able to learn at anyplace and anytime. 

African Women can be empowered through 

U-learning. 

LEMON: A Cheap and Accurate Indoor 

Localization Technique 

Presenter: Israat Tanzeena Haque 

(University of Alberta) 

Indoor localization is a challenging problem 

due to the unavailability of GPS under 

the roof. One solution to such localization 

problem is to use RF-based profiling. 

With profiling, the problem of localization 

boils down to data mining in a database 

of profiled samples and then averaging 

the coordinates of best-matched samples 

into an approximate location. We propose 

a novel profiling-based indoor localization 

scheme dubbed LEMON, which offers high 

accuracy but simple and inexpensive. 

Lessons Learned in Selecting, 

Developing, and Assessing Outreach 

Curriculum for Middle School Girls 

Presenter: Nannette Napier (Georgia 

Gwinnett College) 

This poster will provide insights from 

multiple perspectives on appropriate 

outreach to middle school girls, relative to 

existing resources. Some of us share years 

of experience with camps and workshops 

with many resources at our disposal. While 

others are starting from “Scratch” at a new 

college with no existing programs. We share 

strategies for selecting, designing, and 

assessing curriculum and provide concrete 

examples of effective programs for middle 

school outreach. 

Measuring the Value of Enterprise 

Architecture - A Metrics Driven 

Approach 

Presenter: Manasa Basavaraju 


Enterprise Architecture (EA) is increasingly 

being adopted by large enterprises these 

days. Yet the research related to its value 

measurement is very limited. This research 

attempts to investigate the current state of 

EA value measurement in organizations and 

measurement techniques. Here we extend a 

well known measurement technique called 

Goal-Question-Metric to EA by adding new 

features and propose a conceptual model 

which organizations can utilize to evaluate 

their EA program efforts. 

Metadata Annotation Support System 

Using Blogs and Personal LifeLogs 

Presenter: Airi Sonehara (Tsuda College) 

“Lifelogging” refers to creating records 

of individuals’ life experiences. Recent 

progress of storage technology and 

wearable devices has made lifelogging 

much easier. In addition, consumers can shift 

their focus away from taking pictures and 

focus on reusing content. Nonetheless, it is 

time-consuming to find pictures from huge 

multimedia data collections. Efficient search 

environments can be created by using 

personal lifelogs. We propose a metadata 

annotation system to support multimedia 

content reuse. 

Methyalted DNA Sequence Alignment 

Presenter: M. Elizabeth O. Locke 

(University of Western Ontario) 

In bioinformatics, comparing biological 

sequences is fundamental to research. 

However, DNA methylation of the sequence 

at specific sites can affect sequence regulation 

and function between species, tissues, 

and disease states. 

To compare these annotated sequences 

efficiently and meaningfully, we augment 

traditional dynamic programming alignment 

algorithms and incorporate methylation 

profiles directly. This approach could further 

biological study and enable effective 

searches through very large databases 

required for methylated DNA sequence data. 

Mobile Collaboration - “Base of the 

Pyramid” Phones with Implications for 

Emerging Geographies 

Presenter: Kiran Grover (IBM India Private 

Ltd.) 

With increase in mobile penetration 

across the globe, mobile-phones have 

become important mean for collaboration. 

Mobile-Collaboration can be of great help to 

uplift people living at Base of Pyramid(BoP). 

It can help to raise people socially and 

economically. This presentation will focus on 

BoP in Rural Indian market, their requirements 

and how Mobile-Collaboration can 

help. This will also discuss technological 

tailoring required in mobile hand-sets to 

fulfill the demands. 

Modeling the Distribution of Mouse 

Mediated Responses 

Presenter: Maria Vicente Bonto-Kane 

(North Carolina State University) 

HCI methods rely on KLM GOMS and 

Fitts’s Law models to predict mouse 

movement times for accessing icons on 

an interface. Current models, however, 

generate single point estimates. This 

research presents methods using distribution 

modeling. The lognormal model along 

with empirically derived parameters helped 

in distribution modeling of response times 

and offered not only confidence intervals but 

also quantiles for predicting performance 

boundaries of users. 




Modeling-based Evaluation of Mobile 

Collaborative Software 

Presenter: Valeria Herskovic (University 

of Chile) 

Mobile collaborative systems that 

support groupwork are complex 

and expensive. Their success depends 

on several factors, such as the group’s 

characteristics and existing collaboration 

processes. Therefore, evaluation of this type 

of system is important. This work proposes 

a modeling-based evaluation method for 

mobile collaborative software that consists 

of two steps: creating a graph to describe 

the collaboration process, and generating a 

checklist of collaborative requirements the 

software should support. 

Mutually Beneficial Networking 

Recommendations 

Presenter: Jessica A. Enright (University 

of Alberta) 

Networking tools like the CONNECT 

project store information on and make 

recommendations to participants at events. 

In the past, tools of this sort have made 

category recommendations. 

I propose a system that recommends 

particular individuals that a participant 

should seek out for networking opportunities, 

but only makes recommendations that 

are likely to be mutually beneficial. This 

benefit is calculated based on overlap rather 

than intersection of interests. 

On the Effect of Varying the Restart 

Parameter of GMRES(m) 

Presenter: Lisa M. Peairs (Pomona 

College) 

GMRES(m) is a popular iterative method 

for solving large, sparse linear systems 

of equations. The choice of m governs both 

the space used by and the convergence 

behavior of the solver; changing m as the 

solve progresses can be beneficial. We 

demonstrate that randomly switching 

between two m-values yields convergence 

similar to the better value’s convergence. 

We then compare ways of using reinforcement-learning 

to adapatively choose m. 

On the Practicality of Constraint 

Presenter: Shubhra Datta (University of 

Texas at El Paso) 

Verification and validation are two 

components of the software engineering 

process critical to achieve reliability. These 

expensive and difficult tasks can account for 

up to 50% of the cost of software development. 

Recently constraint programming 

techniques have been used in software verification 

and applied to automatically generating 

test cases. However, problems arise 

with floating-point programs. My research 

aims are improving the CP approach and 

releasing it as a tool. 

Open Source for Accessibility: Usable 

3D Printing for Supporting Blind 

Students in Computer Science 

Presenter: Sara M. Doan (Allegheny 

College) 

Our work explores the process of 

transforming 2-dimensional images 

into 3-dimensional models. The goal is to 

support blind students of computing in the 

reading of diagrammatic parts of their texts. 

Specifically, we aim to develop (through 

user-centered design processes) open source 

software that can take a 2-dimensional 

drawing and turn it into a 3-dimensional 

model that can be printed on the Makerbot 

Cupcake CNC, a low-cost, open platform for 

3D printing. 

OPM: How to Get the Funding You Need 

to Do the Work You Love 

Presenter: Jessica Dickinson Goodman 

(Carnegie Mellon University) 

Whether a travel grant to present at a 

conference, a nationally competitive 

scholarship, or a few hundred dollars for 

printing costs, applying for Other People’s 

Money (OPM) is a necessary evil for women 

in computing. This poster is informed by the 

experiences of institutional grant distribu- 

tors and successful grant-seekers and will 

unveil the grant application process to help 

attendees gain the knowledge they need to 

get the funding they need. 

Outreach to Inspire Girls in Technology: 

Learning from a Collaboration that 

Works 

Presenter: Jeri Countryman (Techbridge) 

This poster brings together the expertise 

of Techbridge and Yahoo! that have 

successfully collaborated and introduced 

girls to the possibilities of technology. The 

poster will highlight best practices and 

hands-on activities focused on computer 

science. Included is a resource toolkit which 

includes sample icebreakers and hands-on 

activities, questions to promote conversations 

between students and role models, 

sample handouts and agendas, and more to 

make outreach effective and engaging. 

Parallel and Distributed Simulations 

of “Molecules to Materials”: 

Collaborating Across Sciences 

Presenter: Kriti Sharma (Jawaharlal 

Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific 

Research and Arya College of Engineering 

and I.T., India) 

This work explains a new direction 

for understanding the physical and 

chemical phenomenon of complex systems 

by collaboration with advanced computational 

techniques of parallel and distributed 

simulations. The systems of interest include 

molecules, clusters, solids, polymers and 

biomaterials in isolated forms or their 

variants. The microscopic structural properties 

like spin, orbital, charge and molecular/ 

lattice degrees of freedom are calculated 

and applications are thus designed for 

transport, optical, magnetic, electrical and 

mechanical properties. 




Partnering with the NCWIT Academic 

Alliance to Attract and Retain Women 

in Computing: Real Programs for Real 

Progress 

Presenter: Kimberly Kalahar (NCWIT) 

This poster provides an overview of the 

Academic Alliance network for the 

National Center for Women and Information 

Technology and will enable participants 

to understand benefits of joining this 

growing coalition of institutions committed 

to increasing recruitment and retention of 

women in Computer Science departments 

across the nation. 

Personalized Medicine: Optimizing HIV 

Treatment to Patient and Virus 

Presenter: Betty Y. Cheng (Carnegie 

Mellon University) 

Drug resistance is a major obstacle in 

HIV treatment and combination drug 

therapy must be optimized to the patient’s 

unique virus population, immune system and 

lifestyle. Current prediction systems focus 

on single-drug treatments given the virus 

genotype. Here, we showed the importance 

of combining patient demographics with 

virus genotype in predicting combination 

therapy response. Our automatic feature 

selection method identified known resistance-associated 

mutations and clustered 

mutations that may have structural relationships. 

Reaching Across Boundaries: The 

Founding of a Women in Engineering 

Group at FactSet Research Systems. 

A Case Study in Promoting and 

Supporting Diversity in the Workplace 

Presenter: Titapha Tiet (FactSet Research 

Systems Inc.) 

presentation of ideas about how and 

A why to start a women in engineering 

group in a field where women are typically 

underrepresented. We discuss practical 

ways a women in engineering group can 

successfully promote and support women 

in technology in the workplace and in the 

general community. We explore resources 

made available to employees in advancing 

their educational and professional achievements 

in engineering and demonstrate their 

impact and value 

Reading the Air: Combining Instant 

Messaging with Real Space 

Presenter: Miyuki Ozawa (Keio University) 

The author proposes a new communication 

tool using computer network. She 

tries to develop an instant messenger with 

unique functions. She calls these features 

“Reading the air” function. She hopes that 

this can improve quality of communication, 

realizing conversations or behaviors more 

similar to those in the real space. This 

messenger can change its own actions by 

physical relation or locations among users. 

In concrete, she will combine IM with microcontrollers/sensor 

and interactive device. 

Remote Mentoring – The Distance 

Really Doesn’t Matter!! 



This presentation will explore the world 

of mentoring and discuss insights. The 

discussion will include the powerful strategies 

that one can adopt to master art of 

remote mentoring. Some commonly faced 

problems and solutions in such a working 

association will also be discussed. There 

will be a mock show to the audience of both 

good &bad remote mentoring examples. 

There will be a discussion on best tools that 

could be adopted. 

Rethink Mainframe as Collaborating 

Tool 

Presenter: Helene Lyon (IBM) 

Helene is on stage to feature a successful 

career path in an IT company thanks 

to her love of a technology that has lasted 

over time – The Mainframe - and her love 

for collaborating and sharing amongst 

colleagues from different countries and 

customers worldwide. 

She continues promoting the message from 

Grace Hopper about COBOL and is very 

happy to participate in these celebration 

days. 

Routing for Diverse Wireless Networks 

Presenter: Xiaozheng Tie (University of 


Wireless routing is becoming compartmentalized: 

protocols designed for 

on environment such as mesh, MANET and 

DTN perform poorly or break down in other 

environments. 

We designed and implemented ReGain, 

a routing protocol that works well across 

diverse wireless networks. ReGain identifies 

packet replication as a key structural 

difference between protocols designed for 

opposite ends of the network connectivity, 

and self-adapts replication to the extent of 

network connectivity. 

Saving Tomorrow, Destroying Today? 

Presenter: Alejandra Maldonado (Instituto 

Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de 

Monterrey) 

Sometimes technology which has helped 

us to grow intellectually has been doing 

human aging. 

If we have the ability to help simplify 

life, we could use this same technology 

to create new ways against the one that 

has affected our planet. We had focus on 

pollution caused by alkaline batteries to 

support our topic, proposing alternatives 

in our community like creating campaigns 

that could help students get involved in the 

change. 

Scavenger Hunt: An Embedded 

Wireless System Approach 

Presenter: Sravanthi Dandamudi 

(Unitrends) 

Recent statistics have shown the decline 

in the number of students choosing 

computer science as a career. This problem 




is pressing as the supply of qualified 

computer scientists is decreasing while 

demand is increasing. 

As part of outreach efforts, we have 

organized three workshops to introduce K-12 

students to concepts of computer science. In 

this poster we report on the Scavenger Hunt 

activity performed using embedded wireless 

systems. 

She is the CTO!: Developing MANGA 

Cases in IT Education 

Presenter: Akiko Orita (Keio University) 

We have developed “MANGA” case 

textbooks for professional education. 

In our former two cases, female characters 

are not described as higher-positioned, 

though they plays important roles. To avoid 

enhancing subconscious stereotype on 

gender role, we produced the third case 

with female CTO of a venture company. 

Feedbacks from classrooms showed that 

they focused on the woman as the most 

impressive character in the story. 

Shooting Beyond Boundaries: Young 

Girls and Programming 

Presenter: Casey Aiello (Roger Williams 

University) 

In response to an NGCP grant, undergraduate 

women from the Roger Williams Lady 

Hawks varsity basketball team and women 

CIS majors collaborated on a combined 

basketball clinic and computing workshop 

for under served girls. The computing 

workshop reprised the basketball clinic by 

having the girls program animations of the 

drills they had just done in the basketball 

clinic. The poster reports also reports on the 

visits to stimulate interest. 

Sketch-Based Screening for Cognitive 

Impairment Detection: A Human 

Centered Approach 

Presenter: Hyungsin Kim (Georgia Institute 

of Technology) 

Early detection of cognitive impairment 

can prevent or delay the progress of 

cognitive dysfunction. The Clock Drawing 

Test is one of the most popular instruments 

for detecting cognitive impairment. In this 

paper, we present our preliminary study 

in developing the ClockReader System, 

a computerized sketch-based screening 

tool, based on the human centered design 

approach. The ultimate goal of the Clock- 

Reader Project is to develop an automated 

recording and analysis of the Clock Drawing 

Test. 

So You Work (or Want To Work) at 

a National Laboratory? Women at 

Laboratory Institutions 

Presenter: Shannon I. Steinfadt (Los 

Alamos National Laboratory) 

In the computing world, women are rare 

at national and research laboratories. 

Even more uncommon are support networks 

for these women. Research laboratories 

are exciting places to work with amazing 

resources and opportunities, coming with 

their own challenges. Through building a 

support network starting at GHC, we aim 

to create a forum to share experiences and 

help educate women interested or preparing 

to work at such a place. 

Social Media in a Classroom: Facebook 

vs. Twitter 

Presenter: Arshia Khan (College of St. 

Scholastica) 

Two most popular social networking sites 

are being compared experimentally in an 

undergraduate academic setting, Facebook 

and Twitter, to determine which one will 

benefit the students most. The students 

were surveyed at the start and the end of 

the experiment to gauge their experience 

with these tools and determine their satisfaction 

levels. The grades of students were 

compared to the grades from last year to 

determine any quantitative improvement. 

Spherical Catadioptric Array System 

Presenter: Miao Tang (University of 

Delaware) 

spherical catadioptric array can be 

A an efficient platform for image-based 

rendering and multi-view 3D scene reconstruction. 

It provides a wide field of view, 

and avoids color calibration and synchronization 

issues by including only a single 

imaging sensor. Feed the camera calibration 

and the optimized parameters to a General 

Linear Camera, do the depth sweep and 

generate Lumi-graph. Then use Depth from 

Defocus techniques to generate the super 

resolution image. 

Start to Think in Parallel – A Boot Camp 

for Women to Get Involved in High 

Performance Computing 

Presenter: Chi Cui (University of Maryland, 

College Park) 

Here comes the era of high performance 

computing (HPC). As a hot area in 

computer science and engineering more and 

more women want to get involved into HPC 

research. This workshop mainly gives the 

audience a general idea on how to think of 

the problems in parallel. After working on a 

few problems independently, the audience 

will feel that start thinking in parallel is 

really not that hard as they imagined. 

STEM Projects and Experiences: A 

MAGICal Perspective 

Presenter: Foz Saeed (Teradata) 

More Active Girls In Computing or 

MAGIC is a non-profit organization 

that provides 1-1 mentoring of middle 

and high school girls by women having 

successful STEM careers, thus exposing 

them to STEM career opportunities. This 

poster will showcase the work of some of 

the MAGIC mentees, including a demonstration 

of the projects they have worked on 

with their mentors. The mentees/mentors 

will be present to share their experiences. 

Structure Learning for Markov Logic 

Networks with Many Descriptive 

Attributes 

Presenter: Xiaoyuan Xu (Simon Fraser 

University) 

Markov Logic Networks (MLNs) are 

prominent statistical relational 

models, but most of current state-of-the-art 




algorithms for learning MLNs can only deal 

with small datasets with few descriptive 

attributes. Non-binary descriptive attributes 

dramatically increase the search space of 

possible candidate clauses. We propose and 

implement an innovative Joint-Bayesian- 

Network (JBN) algorithm for learning a 

directed relational model, and JBN performs 

much better in runtime and predication than 

other benchmark algorithms. 

Student Organized Workshops: 

Experiences From The Women in 

Machine Learning Workshop 

Presenter: Inmar Givoni (University of 

Toronto) 

Topic-specific workshops that bring 

together students and researchers 

from across the globe are a great way to 

build supportive communities for women 

in computing. Such events can be found 

and organized by graduate students even 

when they are geographically apart. This is 

a case-study of my experiences from organizing 

such a workshop. I hope describing 

the positive impact of the workshop would 

potentially motivate other graduate students 

to take similar action. 

Surprise Recognition and Reasoning 

with the Help of Distributed Game 

Players 

Presenter: Xiaoxi Xu (University of 


Given that change is ubiquitous, it is 

necessary for many of our systems to 

recognize surprising and provocative events 

and learn from them. In this project, we are 

concerned with how to recognize surprising 

events and reason about subsequent similar 

events. We proposed two interactive online 

games that entice distributed players to 

help solve concerned problems in a way 

not possible by either humans or computers 

alone. 

Sustainable Multi-Robot Patrol of an 

Open Polyline 

Presenter: Elizabeth A Jensen (University 


In multi-robot patrol, a team of robots 

works to optimize the frequency with 

which they cover a set of points. While 

previous work has focused on the uniformity 

of the patrol algorithm, we focus on the 

longevity of the system. We present an 

algorithm that maintains coverage of an 

open polyline using simple robots that have 

limited battery lives. We present results 

obtained through both physical experiments 

and simulations. 

Teaching Across Boundaries: Classes 

in the Online Environment 

Presenter: Antoinette Davis (University of 

Kentucky) 

Online education provides an excellent 

opportunity for teachers and students 

to collaborate in the digital environment, 

across geographical boundaries. This 

poster highlights the challenges faced in 

online classrooms, especially in the STEM 

disciplines. It also presents various strategies 

and technologies that can make online 

courses more engaging and student-friendly. 

The authors hope this poster will serve to 

engender discussions and collaborations 

among the community of online educators 

at GHC. 

Teaching Girls Programming: The 

Intentional Method 

Presenter: Kenny Spade (Microsoft) 

Learn to engage first year programming 

students using free courseware 

developed via a new teaching method. 

Llewellyn Falco and Lynn Langit, professional 

programmers, have created and 

tested a set of reusable, gender-neutral 

courseware. Using their intentional teaching 

method (based on the best of Agile practices 

and more), they have successfully started 

hundreds of kids programming. Stop by their 

poster session to try out the courseware live 

at GHC. 

Technology and Persuading Teenagers’ 

Physical Activity 

Presenter: Sonia M. Arteaga (University of 

California, Santa Cruz) 

Obesity trends in youth have been on the 

rise resulting in an increased risk of 

health problems, such as TypeII Diabetes. 

Not only is obesity detrimental to one’s 

health, but it also puts increased pressure 

on health care and medical expenses. This 

project investigates the use of persuasive 

technologies to motivate teenagers to 

become and continue being physically 

active. Design guidelines for this user group 

and lessons learned are discussed. 

The 1st Database for Experimentally 

Discovered microRNA Profiles in 

Human Cancers and Integrated Tools 

for microRNA Sequence Analysis 

Presenter: Boya Xie (East Carolina 

University) 

We developed a tool called miRSAT 

with a database called miRCDB for 

microRNA sequence analysis and cancerrelated 

research. The miRSAT aims to 

provide computational sequence analysis 

for microRNAs of both animals and plants to 

help researchers discover possible relationships, 

functionalities, and evolutionary 

histories of microRNAs. On the other hand, 

miRCDB is the first database that stores 

detailed miRNA experimental expression 

profiles in human cancers. 

The Amblr: A New Way to Explore a 

Music Collection 

Presenter: Rebecca L. Stewart (University 

of London, Queen Mary) 

Browsing music usually means searching 

through artist/album/track listings, 

but relying on these textual descriptions 

of music can be limiting. A music browser 

that does not rely on reading, but instead on 

listening is proposed. This poster presents 




the amblr, an interface that plays multiple 

songs simultaneously from different spatial 

locations around the user. It allows for a 

more intuitive navigation of a collection of 

songs without relying on textual metadata. 

The Prepared Partner: Learning 

Assessment of a Birth Partner Training 

Game 

Presenter: Alexandra Holloway (University 

of California, Santa Cruz ) 

The Prepared Partner is an educational 

video game about labor and childbirth for 

first-time mothers and their birth partners. 

Some goals are to introduce both natural 

coping mechanisms and their effects on 

labor, and the mechanics of labor and 

childbirth. 

We measured whether participants learned 

several key things about labor and childbirth. 

After playing The Prepared Partner, participants 

gave 5 to 6 more correct answers 

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especially to develop a shared virtual space 

where several participants can carry out 

3D modeling tasks together. In our work, 

we have added some modeling functions 

to an existing program developed as part 

of the BlenderOMV project. This has been 

successful in a local environment. 

Towards Efficient Medium Access for 

60GHz Networks 

Presenter: Mariya Z. Zheleva (University of 

California, Santa Barbara) 

We report initial results on prototyping 

a MAC protocol for 60 GHz networks, 

that employs learning and memory to 

achieve implicit coordination among 

network nodes, without requiring the use 

of carrier sense mechanisms. While the 

MAC is designed for 60 GHz networks, we 

employ commodity 802.11 hardware for 

our implementation, so that the protocol is 

tested and ready for deployment when 60 

GHz platforms become available. 

Trends in Mobile Application 

Development 

Presenter: Desirée Gosby (Intuit) 

This presentation will provide a high 

level overview of trends in the mobile 

ecosystem that are impacting how software 

developers create mobile products and 

services. Areas explored include mobile 

technology fragmentation and the disruptive 

evolution of mobile distribution and 

monetization models. Finally, we’ll examine 

the changing role of the mobile application 

developer as an influence in the mobile 

marketplace. 

TrueErase: Full-Datapath Per-file 

Secure Deletion 

Presenter: Sarah Diesburg (Florida State 

University) 

The ability to delete sensitive data 

securely from electronic storage is 

important. However, current per-file deletion 

solutions tend to be limited to one segment 

of the operating system storage datapath 

and may leave old versions of data behind. 

TrueErase is a framework that enforces 

secure deletion throughout the entire legacy 

storage datapath. This framework performs 

per-file secure deletion, works with common 

file systems and storage, and handles 

system failures. 

Trust and Reputation for Supply Chain 

Management 

Presenter: Yasaman Haghpanah 

(University of Maryland, Baltimore County) 

One of the critical factors for a successful 

cooperative relationship in a supply 

chain partnership is trust. One shortcoming 

of current Supply Chain Management (SCM) 

models is that their trust models do not have 

a strong theoretical basis. I propose a trust 

model for SCM that is grounded in probabilistic 

game theory. In this model, trust can be 

gained through direct interactions and/or by 

asking for information from other agents. 

Two Way Virtual-Real Interaction in 

Mixed Reality 

Presenter: Yiyan Xiong (University of 

Central Florida) 

Physical interaction between physical 

and cyber-spaces is a major research 

challenge in Mixed Reality. An avatar for 

each movable real object enables the real 

world to affect virtual objects and vice versa. 

These avatars must be photorealistic and 

deformable to correspond to the movement 

of the real objects. Furthermore, the mixed 

reality scene must be able to seamlessly 

switch between the real object and its 

avatar counterpart. 

Unifying Models for Estimating 

Population Size and Demography 

Presenter: Ashley Teufel (New Mexico 


Mark-recapture methods are commonly 

used by biologists for estimating 

size and population parameters. Numerous 

models have been proposed however, many 

include convoluted notation or lack a straight 

forward manner in predicting the population 

size. We propose an extension to Caswell’s 

(2001) Markov chain based model that 

preserver his conceptual clarity and allows 

for prediction of parameters for open and 

closed populations as well as estimation of 

the total population size. 

Using Open Source to Learn Computer 

Science Concepts in Developing 

Countries 

Presenter: Edith Pamela Rivero Tupac 

(Universidad Nacional de San Antonio 

Abad del Cusco) 

In universities in developing countries, 

computer science students face the 

challenge of learning new concepts with 

limited equipment. Thus, students look for a 

set of alternate solutions to facilitate their 

learning without depending on expensive 

equipment. These solutions are mostly 

based on the use of open source software. 

In this poster, we will share our experience 

using open source software to enhance the 

learning of parallel programming techniques. 

Utilizing Collaborative Teaching in 

the First Courses for CS Majors: The 

Findings 

Presenter: Cynthia Lester (Tuskegee 

University) 

As the wide spread use of technology 

grows, so does the demand for developing 

technology. Yet for many computer 

science majors, the first courses have proven 

quite difficult, resulting in low passing rates 

and a decline in the major. The current work 

presents the findings from a study on how 

undergraduate teaching assistants can be 

utilized to create valuable collaborative 

teaching experiences and assist in improving 

passing and retention rates. 




Virtual Spaces: Immersive 

Collaboration Across Boundaries 

Presenter: Luba Cherbakov (IBM) 

Virtual worlds present immersive opportunities 

for collaboration and learning 

that conquering the distance and span 

cultures and boundaries. This session shares 

innovations developed by the presenter and 

her team over the 5 years in exploitation of 

virtual worlds in diverse areas such as 1) 

inspiring young women to study science and 

technology, 2) enabling remote mentoring 

and collaboration in a large multicultural 

and distributed enterprise, 3) greening of the 

environment. 

Virtualization for a Better Computing 

World 



Virtualization is a mechanism of 

abstracting physical resources. It 

provides a logical way of viewing physical 

resources, independent of their organization, 

implementation, or geographic location. This 

presentation will be focusing on the benefits 

of various types of virtualization connecting 

geographically distributed resources. In this 

paper we will discuss each type of virtualization 

in detail illustrating their impacts 

and usefulness. It will also discuss ways to 

exploit the benefits of virtualization products 

in market. 

Visual Security Policy 

Presenter: Terri Oda (Carleton University) 

Web security vulnerabilities such as 

cross site scripting and malicious 

content inclusions often allow parts of 

a page to interact when they should be 

isolated. These vulnerabilities can be 

mitigated, but existing methods for creating 

boundaries require relatively sophisticated 

knowledge of web technologies. To make 

protection mechanisms available to a wider 

audience, we propose a simpler, graphical 

web page security policy language that is 

based upon page layout. 

What Does Information Technology 

Have to Do with Climate Change?: 

Challenges and Opportunities 

Presenter: Christina G. Page (Yahoo! Inc.) 

Studies indicate that the ICT industry 

produces 2% of the planet’s greenhouse 

gas emissions, primarily from electricity 

consumption. At the same time, the ICT 

industry can reduce emissions by enabling 

smart buildings, smart logistics, the smart 

grid, and improved flow of information. This 

session will address some misconceptions 

around IT and greenhouse gas emissions, 

while exploring IT’s ability to reduce 

emissions and accelerate energy efficiency. 

What Women Can Learn from a Study to 

Examine the Recruitment and Retention 

of African-American Males in Computer 

Science? 

Presenter: Daryl Stone (Bowie State 

University) 

In this presentation, results from a study 

that examined the computer science 

“pipeline” for African-American (AA) males 

will be revealed. Results obtained from this 

study of AA males in CS are relevant toward 

efforts to recruit and retain females in CS. 

In the presentation, the author will make 

the case that a similar study conducted 

with women is needed. The author will also 

discuss potential intervention activities. 

Women In A Man’s Virtual World 

Presenters: Lisa Kirk (Temple University) 

This project explores the gendered 

content of video games as well as the 

negative connotations women face as 

gamers. Women stray from video games 

because of discouraging social implications 

and lack of interest in male-oriented 

content. As a natural gateway into the world 

of technology, video games cause women 

to view the entire field negatively. With 

this research, we strive to make the field of 

technology more welcoming to women. 

Workload Characterization for Power- 

Aware Application Placement In Large- 

Scale Data Centers 

Presenter: Manal Houri (Southern 

Methodist University) 

Data centers suffer from over-provisioning 

and rocketing power consumption. 

Classical application placement 

techniques do not tackle these issues. We 

present a power-aware capacity planning 

methodology designed to reduce the power 

consumed in data centers, and utilize more 

efficiently the available resources. We 

study the behavioral associations among 

hosted applications and use it to provide a 

power-aware application placement. Results 

obtained show significant power savings 

if applications are consolidated based on 

proposed metrics. 


Heidi Kvinge was General 

Chair for the Grace 

Hopper Celebration 

last year, capping many 

years of being an active participant 

and strong believer in the importance 

of the conference to countless women 

of all ages and backgrounds. Sadly, she 

passed away earlier this year, leaving 

behind not only a void in our hearts 

but also a wonderful legacy for us to admire. 

For Heidi the Grace Hopper Celebration was special. 

It was a place she could openly discuss her career, 

her family, her joys and challenges with friends. 

It was a place she could pour out her energy and 

see first hand the impact of the work she did. It 

helped her stay connected with a new generation of 

computer scientists. She first attended the conference 

in Vancouver, 2002. She was hooked and had not 

missed one since. She submitted panel proposals, 

spoke on panels, joined the industry advisory board 

and became a reviewer. Becoming Chair of the 

Papers/Panels/Workshops Committee was a spring 

board for her to become more involved as Program 

Chair and General Chair. Heidi set the bar very 

high for those of us who follow in her footsteps. 

She worked with the 2010 GHC Steering 

Committee providing support and guidance until 

just before her passing. 

As a Technical Engineering Manager, Heidi had the 

opportunity to work on leading edge chip technologies 

and to influence the careers of those around her. 

Throughout her career Heidi was recognized for her 

contributions to the design environment and data 

management infrastructure for many microprocessor 

projects. She led the teams developing database 

applications to data mine global design information 

to improve the overall design process. She was always 

learning and sharing her knowledge. 

I n M e M o r I a M 

Heidi Kvinge 

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology | Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 

Heidi was an active member of the 

Digital Equipment Corporation. 

Women at Work Leadership Team. 

There she helped a generation of 

women engineers and professionals 

learn about: the importance of humor 

in the workplace, negotiation skills, 

financial management, finding the 

right mentor, work life balance and 

more. When she moved to Intel, she 

took all she learned and joined the board for the 

Women at Intel Networking Group. She helped 

establish a local chapter at Intel’s Massachusetts 

Microprocessor Design Center. 

Heidi was a Syster, a member of the ACM, a 

member of Phi Beta Kappa, and served on the 

Advisory Board for Women’s Programs at Worcester 

Polytechnic Institute. She never seemed to sit still! 

Heidi never felt limited in what she could do, truly 

living by the motto “do the unexpected”. She was 

always speaking out on behalf of technical women. 

She worked long hours but always found time for 

friends and family. 

Heidi was married to a strong, supporting husband, 

Don. Together they raised two children, Gretchen 

and Benjamin. Don always wanted to attend the 

conference but Heidi pushed back. It was her special 

thing. This year Don is here to see firsthand and 

learn from all of us just what it is that drove Heidi to 

come back year after year. He is here, with Gretchen, 

to meet Heidi’s friends, to feel the energy, to share 

in the experience. They are here, with all of us, to 

ensure that Heidi’s legacy lives on. 

Wendy Rannenberg 

July 2010 

65

WOrkshOp sessiOn: Wednesday 1:00 – 5:00 pm 

reGency baLLrOOm Vii, hanOVer cde, hanOVer FG 

CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshops 

The Computer Research Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) is an action oriented organization 

dedicated to increasing the number of women participating in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) research and education at 

all levels. 

In addition to increasing the number of women involved, CRA-W also seeks to increase the degree of success women experience and to 

provide a forum for addressing problems that often fall disproportionately within women’s domain. CRA-W is hopeful that the committee 

activities will also have a positive impact for other underrepresented groups in CSE and is committed to improving the working environment 

for Computer Scientists and Engineers of both genders. 

Sessions Especially for Undergrads (Regency Ballroom VII) 

What is research? 

Nancy M. Amato is Professor of computer science and engineering at Texas A&M University. 

Dilma Da Silva is a Researcher at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, in New York. 

Katie Wolf is a University of Minnesota undergraduate in her last year completing a double major in math and computer science. 

Is research for me? 

Susan Rodger is Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Duke University. 

Ellen Walker is Professor and Chair of Computer Science at Hiram College. 

Abrita Chakravarty is a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science at Duke University. 

Susanna Ricco is a 5th-year Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Duke University, advised by Carlo Tomasi. 

How do I become a researcher? 

Cecilia Aragon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington 

and a computer scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 

Maria Gini is a Distinguished Professor of the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. 

Katherine Panciera is a Ph.D. student in GroupLens Research at the University of Minnesota planning to graduate in Spring/Summer 2011. 

Sessions Especially for Graduate Students (Hanover CDE) 

How do I enjoy and succeed in grad school? 

Elizabeth Mynatt is the Director of the GVU Center and Associate Dean in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. 

Erika Shehan Poole is an Assistant Professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University. 

Jane Prey is responsible for the development and implementation of the Gender Diversity and Pipeline Strategy for Microsoft Research. 

Amato 

Aragon 

Da Silva 

Gini 

Wolf 

Panciera 

Rodger Walker Chakravarty Ricco 

Mynatt Poole Prey 


How do I build my professional network? 

Mary Czerwinski is a Research Area Manager at Microsoft Research. 

Soha Hassoun is an Associate Professor at Tufts University in the Department of Computer Science. 

What’s it take to do great research? 

Nina Bhatti is a Principal Scientist in the HP Lab’s Strategy and Innovation. 

Mary Jean Harrold is the ADVANCE Professor of Computing and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the College of Computing at 

Georgia Institute of Technology. 

Sessions Especially for Early Career Researchers (Hanover FG) 

How do I start my own research program? 

Andrea Danyluk is Professor of Computer Science at Williams College. 

Lise Getoor is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. 

Ashley W. Stroupe is a Senior Engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. 

How do I become a leader in my field? 

Irene Greif is Director of IBM’s Center for Social Software in Cambridge, MA. 

Deb Agarwal is Advanced Computing for Science Department Head and the Data Intensive Systems Group Lead at the Lawrence 

Berkeley National Laboratory. 

Carla Gomes is an Associate Professor of computer science at Cornell University, with joint appointments in Computer Science, 

Information Science, and Applied Economics and Management. 

How do I get promoted? 

Laura Haas is an IBM Fellow, the Director of Computer Science at IBM’s Almaden Research Center, and leads research in computer 

science across IBM’s eight worldwide research labs. 

Ellen W. Zegura currently chairs the School of Computer Science in the College of Computing. 

Czerwinski Hassoun Bhatti Harrold 

Danyluk Getoor Stroupe 

Greif Agarwal Gomes Haas Zegura 


WOrkshOp sessiOn: Tuesday, 1:00-5:00pm 

inTernaTiOnaL baLLrOOm 

Collaborative RiskTaking: Your Innovation 

Safety Net in a Reinvented World 

The Reset Economy, a term coined by GE’s CEO, Jeff Immelt, refers to the Great Recession as more than a simple business 

cycle correction, but a permanent, fundamental change to how markets will operate and be influenced going forward. 

Innovation is the critical differentiator of successful companies and professionals where risktaking will increasingly become 

the überskill in a reinvented world. Although it plays well as a standalone skill for career advancement, when combined with 

personal initiative, discipline, problem-solving capabilities, and skills such as effective communication, negotiations, and relationship 

management, risktaking becomes a portable powerhouse of transferrable skill sets. You can take them anywhere. 

Whether you’re positioning yourself for a promotion, moving to a new role within your existing organization, or transitioning 

to another company you’ll want to include personal and professional risktaking in your portfolio of skills. 

Collaborative RiskTaking includes a fast-track process for high-profile decision-making that has the power to grow your 

influence, increase your visibility-on-demand, and provide you with a safety net for the reinvented world. 

Part 1: Personal RiskTaking Style 

• Assessing your natural Personal RiskTaking Style (what, how) 

Part 2: Personal Inflection Curve Model / Optimum Change Cycle 

• Recognizing your “change patterns”, the benefits of initiating change at an optimum time for you, risks of missing your personal inflection 

point. (what, how) 

• Integrating your OCC with your Personal RiskTaking Style (how) 

• Aligning your PIC, OCC, and Personal RiskTaking Style with your organization’s formal / informal culture - (what, how) 

Part 3: Global Decision Network / Innovation Tribes 

• Building your Global Decision Network (GDN) for high-profile, high risk, high impact decisions (what, how) 

• Leveraging your GDN for extending your reach (Credibility Spectrum) 

Part 4: Pulling it All Together / Decision-Points Challenge 

• Role play game where participants have an opportunity to practice what they’ve learned. Part scavenger hunt (people, resources), part 

problem-solving, and part speed decision-making. Participants are divided into teams to solve a high-profile challenge unique to their 

table. 

About Dee McCrorey 

Dolores “Dee” McCrorey, Chief Risk Guru, Innovation Catalyst and Business Coach of Risktaking for Success LLC, brings her passion for partnering with innovative 

leaders looking to reinvent their organizations and talent into entrepreneurial thinkers, do-ers, and leaders. She brings a practical approach to 

the challenges faced by today’s enterprise leaders and knowledge workers having spent over twenty-five years in the private sector serving 

in a variety of front line, management, and leadership roles for Fortune 500 companies. 

A deep background in manufacturing and supply chain management working for a host of companies such as Intel, Fairchild, and National 

Semiconductor, combined with a talent for leading high potential, high risk initiatives and programs, earned Dee a reputation as a turnaround 

expert with a personal brand of someone who would ‘Fix it, Get rid of it, or Reinvent it’. 

Continuing to reinvent her own business, she launched The Ultimate Corporate Entrepreneur blog in 2005 and now hosts two popular Blog- 

TalkRadio shows—Coach for Innovation and Big Dreamers! The Reinvent Success Show. Dee is co-authoring a book on business innovation 

in a reinvented world with an expected release date of 2011. 

Her educational background in Journalism and International Relations and a five-year expatriate experience in Europe and the Middle East provide Dee with a rich 

understanding of multicultural settings and international business environments. She resides in Silicon Valley, CA but loves that innovative technology allows her to 

extend the reach of her offerings around the world. 


Thursday and Friday 7:15 – 8:15 am 

Grand haLL easT 

Speaker Appreciation Breakfasts 

Round-Table Discussion: Senior Technical Women, 

Your Profile of Success 


What factors are critical to advancing or sustaining your career in academia or in industry? Is it your ability to identify the 

appropriate next risks to take? Creating collaborative networks that go beyond your formal span of control? 

The latest research report from the Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology, titled Senior Technical Women: A Profile 

of Success, revealed the top attributes of successful technical women who have broken down the barriers to reach senior level 

positions. 

In this breakfast round-table discussion, facilitated by Jo Miller, CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching Inc, we will examine 

four of the top attributes: 

1) Unafraid to Question/Desire to Learn 

2) Risk-Takers 

3) Collaborative 

4) Assertive 

Join a conversation with your senior-level peers and unearth new tips and tricks within these critical characteristics for your success. 

FACILITATOR 

Jo Miller is CEO of Women’s Leadership Coaching Inc. 

Jo has a passion for helping women develop their leadership skills, confidence and presence. She specializes in helping women break into 

leadership in industries that have been traditionally considered ‘a man’s world’, such as technology, finance and energy. 

Since 1998 Jo has developed and implemented coaching programs that have benefited women worldwide. Jo created the Women’s Leadership 

Coaching Inc leadership coaching system and has logged many thousands of hours coaching women who are in executive and management 

positions, or aspire to be. 

She has traveled widely in Europe and North America to facilitate leadership development programs for women’s initiatives in Fortune 1,000 

companies, including KPMG’s Network of Women, Oracle Women in Leadership, Nortel Women’s Business Council, National Semiconductor’s 

Women @ National, UBS Women’s Leadership Conference, and many more. Jo was named one of Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal’s 40 people to 

watch under the age of 40 in 2006 and one of Silicon Valley’s Women of Influence in 2008. 


TechnicaL Theme Track 

Thursday: 10:00 am – 7:00 pm 

see prOGram deTaiL FOr rOOms and sessiOn descripTiOns 

Open Source 

spOnsOred by naTiOnaL securiTy aGency (nsa) 

With growing interest in open collaboration, the Open Source track was designed specifically for the 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of 

Women in Computing by experts from the Open Source community. This track will offer a range of topics from an introduction to Open 

Source to creating mobile applications using Google’s Android platform. In the spirit of “Collaborating Across Borders”, the track will 

culminate in a Codeathon for Humanity where participants team up to build software that directly helps those in need. 

This track is intended for anyone interested in Open Source Software. There are sessions available to all levels – from those unfamiliar with 

Open Source Software to women who might like to contribute to a FOSS (Free Open Source Software) community-developed project. 

The Open Source sessions on Thursday, September 30th are: 

• Session One: An Introduction to Community-Developed and Open Source Software 

Attendees will get an overview of the community-driven software model and how to approach open source software. 

• Session Two: Career and Economic Opportunity in Open Source Software 

This panel brings together women working in settings including industry, non-profits, and academia to discuss some of the ways 

FOSS work can benefit one’s career. 

• Session Three: Creating Mobile Phone Applications and Motivating Females in CS with Google’s App Inventor for Android – 


Attendees will get hands-on experience with AIA, led by presenters who are developers of AIA and have successfully taught it to girls 

and college women, enabling attendees to evaluate the use of AIA in their own outreach. 

• Session Four: Open Source for Good 

This session discusses how Open Source has been successfully used to aid in global relief efforts. Panelists will present technical and 

non-technical viewpoints on how to get involved in humanitarian Open Source efforts. 

• Session Five: Getting Started in Free and Open Source Software 

During this session, key contributors to several Free and Open Source Software projects will discuss tips for successfully engaging with 

the project of your choice. 

• Session Six: Open Source Codeathon for Humanity – (Prior RSVP Required) 

This hands-on event allow participants to work together to build software that helps alleviate human suffering by creating access to 

critical information in disaster zones. 

Through the efforts of a number of experts from the Open Source community, this track is possible. Special thanks to the speakers, the 

Sahana Software Foundation, and in particular the Open Source Committee – with members from the Buunabet, GNOME Foundation, 

Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! – for their leadership. 

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TechnicaL Theme Track 

Friday: 10:00 am – 7:00 pm 

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Human Computer Interaction 

Special for the 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is a track dedicated to Human Computer Interaction (HCI). 

The track is open to anyone interested in HCI, with particular sessions for entry to mid-level technical women. The HCI track will 

provide insights into careers in and perspectives related to HCI, and will culminate in a tour demonstration led by Georgia Tech faculty on 

human-centered computing fostered by crossing the disciplinary boundaries in collaboration with experts in science, engineering, design, 

art, and the humanities. 

The volunteer committee of CHI (ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems) worked with the Anita Borg Institute to 

create this exciting new track. 

The Human Computer Interaction sessions on Friday, October 1st are: 

• Session One: Unlocking Human Potential: A Vision for Human-Centered Computing 

This session provides an historical summary of the intellectual agendas that have informed the HCI field and presents a future agenda 

for Human-Centered Computing. 

• Session Two: Career Stories of Women Working in Human Computer Interaction 

This panel highlights the various HCI career paths - as a researcher or practitioner – addressing both established and emerging opportunities. 

• Session Three: Fernanda B. Viegas – From Politics to Art: Visualization as a Medium 

Attendees will hear this special Invited Technical Speaker discuss what the new era of data transparency and expressiveness will look like 

and the implications for technologists who work with this data. 

• Session Four: New Voices in Human Computer Interaction 

Come and listen to the next generation of HCI researchers illustrate their vision, scope and ambition at this early and formative stage of 

their careers. 

• Session Five: HCI Field Trip (Graphics, Visualization, and Usability (GVU) Center at Georgia Tech) – (Prior RSVP Required) 

Over 100 research demonstrations by Georgia Tech faculty and students are part of this special event for Grace Hopper 2010. 

A special thanks to the speakers, the volunteer committee of CHI and in particular, Elizabeth Mynatt (CHI 2010 Conference Chair, 

Associate Dean and Professor in the College of Computing and Director of the GVU Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology) for 

her leadership in developing the HCI track. 

Bardzell 

Bruckman 

Churchill 

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Grinter Isbister 

Mynatt Ramachandran Ringel Rodden Schraefel Sheehan 

Morris 

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Viégas

TOWn haLL: Friday 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Open TO eVeryOne) 

WOrkshOp sessiOn: saTurday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm (FOr Teachers OnLy) 

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K-12 Computing Teachers Workshop 

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Be part of the solution! Be part of the community! We know at Hopper there are many in our community who care passionately 

about education. This year we are creating even more opportunities for teachers, faculty, researchers and industry to 

discuss the issues and how each individual has the potential for transformative action. 

So bring your curiosity, commitment, and conversation to the following events: 

Town Hall Meeting: Bridging Boundaries and Creating Capacity: 

Engaging Stakeholders to Address Equity in K12 Computing 

(Open to all attendees) 

This town hall is focused on bringing the broader community together to address the critical equity issues in computer science 

education. In order to build solutions we need to really understand the problems but too often, we get mired in despair or 

celebrate victories that never really make a difference. This event is about finding each other and finding real solutions that 

impact real classrooms and real kids. It is about real questions such as: 

• How do we communicate more effectively? 

• What does real help look like? 

• What do teachers need right now? 

• How can faculty, researchers, and industry women help on an organizational or individual level? 

Saturday Teacher Workshop: Overcoming Barriers, Boundaries, 

and Bad News (by invitation Only) 

The Anita Borg Institute (ABI) and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) are hosting a K-12 Computing 

Teachers Workshop. This workshop will build upon the equity issue discussions from the inaugural workshop in 2009 which 

culminated in the creation of a white paper entitled “Addressing Core Equity Issues in K-12 Computer Science Education: 

Identifying Barriers and Sharing Strategies.” Workshop sessions include: 

• Adding Social Relevance to Curriculum and Professional Development 

• Alice Programming 

• Modeling and Simulation 

• Open Source 

• Social Networking 

• Teacher Leadership and Advocacy 

• Teaching Computer Science with Toys 

• Update on the new AP Computer Science Course 

For more information, please visit the Grace Hopper Website. 


Invited Technical Speakers 

Thursday sessiOn 1, 10:00 am – 11:00 am 

hanOVer ab 

Claudia Bauzer Medeiros 

Professor, Institute of Computing – University of Campinas, 

Brazil 

Managing Scientific Data: Coping with a 

Multidisciplinary World 

Scientists from all domains have something in common – they must 

continuously analyze data to conduct their research, in what has 

become known as “data-centric science”. The volume of data involved 

is usually very large, e.g., when astronomers conduct sky surveys or 

chemists run simulations on chemical compounds. In other situations, 

data can be also scarce, e.g., when archaeologists discover prehistoric 

human bones or biologists study a rare species. Whether in large or 

small volumes, rare or common, scientific data usually comes in many 

formats and from very many sources. Its management involves experts 

from distinct domains, working in interdisciplinary and multi-institutional 

teams. 

A challenge for computer scientists is to design new methods and 

algorithms and construct software and hardware tools to help these 

scientists from other domains to manage, analyze and visualize their 

data. This, in turn, has brought about the need for a new kind of 

training for computer scientists who must learn how to work in a 

multidisciplinary world, and deal with a variety of domain-specific 

requirements. 

The talk will give an overview of some of the challenges of conducting 

computer science research in this new scenario. It will concentrate 

on the new skills required (technical and social), with examples 

from several scientific fields, followed by a case study in agricultural 

planning. 

About Claudia Bauzer Medeiros 

Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, PhD, is a full professor 

of Computer Science at the University of Campinas 

(UNICAMP), Brazil. She has received several awards 

for research, teaching, and her work concerning 

women and IT – including the 2006 Anita Borg 

Change Agent Award, and in 2008 Google Brazil’s 

Women in Technology Award. She is the ACM-W 

ambassador in Brazil, and was the president of the 

Brazilian Computer Society for 4 years (2003-2007). 

Her research is centered on the design and construction 

of scientific databases, to help scientists work with large volumes of 

heterogeneous data. She has led several multi-institutional and multidisciplinary 

projects in Brazil, with emphasis in the development of tools, techniques and 

methodologies to support agro-environmental planning and biodiversity studies. 

She has served in leadership positions for several Brazilian government initiatives 

on computer science research and education. She holds a Dr. Honoris 

Causa from University Antenor Orrego, Peru. In 2008, she was awarded the 

Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit (grade Commander). 

Thursday sessiOn 2, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm 

hanOVer ab 

Catherine Baudin 

Research Scientist, eBay Research Lab 

E-commerce Intelligence: The Art of Mining 

Semi-Structured Marketplaces 

E-commerce sites vary in the degree of structure of the data that are 

being generated and in the scope of the technologies that can be used 

to search and analyze these data. Merchants who operate e-commerce 

sites to sell from their own inventory control the way it is described 

and organized, and generally use a common identity structure, with 

model numbers in catalogs. In these database-like worlds, buyers can 

search for products using many criteria, and the merchants can analyze 

their inventory or even harness the power of the crowd to forecast user 

demand based on what similar users have bought. 

By contrast, a global marketplace like eBay connects buyers with 

sellers of all sizes, locations and expertise, from professional power 

sellers to mom-and-pop shops and one-time individual vendors. 

Sellers from all venues create their own ads for products ranging from 

electronics, to clothing, collectibles, or art. Such global marketplaces 

share characteristics with both merchant sites and online communities, 

and generate a flurry of data: product descriptions, purchasing 

transactions, seller feedbacks, opinions in discussion forums, and user 

query logs. Improving search or extracting e-commerce intelligence in 

such a semi-structured environment is a special challenge, requiring 

the craft of selecting the right data, extracting the right features, 

efficient parallel processing and clever engineering as much as statistics 

or machine learning algorithms. 

I will describe tools for mining product descriptions, user queries 

and session logs in order to understand and improve buyer and seller 

experience on the site. 

About Catherine Baudin 

Catherine is a research scientist at the eBay 

Research Lab. Her main research interests are: text 

mining – particularly knowledge extraction/discovery 

from text in sources such as blogs and discussion 

forums, queries and log analysis, vertical search, and 

user studies to assess the impact of these technologies 

on people’s lives. At eBay she is involved in: 

session log analysis to study queries and fuel the 

design of ecommerce components, the implementation 

of efficient search metrics for shopping sites, 

and pattern identification for fraud analysis. 

Prior to joining eBay Catherine was the CTO of Kaidara inc where she designed 

technologies to analyze and retrieve customer data for the automotive, high tech 

and pharmaceutical industry. She was a senior computer scientist at PriceWaterhouseCoopers 

technology center for five years and a principal investigator at 

NASA Ames Research Center for six. She is the author of a number of numerous 

peer reviewed papers along with some book chapters and patents. She holds a 

PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Paris VI France. 



Thursday, sessiOn 4, 3:00 am – 4:00 pm 

cOurTLand 

Susan Graham 

Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering 

and Computer Science Emerita, University of California, 

Berkeley 

Using Information Technology for Health and 

Healthcare – A Look at Research Challenges 

Good health is a major contributor to our quality of life. Improvements 

in the cost-effective delivery of quality healthcare that is personalized 

to individual needs is an important priority to our society. That 

care comes both from professionals and from family and friends; it 

occurs both in institutions and at home; it is both preventative and 

responsive. 

Computing and information science and engineering play an increasingly 

essential role in providing that care. Every part of the computing 

and behavioral sciences can contribute to significant advances in 

health and healthcare. We have major opportunities now to combine 

our science and technical interests and expertise with our understanding 

of and empathy for care-giving roles and responsibilities – to 

do compelling research that has high societal payoff. 

In this talk, I will survey some of the ongoing research and emerging 

opportunities in this field. My talk is drawn from a broad-based 

workshop on “Discovery and Innovation in Health IT” that I 

co-chaired in fall 2009. I look forward to sharing with you my enthusiasm 

for this important convergence of disciplines. 

About Susan L. Graham 

Susan L. Graham is the Pehong Chen Distinguished 

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer 

Science Emerita and a Professor in the Graduate 

School at the University of California, Berkeley. 

Her research spans many aspects of programming 

language implementation, software tools, software 

development environments, and high-performance 

computing. As a participant in the Berkeley Unix 

project, she and her students built the Berkeley 

Pascal system and the widely used program profiling 

tool gprof. She has done seminal research in compiler code generation and 

optimization. Her most recent projects are the Titanium system for language and 

compiler support of explicitly parallel programs and the Harmonia framework for 

high-level interactive software development. 

Professor Graham was the founding editor-in-chief of the ACM Transactions on 

Programming Languages and Systems. She has served on numerous advisory 

committees; among them, the U.S. President’s Information Technology Advisory 

Committee (PITAC). She served as the Chief Computer Scientist for the NSFsponsored 

National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure 

(NPACI) from 1997 to 2005. She currently serves as vice-chair of the Council of 

the NSF-sponsored Computing Community Consortium. Among her awards are 

the ACM SIGPLAN Career Programming Language Achievement Award (2000), 

the ACM Distinguished Service Award (2006), the Harvard Medal (2008), the 

IEEE von Neumann Medal (2009), and the Berkeley Citation (2009). 

Friday, sessiOn 7, 10:00 am – 11:00 am 

sinGapOre/maniLa 

Lucila Ohno-Machado 

Professor of Medicine and Founding Chief, Division of Biomedical 

Informatics, University of California, San Diego 

Healthcare Information Technology: Opportunities for 

Computer Scientists to Make a Real Difference 

Healthcare has lagged behind other industries in the utilization of information 

technology. Some reasons for this gap are related to the complex nature of 

physician-patient interactions, lack of systems that can seamlessly be embedded 

in clinical workflows, and limited collaboration and communication that cross 

the boundaries between medicine, computer science, and engineering. Changes 

in the healthcare landscape in the U.S. provide a unique opportunity to develop 

new ideas for integrating information technology into healthcare. Reducing 

costs and providing healthcare for all requires the development of more efficient 

systems of care, in which not only public health indicators and institutional 

expenditures are monitored, but also objective quality of care measures and 

individual patient outcomes. High resolution monitoring cannot be achieved 

without computer-based systems that are able to integrate data from clinical 

encounters, billing systems, and research studies for meaningful data analysis, 

pattern recognition, and high fidelity simulations. 

There are a variety of areas in which computer scientists can partner with 

clinicians and other decision makers, but the development of such partnerships 

requires a systematic approach. There is currently limited work in the area of 

training the existing generation of computer scientists and clinician leaders on 

how to work together to approach current healthcare challenges in a novel way. 

I will present a model for crossing disciplinary and geographical barriers in order 

to promote health and alleviate the burden of disease, and several examples in 

which this could be done today. 

About Lucila Ohno-Machado 

Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine and 

founding chief of the Division of Biomedical Informatics at the 

University of California San Diego. She received her medical 

degree from the University of Sao Paulo and her doctoral degree 

in Medical Information Sciences and Computer Science from 

Stanford University. Prior to her current role, she was director of 

the training program for the Harvard-MIT-Tufts-Boston University 

consortium in Boston, and director of the Decision Systems 

Group at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical 

School. Her research focuses on the development of new evaluation 

methods for predictive models of disease, with special emphasis on the analysis of 

model calibration and implications in healthcare. 

She is an elected member of the American College of Medical Informatics and the 

American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and associate editor for the 

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association and the Journal for Biomedical 

Informatics. She is currently director of the Biomedical Research Informatics Global Health 

program funded by the NIH. At UCSD, she leads a multidisciplinary group of faculty, 

trainees, and staff whose research ranges from foundations of biomedical informatics 

to applications in healthcare. The former includes the development of new algorithms to 

analyze genomic and clinical data and to prevent disclosures that can compromise patient 

privacy, and the latter includes applications of pattern recognition algorithms to prognosticate 

disease using large repositories of data. 



Friday sessiOn 8, 11:15 am – 12:15 pm 

hanOVer ab 

Carla Gomes 

Associate Professor and Director, Institute for Computational 

Sustainability, Cornell University 

Computational Sustainability: Computational 

Methods for a Sustainable Environment, 

Economy, and Society 

Humanity’s use of Earth’s resources is threatening our planet and 

the livelihood of future generations. Computer science and related 

disciplines can — and should — play a key role in increasing the 

efficiency and effectiveness in the way we manage and allocate our 

natural resources. 

Computational Sustainability is a new emerging interdisciplinary 

research field with the overall goal of developing computational 

models, methods, and tools to help manage the balance between environmental, 

economic, and societal needs for a sustainable future. 

In this talk, I will provide examples of Computational Sustainability 

problems, ranging from wildlife preservation and biodiversity, to 

poverty mitigation, to large-scale deployment and management of 

renewable energy sources. I will highlight overarching computational 

themes in constraint reasoning and optimization and interactions 

with machine learning, and dynamical systems. I will also discuss the 

need for a new approach that views such challenging computational 

problems as “natural” phenomena, amenable to a scientific methodology, 

in which principled experimentation, to explore problem 

parameter spaces and hidden problem structure, plays as prominent a 

role as formal analysis. 

About Carla P. Gomes 

Carla P. Gomes is an Associate Professor of computer 

science at Cornell University, with joint appointments 

in Computer Science, Information Science, and 

Applied Economics and Management. Her research 

has covered several areas in artificial intelligence 

and computer science, including planning and 

scheduling, integration of constraint reasoning and 

operation research techniques for solving combinatorial 

optimization problems, and randomized 

algorithms. Gomes is currently pursuing the new 

research area of Computational Sustainability. Gomes is the the Lead PI of 

an NSF Expeditions in Computing award on Computational Sustainability and 

the director of newly established Institute for Computational Sustainability at 

Cornell University. Gomes is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of 

Artificial Intelligence. 

Friday, sessiOn 9, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm 

hanOVer ab 

Jan Moolman 

Project Coordinator MDG 3 – Women’s Networking Support 

Programme, Association for Progressive Communications 

TakeBacktheTech: Reclaiming Technology to End 

Violence Against Women 

Women all over the world are discovering the potency of technologies 

and using them in advancing their rights especially in the campaign 

to end violence against women. Advocacy to stop violence against 

women is a powerful force that has freed women from harm and 

abuse. To this day however, violence continues to be a reality for many 

women. 

This presentation is about how technology is changing the ways 

women experience and confront violence. To some extent, technologies 

have aided perpetrators in harassing, exerting control and 

even inflicting harm through mobile devices, spy software, email 

tampering, tiny surveillance cameras, GPS technologies, cyber stalking 

and misogyny in virtual reality environments. On the other hand, 

the internet has been creatively used by women in poorly resourced 

countries with limited access to technology. Girls in South Africa are 

using their cell phones to stop teen pornography. Filipina migrant 

workers can rely on an SOS SMS Helpline to report abuse while 

they work overseas. Village women trained in digital storytelling 

share experiences of healing and survival from the armed conflict in 

Uganda. 

As tech-savvy women, we have a role to play in shaping technologies 

to keep women safe. Technology practice is as much part of creating 

technology as is engineering and design. How can we demand more of 

technology and use it to protect, exercise and advance women’s rights? 

About Jan Moolman 

Jan Moolman is a feminist editor, writer, trainer 

and activist with extensive experience in the South 

and Southern African women’s rights sector. Her 

entry point into women’s rights has been through 

media – she is a former editor of Agenda, South 

Africa’s longest surviving feminist journal; newspaper 

columnist, and has contributed to a number of publications 

dealing with women’s rights issues. 

Jan currently works at the Association for Progressive 

Communications where she is the Project 

Coordinator for the MDG3 project, a multi-stakeholder project that aims to 

strengthen women’s strategic use of ICTs to combat violence against women 

and girls. Jan is responsible for implementing research and developing the 

national strategy for South Africa, as well as providing guidance and supervision 

to the country coordinators worldwide. Jan is also a digital story telling trainer 

and is currently working towards a Masters in Media Studies. 

Previously, Jan guest edited an Agenda journal edition on technology with 

a team from Women’sNet, where she worked as the Media and Information 

Manager. Through her work at the Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT), 

Jan conducted training and capacity building for South African NGOs in the use 

of social media to deepen and support their work and managed an information 

portal. 



Friday, sessiOn 9, 3:00 – 4:00 pm 

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Fernanda Viégas 

Research Scientist, Google 

From Politics to Art: Visualization as a Medium 

Data visualization has historically been accessible only to the elite 

in academia, business, and government. It was “serious” technology, 

created by experts for experts. In recent years, however, web-based 

visualizations — ranging from political art projects to news 

stories — have reached audiences of millions. Meanwhile, new 

initiatives in government, aimed at all citizens, point to an era of 

increased transparency. 

What will this new era of data transparency and expressiveness look 

like — and what are the implications for technologists who work 

with data? To help answer this question, I report on work into public 

data analysis and visualization. Some of the results come from Many 

Eyes, a “living laboratory” web site where people may upload their 

own data, create interactive visualizations, and carry on conversations. 

Political discussions, citizen activism, religious conversations, game 

playing, and educational exchanges are all happening on Many Eyes. 

Finally, I discuss artistic projects that complicate and subvert the traditional 

notion of data visualization by highlighting its potential 

as an expressive medium that invites emotion. 

About Fernanda Viégas 

Fernanda B. Viégas is a computational designer 

whose work focuses on the social, collaborative, and 

artistic aspects of information visualization. She is a 

research scientist at Google, where she co-leads the 

visualization group with Martin Wattenberg. 

Her fascination with the power of visualization to 

spark conversation led to the creation of Many Eyes 

at IBM, where she was a researcher from 2005 to 

2010. The site is an open experiment in collective sensemaking and the impact 

of data analysis on public debate. 

Before joining IBM, Viégas’s research at the MIT Media Lab focused on the 

visualization of online communities. She is known for her pioneering work on 

depicting chat histories, email archives, and Wikipedia activity. Viégas’s interest 

in the stories that people tell about these archives led to a series of visualizations 

of personal, emotionally-charged data. 

Her artistic visualizations have been exhibited in venues such as the New York 

Museum of Modern Art, the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, and the 

Whitney Museum of American Art. 

Viégas holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from the Media Lab at MIT. She is Brazilian and 

misses the year-round warm weather in Rio de Janeiro where she grew up. 


K E Y N O T E S P E A K E R 

Carol Bartz 

Chief Executive Officer, Yahoo! 

For more than three decades, I’ve enjoyed a front row seat at the 

technology and computing revolution. It’s been a wild ride, and 

during that time I’ve seen a lot of change. But two really stick 

out in my mind. 

The first, and what I’d call the most dramatic change, is the rise of women 

in technology. When I first started my career, women in technology 

weren’t just rare – they were considered oddities. As for women leaders, 

forget about it. It just didn’t work that way. 

Yet fast forward to today, and we’ve got amazing conferences like this 

one… and I’m sitting in the CEO office at Yahoo!. Sure, there’s still work 

to do in this area, but the change over the years has been significant. 

And that brings me to my second point. I’ve spent time with companies 

like Digital Equipment Corp., Sun Microsystems, Autodesk and Yahoo! 

where I’ve experienced the unusual (and unanticipated) changes that have 

affected technology and computing. From mainframes to software and 

now the Internet, it has had a profound impact on our society. 

But what’s next? Two words: intense personalization – or what I like to call 

the “The Internet of One.” It will be less about serving many, and all about 

serving the individual; bringing a user more of what they care about – their 

friends, their news, their music – and less of what they don’t. 

This “next wave” of computing will serve people regardless of where they 

are or how they connect to the Web. And it will demand expertise and 

insight not only from engineers and computer scientists, but also from 

the fields of psychology, economics, sociology and more. 

At the 2010 Grace Hopper Conference, I look forward to exploring these 

changes with you. My hope is to give you a better understanding of the 

future of computing and technology – and the important role women 

now have in its development. 


Thursday, Awards Ceremony 7:00 – 9:00 PM 


About Carol Bartz 

Carol Bartz is the chief executive 

officer and a director of Yahoo!. 

Previously, Bartz served as executive 

chairman of the board of Autodesk, 

Inc. In April, 2006, she stepped down 

as chairman, president and CEO of 

Autodesk after 14 years with the 

company. During her tenure, the 

company diversified its product line 

and grew revenues from $285 million 

to $1.523 billion in FY06. 

Bartz previously held positions at Sun 

Microsystems, most recently serving 

as vice president of worldwide field 

operations and an executive officer of 

the company. Before joining Sun, she 

held product line and sales management 

positions at Digital Equipment 

Corporation and 3M Corporation. 

Bartz holds an honors degree in 

computer science from the University 

of Wisconsin. She was granted an 

honorary Doctor of Humane Letters 

degree from the New Jersey Institute 

of Technology, an honorary Doctor 

of Science degree from Worcester 

Polytechnic Institute and an honorary 

Doctor of Letters degree from William 

Woods University. 

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Duy-Loan T. Le 

Texas Instruments Senior Fellow 

CAMARADERIE & CROSS GENDER COLLABORATION 

“The good old boys’ network! It is so exclusive. I feel so left out!” 

How many times have we women heard other women make those statements, or similar 

ones? When I first heard about “the good old boys’ network,” I wondered what it was and 

did not give it much thought afterwards. But when I started hearing it again and again, 

I asked myself if it does exist … and most importantly what can us women do about it? 

A few years ago, I sat in a meeting with several VPs at 

work. I was the only woman present, which was nothing 

new since not much had changed since I started more 

than a quarter of a century ago. We were discussing how 

to get certain things done and the debate heated up. In my 

usual humorous and confident style, I smiled and said very 

deliberately: “Women are always right and women always 

get their way!” 

My male colleagues laughed a good laugh with me. 

Then one gentleman, let’s just call him Mr. Jones, said 

rather matter-of-factly, “I have never thought of you as a 

woman!” I laughed and replied, “That is one of the best 

compliments I have ever received in my professional life!” 

Later I shared that incident with several young female 

engineers and asked them what they thought about that 

exchange. Several said that they were personally insulted 

by Jones’ comment. Others were surprised by my response 

and could not quite understand why I replied the way 

I did. 

To be honest, given the limited context of the story, 

it is not surprising that some, if not many, women 

would feel insulted if men didn’t see them as women. 

A puzzled reaction to my comment in response is 

also understandable and, rightfully so, it warrants an 

explanation. 

Now the truth is that Jones and I have always been able 

to communicate, collaborate, and overcome whatever 

challenges we faced while we worked on developing 

advanced technologies for our company. Some of the 

challenges are technically tough. To him, I am simply a 

capable, competent technologist who is easy to work with. 

So in the end, gender was a moot point for both of us, a 

non-factor in our great work relationship. 

This kind of relationship allowed us to work extremely 

well with each other on many tough challenges. We are 

able to set up time each week to discuss progress and 

formulate strategies and felt obligated to keep each other 

informed real time of potential issues that were not 

obvious in meetings or group discussions. In other words, 

we developed trust, friendship and a deep respect for each 

other and felt comfortable talking about what was on our 

mind. Neither of us feared being politically incorrect with 

each other. 

To be clear, the relationship described is not just between 

Jones and me, but also between me and the rest of the VPs 

as well. Everyone took the statement the same way I took 

it and the same way he meant it. As a matter of fact, one 

other gentleman jokingly added after my reply: “be nice to 

her … she is one of us… and yes she often gets her way!’ 

What played out in that room that day demonstrates, in 

my opinion, an ultimate requirement one must have in 

order to be part of a group: camaraderie! If we women can 

appreciate how important camaraderie is when working 

with men – and our part in fostering it - the good old 

boys’ network becomes a lot less exclusive and less of a 

barrier. 

We women have this sense of bonding that some might 

call ‘sisterhood’. What is it? It is a sense of friendship full 

of trust, respect and openness. Because of that we feel 

comfortable sharing all kinds of information, enjoying 

each other’s presence, joking with each other, and are 

willing to be there to help one another get better. In other 

words, there is a sense of belonging among members of 

the sisterhood. Well, men are no different. Their needs are 

no different from ours. 


The so called ‘good old boys’ network’ can be less exclusive 

if we are willing to form friendships based on trust, respect 

and openness. I recognize that to do this may be difficult 

because TRUE friendship with the opposite gender is 

often harder to achieve, but it is not impossible. My life 

experience has taught me that worthwhile things often 

require tremendous effort. 

There are many things we must do in order to have good 

collaboration with others in engineering or technology 

field. In my opinion, some of the key ones are; 

• Clear roles and responsibilities 

• Aligned objectives and priorities 

• Defined ownership and accountability 

• Open communication and everyone has a voice 

• Strong leadership to resolve conflicts and set direction 

And of course there are many others. 

However, there is one fundamental ingredient in the 

recipe of success when crossing gender boundaries and it 

is simply “camaraderie”. We must be able to trust, respect, 

share, and have fun with each other in order to feel a sense 

of connection and of belongingness. 

Now let me point out that such cross-gender relationships 

characterized by mutually acceptable humorous 

repartee like the one I’ve described, do require a sense of 

shared responsibility. For example, those of us in such 

relationships must remain cognizant that even the most 

innocent exchange in the presence of those outside the 

relationship could be misinterpreted. Hence, we must 

know “who’s in the room,” and behave accordingly. We 

should also be willing to coach and mentor other women 

in strategies for being included. 

One last thought: the next time we hear a friendly 

comment, don’t judge it! Instead step back, think about 

the bigger context, and realize that those comments 

could be exchanged between people with a pre-existing 

relationship based on trust, mutual respect and 

camaraderie! 


Thursday, 8:30-9:45 AM 

Centennial Ballroom I – IV 

About Duy-Loan T. Le 

Duy-Loan Le came to America with nothing but the clothes on her 

back at the age of 12. Four years later, Duy-Loan graduated as 

Valedictorian of her high school at 16. In 1982, she graduated from 

The University of Texas in Austin with BSEE Magna Cum Laude 

and started as a memory design engineer at the age of 19 with 

Texas Instruments. Duy-Loan received her MBA from The University 

of Houston in 1989. She is currently the World Wide Advanced 

Technology Ramp Manager, overseeing development projects using 

innovative technology, at Texas Instruments. 

In 2002, Duy-Loan became the first Asian and the first woman to 

be elected to the rank of Senior Fellow (equivalent to a Senior Vice 

President on the management track), joining four men who held this 

prestigious title worldwide at the time at Texas Instruments (TI). 

Today Duy-Loan remains the only woman to hold this title in TI’s 80 

years of history. Duy-Loan holds 23 patents with 7 pending applications. 

She has been featured in IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and 

Electronics Engineers) SPECTRUM, Asian Enterprise trade journals, a 

book titled “The Pride of Vietnamese”, and numerous local and international 

newspapers. Duy-Loan serves on the Board of Directors for 

National Instruments, a publicly traded company on NASDAQ headquartered 

in Austin. Duy-Loan is a registered Professional Engineer 

(PE) and is frequently invited to speak at Fortune 500 companies. 

Duy-Loan has a very long list of accolades. Her favorites include 

Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame, National 

Technologist of the Year, TimesPeople, Asian American Engineer of 

The Year, Who’s Who in the World, Women of Vision: Leadership, 

PINK’s Top 15 Women in Business, VANG’s Golden Torch with United 

States Congressional Recognition for Civic Leadership. One of TI’s 

DSP chips, under Duy-Loan’s leadership, was recognized in 2004 

Guinness World Records. 

Duy-Loan’s service to the community is extensive. Among the many 

things that she does in America and internationally, she most enjoys 

providing education assistance for children and supporting social 

economic developments projects in 12 different countries through 

two 501c3 organizations, the Mona Foundation and the Sunflower 

Mission. 

Duy-Loan Le has been married to her husband Tuan N. Dao for 27 

years. She has two boys, Quy-Dan 16 and Quy-Don 13. She enjoys 

deep-sea fishing, reading, movie, classical music, painting, and 

playing poker. Duy-Loan also holds a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do and 

has won several medals and trophies in the state of Texas. 

79


Barbara Liskov 

Professor at MIT & Associate Provost for Faculty Equity, 2008 ACM Turing Award Winner 

PROGRAMMING IN ThE PAST, PRESENT, AND FuTuRE 

It is a great honor to get the Turing Award and I have enjoyed a wonderful career. And 

I do mean enjoyed. I have found my work to be challenging but also very rewarding, 

and I have had fun doing it. I would very much like to see young women take on 

careers that work as well for them as mine has for me. This doesn’t mean that they need to 

follow my path. Instead each of you must find your own path: one that is satisfying to you 

and takes advantage of your talents and capabilities. 

My career has not followed a straight line or a plan that I 

had starting out. Instead I meandered. 

I grew up in San Francisco. I always had an interest in 

math and science, and I pursued these in high school even 

though they weren’t considered (at that time) to be the 

“right” thing for a girl to be doing. My approach was to 

keep quiet about my interests but pursue them anyway. 

I went to UC Berkeley. I started out as a physics major but 

quickly switched to math because I realized that I found it 

both easier and more interesting. Computer science wasn’t 

an option -- there was no such major and I didn’t know 

anything about computers in those days. 

There were almost no women majoring in math or in 

any of my math or physics courses. I remember one other 

woman in some of my courses; in many of them I was the 

only one. 

When I finished college I decided not to go to grad school 

right away because I felt I wasn’t ready to focus on my 

studies in the way that would be necessary to fully succeed. 

Instead I decided to get a job. But when I looked for a 

job doing math, I wasn’t able to find anything interesting. 

Instead I found a job as a programmer. In those days, 

since there were no computer science major, companies 

were hiring people who had no background if it seemed 

they might have the ability to be a programmer, and as 

a result quite a large number of women were working as 

programmers. 

Finding a job doing programming was a happy accident. 

I found a field that was both interesting and that matched 

my talents. 

After working for two years I decided to return to grad 

school, but now in computer science. I did this because, 

although I was learning a lot on the job, I thought I could 

learn much faster in an academic setting. 

When I finished my PhD I didn’t receive any good 

academic offers, so I went to work for a research 

organization instead. I think the lack of offers was 

definitely gender related. But it also had an upside: I was 

changing fields (from AI to computer systems) and I think 

it would have been quite difficult to make such a large 

change if I had also been doing all the other things, such 

as teaching, that are part of being an academic. Four years 

later I moved to MIT. By then I had accomplished the 

switch of fields and had attained some visibility in my new 

research area. But also Title 9 had passed and universities 

were more open to women. This was definitely true at 

MIT. Still, when I joined MIT there were only about 10 

women on the faculty (out of about 1000)! 

Moving to MIT at just that point was probably very 

important for my career because by then I knew what I 

wanted to work on, and as an academic I had the freedom 

to set my own research agenda. 


As I look back over my career I often wonder what the key 

to my success was. So here are some thoughts about being 

successful; I hope they will be helpful to you. 

• Figure out what interests you and what you are good 

at. Both are important for you to realize your full 

potential. 

• Persevere. I kept doing what I thought was interesting 

even though those around me might not agree. 

• Get a life. You have much less control over your 

personal life than you do over your career, so you need 

to take advantage of opportunities when they arise. And 

if you want to have children, go for it when it seems 

right for you personally and figure out how to make it 

work. 

• Do work that is interesting rather than expedient. Here 

I’m primarily talking to people in an academic career. 

Don’t think in terms of the least publishable unit, and 

try to avoid doing incremental work. If you go for the 

interesting problems, then even if you fail in the end, 

you will at least have the satisfaction of knowing that 

what you tried was worthwhile. 

• Don’t be afraid to try new things. Over the course 

of my career I have moved from AI to systems to 

programming methodology to programming languages 

to distributed computing. Being flexible about what 

you work on allows you to move as interests and 

technology change. And to enable these moves, get as 

general an education as you can. 

• Be intellectually honest. It’s very important to 

understand what you know and particularly what you 

don’t know. I find that teaching is very useful here, and 

for research in general: having to explain to others from 

first principles forces you to really understand. 

And finally, it helps to have a sense of humor! 

About Barbara Liskov 

Barbara Liskov is an Institute 

Professor at MIT and also Associate 

Provost for Faculty Equity. She is a 

member of the National Academy of 

Engineering, a fellow of the American 

Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a 

fellow of the ACM. 

She received the ACM Turing Award 

in 2009, the ACM SIGPLAN Programming 

Language Achievement Award 

in 2008, the IEEE Von Neumann medal 

in 2004, a lifetime achievement award 

from the Society of Women Engineers 

in 1996, and in 2003 was named one 

of the 50 most important women in 

science by Discover Magazine. 

Her research interests include distributed 

systems, replication algorithms 

to provide fault-tolerance, programming 

methodology, and programming 

languages. Her current research 

projects include Byzantine-faulttolerant 

storage systems, peer-to-peer 

computing, and support for automatic 

deployment of software upgrades in 

large-scale distributed systems. 

Friday, 8:30 – 9:45 AM 



TEChNOLOGY EXECuTIVE PLENARY PANEL 

ThuRSDAY, 1:45 – 2:45 PM • CENTENNIAL BALLROOM I-IV 

Collaborative Leadership in Driving Innovation 

This plenary panel will provide an executive perspective on what skills are the most important for success in 

technical careers in industry, the key to successful technology leadership, and the career path for becoming a technology 

executive in the era of collaboration. In particular, the panelists will discuss: 

• What advice do executives have for women who are considering the industry executive path? What lessons have 

they learned on their road to becoming an executive? 

• How have they broken barriers to advancement? 

• What should women consider in their career planning if they wish to become technology executives? 

• What are the specific skills that women who want to become successful industry technologists should develop? 

What are the most important characteristics of successful technology executives? 

• What is the role of collaboration in career success? Are women more suited to collaborative leadership? 

• What are some of the ways executives leverage collaborative innovation models such as open innovation, crowdsourcing, 

employee-driven innovations, and open source? 

• Are the leadership skills needed for success different across industry and geography? How will these skills 

evolve in the future? 

Amy Alving 

Chief Technology Officer, Science Applications 

International Corporation (SAIC) 

Dr. Alving is the Chief Technology 

Officer and Senior Vice President 

at Science Applications International 

Corporation. She leads SAIC’s Office of 

Technology, which is responsible for the 

creation, communication and implementation 

of SAIC’s 

technical and 

scientific vision and 

strategy. She has a 

diverse background 

in government and 

academia, with over 

15 years of accomplishments 

in the 

areas of technology and national security. 

Prior to joining SAIC she served as the 

director of the Special Projects Office at 

the Defense Advanced Research Projects 

Agency, where she was a member of the 

Senior Executive Service. In this role she 

was responsible for strategic planning, 

operations, finances, security, program 

development and execution. She was a 

White House Fellow (1997-98) serving 

at the Department of Commerce. Prior 

to that, she was an Associate Professor of 

Aerospace Engineering at the University 

of Minnesota, where she taught graduate 

and undergraduate students in mechanics, 

fluids, and experimental methods, served 

as a thesis advisor to graduate students, and 

conducted independent, basic research. Dr. 

Alving graduated from Stanford University 

with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and 

from Princeton University with a Ph.D. in 

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. 

She carried out post-doctoral research in 

Berlin, Germany. She is a member of the 

Naval Research Advisory Committee and 

has been a member or advisor to the Army 

Science Board, Defense Science Board 

and National Academies Studies. She has 

been on the Board of Directors of the 

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation and 

is a member of the Council on Foreign 

Relations. 

Kelli Crane 

Senior Vice President and Chief Information 

Officer, Thomson Reuters 

As CIO of Thomson Reuters, Kelli 

Crane spearheads the development 

and implementation of a global information 

technology plan that aligns with the 

business strategy and leads the organization 

in implementing advanced enterprise 

information systems across its vertical 

businesses. She plays a key role in driving 

the execution of strategic initiatives and 

coordinating and 

tracking major 

technology projects, 

bringing Thomson 

and Reuters together 

under one technology 

umbrella. 

Ms. Crane has been 

with the company 

for 23 years, holding positions in technology 

and operations. She received her 

MBA from Texas A&M – Corpus Christi 

Branch, where she focused on computer 


application and a BS in Business Administration 

with a concentration in marketing 

from Northern Michigan University in 

Marquette, Michigan. 

Romea Smith 

Senior Vice President – CA, Support 

Romea Smith was appointed Senior 

Vice President – CA Support in April 

2008. Since joining CA in May, 2000, 

Romea has been instrumental in enhancing 

CA’s ability to provide quality technical 

support and has been the driving force 

in improving customer satisfaction and 

employee experience. 

Prior to joining 

CA, Romea held 

multiple leadership 

positions with 

Sterling Software 

and Systems Center. 

Romea holds a B.S. degree in Mathematics 

from Prairie View A&M University. 

Kalpana 

Margabandhu 

Director of WebSphere Development, IBM 

India Software Lab 

Kalpana has 28 years of industry experience 

and has been with IBM for last 

seventeen years. She is the Director of 

WebSphere Development, in IBM India 

Software Lab. She is a co-chair for WIT 

Executive Steering Committee, Member of 

the Global Women’s 

Council, GMT 

(Growth Market 

Team) Ambassadors 

for Gender 

Diversity, Member 

of the India Leadership 

Forum and 

also participates in external Women’s forum 

like NASSCOM, CII. 

Kalpana has received several awards in 

recognition of her leadership with the India 

Software Lab, and was named the recipient 

of the IT People Award for Women 

Leadership in 2007 and the Women In 

Leadership (WILL) Women’s Choice 

Award in 2008. She is also on the Board of 

IBM India. 

MODERATED BY 

Rebecca Norlander 

Executive in Residence, Illuminate Ventures 

Rebecca Norlander is Executive in 

Residence at Illuminate Ventures. Prior 

to Illuminate Ventures, Rebecca started as 

a Software Design Engineer at Microsoft 

in 1991. Since then, she has traveled the 

company through various development 

organizations, most 

recently as General 

Manager of the 

System Protection 

Team in Windows. 

In the interim, she 

has played various 

technical roles in 

the Office team, 

the COM team, and the IE team, and 

as the leader of Microsoft Windows XP 

SP2. In November 2006, Rebecca became 

Technical Assistant to the Chief Software 

Architect of Microsoft, Ray Ozzie. In 2009 

she became Partner Engineering Manager, 

Microsoft Online Advertising Platform. 

She keeps coming to work because she is 

passionate about the positive potential of 

software in the world. Rebecca graduated 

with a BA in Computer Science in 1991 

and she was a lead speaker at the 2002 

Grace Hopper, Women in Computing 

conference. 


IMPOSTER PLENARY PANEL: ADDRESSING uNIquE ChALLENGES 

FRIDAY, 1:45 – 2:45 PM • CENTENNIAL BALLROOM I-IV 

Imposter Syndrome: Addressing Unique Challenges 

The “imposter syndrome” is a common yet typically unacknowledged condition. Those experiencing it typically 

have difficulties believing in and internalizing their own accomplishments despite clear evidence of success. 

Although affirmative action policies have provided many opportunities for women and minorities, they often lead 

to resentment and exclusion. Our panelists have wrestled with such feelings. Hear how these distinguished women 

have coped with and surmounted challenges. They have valuable insights and life lessons to share. 

Fran Berman 

Vice President for Research and Professor of 

Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic 

Institute 

Dr. Fran Berman is Vice President for 

Research and Professor of Computer 

Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 

Prior to joining Rensselaer, Dr. Berman was 

High Performance Computing Endowed 

Chair at UCSD. From 2001 to 2009, 

she served as Director of the San Diego 

Supercomputer Center (SDSC) where 

she led a staff of 250+ interdisciplinary 

scientists, engineers, and technologists. Dr. 

Berman has been recognized by the Library 

of Congress as a 

“Digital Preservation 

Pioneer”, 

and by Business- 

Week as one of 

the top women in 

technology. She 

was awarded the 

inaugural ACM/ 

IEEE-CS Ken 

Kennedy Award in 2009 for “influential 

leadership in the design, development, and 

deployment of national-scale cyberinfrastructure.” 

Diane Gonzalez 

Vice President of Product Development- 

Shared Services & Tools, Intuit 

Diane Gonzalez is the Vice President of 

Product Development for the Shared 

Services & Tools team within Intuit’s 

CTO organization. She leads the engineering 

team responsible for building the 

next generation product infrastructure for 

Intuit’s Connected Services Strategy. 

Prior to joining 

Intuit, Ms. Gonzalez 

was a Senior 

Director, Engineering 

at Siebel 

Systems responsible 

for Siebel’s Industry 

Specific Solutions. 

She has held a 

variety of senior management positions 

throughout her career. She has worked 

as an Executive Consultant with several 

start-ups where she functioned as the Vice 

President of Engineering. Ms. Gonzalez has 

held senior management positions at Prism 

Solutions, ViewStar Corporation, and 

Ingres Corporation. Ms. Gonzalez started 

her professional career at Hewlett-Packard 

after graduating from the University of 

California, Berkeley with a BA in Applied 

Mathematics. 

Yolanda Rankin 

Research Scientist, IBM Research – Almaden 

Yolanda A. Rankin is a Research 

Scientist at IBM Research – Almaden 

in San Jose, CA. Her research interests 

include: 1. Conceptual design and evaluation 

of digital media as collaborative work 

spaces for knowledge acquisition and 

situational awareness; 2. Design of complex 

service engagements as indicators of value 

co-creation. 

Yolanda accumulated extensive experience 

in telecommunications at AT&T 

Bell Labs and Lucent Technologies. She 

managed the product development of 

optical networking 

subsystems at Luxcore 

Networks. Yolanda 

completed her Ph.D. 

in Computer Science 

at Northwestern 

University, attained 

a M.A. in Computer 

Science at Kent State University, and a B.S. 

in Mathematics at Tougaloo College. 


Katie Siek 

Assistant Professor in Computer Science, 

University of Colorado, Boulder 

Katie A. Siek is an Assistant Professor 

in Computer Science at the University 

of Colorado at Boulder. Her primary 

research interests are in how sociotechnical 

interventions affect personal health and 

wellness. Her research is supported by 

NIH, RWJF, and NSF including a five-year 

NSF CAREER award. Most recently, 

she received a Scottish Informatics and 

Computer Science Alliance Distinguished 

Visiting Fellowship. She completed her 

Ph.D. and M.S. at 

Indiana University 

in CS and her B.S. 

in CS at Eckerd 

College. Siek is 

a member of the 

ACM-W Council. 

She is part of a 

two-body opportunity and a mother. 

MODERATED BY 

Debra Richardson 

Professor of Informatics and Founding Dean, 

Donald Bren School of Information and 

Computer Sciences at University of California 

– Irvine 

Debra J. Richardson, Professor of Informatics 

and founding dean of UC Irvine’s 

Donald Bren School of Information and 

Computer Sciences, 

joined ICS’ faculty 

in 1987. Under her 

leadership as chair, 

ICS was promoted 

from department to 

the only computingfocused 

school in 

the University of 

California in December 2002, after which 

she served as dean through June 2010. 

She is a member of the NCWIT leadership 

team, leading efforts at UC Irvine primarily 

focused on changes to undergraduate 

education promoting recruitment and 

retention of women in computing. 

She received her B.A. in Mathematics from 

the University of California–San Diego 

and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer and 

Information Science from the University of 

Massachusetts–Amherst. 


ANITA BORG SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD WINNER 

Ann Quiroz Gates 

ThuRSDAY, 7:00 – 9:00 PM – CENTENNIAL BALLROOM I-IV 

FRIDAY, 4:15 – 5:15 PM – SINGAPORE/MANILA 

uNDERWRITTEN BY MICROSOFT RESEARCh 

The fifth Anita Borg Social Impact Award, an international prize, honors an individual 

who has caused technology to have a positive impact on the lives of women and society or 

who has caused women to have a significant impact on the design and use of technology. 

The recipient of the 2010 Anita Borg Social Impact Award receives a $10,000 award. 

Dr. Ann Quiroz Gates is the Associate Vice-President of Research and 

Sponsored Projects at the University of Texas (UTEP) at El Paso. As the 

founder of the Computing Alliance for Hispanic serving institutions 

(CAHSI), Dr. Gates is dedicated to and has been highly successful in 

the retention, recruitment, and advancement of Hispanic women in computing. 

Under Ann’s leadership, CAHSI institutions have reinforced the academic pipeline 

at three critical intervention stages: the transition from high school to college, college 

to graduate school, and graduate school to the professoriate. In the first stage, a lack 

of preparedness and prior experience in computing are unforgiving gatekeepers. Ann 

and her colleagues have employed graphics and animation technology to attract and 

engage students unfamiliar to programming, problem solving, and computational 

thinking. In addition, she promotes a model that extends the number of students 

involved in research through inclusion of theose who have the capability, but who 

have not considered research. This develops the skills students need to be successful. 

The third key stage supports transitions from graduate school into the professoriate. 

Transferring effective practices from a $3.5M NSF ADVANCE grant funding at 

UTEP to create a cohort at the professoriate level, Ann and her CAHSI colleagues 

have focused on increaseing the participation and advancement of women in 

academic science and engineering careers. The numbers demonstrate the real significance 

of Ann’s contributions. Ann’s leadership and vision has been instrumental to 

CAHSI’s many achievements. To drive profound change in industry hiring practices 

it is crucial to produce a sizeable population of skilled women and minorities within 

the computing workforce. Ann’s establishment of CAHSI and its initiatives at the 

first stage of the academic pipeline, from high school to college, directly addresses this 

challenge. 

To successfully compete for NSF funding for CAHSI, to pull together the diverse 

group of institutions and leadership that constitute the CAHSI alliance, to successfully 

navigate these institutions through the politically charged and financially 

constrained waters of their respective state and institutional leadership, and finally to 

be renewed for a second round of NSF funding – all these achievements are clearly 

demonstrative of the relentlessness of Ann’s vision to change the face of computing. 

Ann’s impact has no geographical boundaries, and her work can easily be extended 

to other countries, particularly those in Central and South America, which have 

sizeable Latino populations. Ann’s leadership is making a significant social impact by 

increasing the number of Latinos and Latinas graduating from college and seeking 

graduate studies in STEM fields. Her outreach efforts have demonstrated her 

commitment to ensure an effective pipeline from academia into industry. 

About Ann Quiroz Gates 

Ann Quiroz Gates is the Associate Vice 

President of Research and Sponsored 

Projects at the University of Texas at 

El Paso and past chair of the Computer 

Science Department. Her research 

areas are software property elicitation 

and specification, and workflow-driven 

ontologies. Gates directs the NSF-funded 

Cyber-ShARE Center that focuses on 

developing and sharing resources through 

cyber-infrastructure to advance research 

and education in science. She was a 

founding member of the NSF Advisory 

Committee for Cyberinfrastructure, and 

she served on the Board of Governors 

of IEEE-Computer Society 2004-2009. 

Gates leads the Computing Alliance for 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI), 

an NSF-funded consortium that is 

focused on the recruitment, retention, 

and advancement of Hispanics in 

computing and is a founding member 

of the National Center for Women in 

Information Technology (NCWIT), a 

national network to advance participation 

of women in IT. Gates received the 2009 

Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for 

Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science, and 

Diversifying Computing and was named 

to Hispanic Business magazine’s 100 

Influential Hispanics in 2006 for her work 

on the Affinity Research Group model that 

focuses on development of undergraduate 

students involved in research. She 

received her Ph.D. from New Mexico 

State University in 1994. 


ANITA BORG TEChNICAL LEADERShIP AWARD WINNER 

Laura Haas 


FRIDAY, 10:00 – 11:00 AM – MONTREAL/VANCOuVER 

uNDERWRITTEN BY CISCO 

The Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award is given to a woman who has inspired the 

women’s technology community through outstanding technological and social contributions. 

The winner has demonstrated how her work has covered new ground and her 

technical leadership has increased women’s impact, representation and effectiveness in 

the technology arena. The recipient of the 2010 Technical Leadership Award receives a 

$10,000 award. 

Laura Haas is an IBM Fellow and Director of Computer Science, IBM 

Research – Almaden, where she directs research in information management, 

human-computer interaction, theoretical foundations of computing, 

and healthcare informatics. Dr. Haas is also one of the founders of IBM’s 

information integration solutions, which today include products that can integrate 

both structured and unstructured data via federation, consolidation and search. 

In addition, she has been named one of two “Catalysts for Science” in IBM Research. 

In this role, she works with a world-wide team across eight research labs to help 

researchers succeed, to help IBM maintain a high scientific profile in the academic 

community, and to encourage the kind of ambitious research that can change the 

industry and the world. 

Laura Haas’ personal research has focused on helping people to find information. Her 

accomplishments include her initiation and management of the Starburst research 

project, which developed pioneering new technology for extensible database systems 

and brought it into production as the basis for a new generation of IBM’s highly 

successful DB2 product family. She also pioneered the concept of data federation, the 

integrating technology that provides access to many data sources through a common 

interface. This technology solves a critical problem for businesses that depend on 

information from multiple sources. Laura was the chief architect and technical leader 

for data federation in IBM, from its inception as an experimental research project to 

its current status as a successful IBM product. 

Laura’s leadership has been demonstrated both in her own technical work and in 

her impact on the work of others. She managed the Exploratory Database Systems 

department at Almaden during the years when it established a reputation as one of 

the world’s leading centers of database research. She established an atmosphere in 

which creative people thrived and groundbreaking work was encouraged. Under 

her leadership, the database department produced six IBM Fellows and five ACM 

SIGMOD Innovation Award winners, an unprecedented achievement for an organization 

of fewer than 30 people. 

Laura Haas was vice-chair of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 

Special Interest Group on Management of Data (SIGMOD) from 1989-1997. She 

was Vice President of the VLDB Endowment Baord of Trustees from 2004-2009. 

She is now vice-chair of the Computing Research Association Board. She was named 

an IBM Fellow, IBM’s highest technical honor in 2009, and she was elected to the 

National Academy of Engineering in 2010. 

About Laura Haas 

Laura Haas is an IBM Fellow and has been director 

of computer science at IBM Research – Almaden 

since 2005 and leads research in computer science 

across IBM’s worldwide research labs. Previously, 

Dr. Haas was responsible for Information 

Integration Solutions (IIS) architecture in IBM’s 

Software Group after leading the IIS development 

team through its first two years. She joined the 

development team in 2001 as manager of DB2 

UDB Query Compiler development. Before that, 

she was a research staff member and manager at 

the Almaden lab for nearly twenty years. In IBM 

Research, she worked on and managed a number 

of exploratory projects in distributed database 

systems. Dr. Haas is best known for her work on 

the Starburst query processor (from which DB2 UDB 

was developed); on Garlic, a system which allowed 

federation of heterogeneous data sources; and on 

Clio, the first semi-automatic tool for heterogeneous 

schema mapping. Garlic technology, married 

with DB2 UDB query processing, is the basis for the 

IBM WebSphere Information Server’s federation 

capabilities, while Clio capabilities are a core differentiator 

in IBM’s Rational Data Architect. Dr. Haas 

is an active member of the database community 

and currently serves as Vice President of the VLDB 

Board of Trustees as well as on many program 

committees for technical conferences. She was vice 

chair of ACM SIGMOD from 1989-1997. Dr. Haas 

has received several IBM awards for Outstanding 

Technical Achievement, and an IBM Corporate 

Award for her work on federated database technology. 

She is a member of the National Academy 

of Engineering and the IBM Academy of Technology, 

an ACM Fellow, and Vice Chair of the board of the 

Computing Research Association. Dr. Haas received 

her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin and 

her bachelor degree from Harvard University. 


2010 ChANGE AGENT 

AWARD WINNERS 

ThuRSDAY, 7:00 – 9:00 PM – 

CENTENNIAL BALLROOM I-IV 

FRIDAY, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM – 

CAIRO/hONG KONG 

uNDERWRITTEN BY GOOGLE 

The Anita Borg Change Agent 

Awards honor technical 

women that live and work 

outside the United States. Change 

Agents work in their community to 

attract and support women in technology. 

Recipients are recognized 

for their technical leadership and 

advocacy work. 

Ana Regina Cavalcanti 

da Rocha, Brazil 

Ana Regina Cavalcanti da Rocha, is an Associate Professor at 

the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Graduate School of 

Engineering, Computer Science Department and Technical 

Coordinator of the Brazilian Reference Model for Software 

Process Improvement. For decades, Ana has been a change agent 

for Brazilian women in software engineering. Since the 1980s, 

she has given software engineering unprecedented visibility in 

Brazil and beyond, created a software quality culture, initiated a 

vast series of workshops and programs 

to assess and enhance software quality, 

and tailored successful software 

engineering practices for adoption by 

Brazilian businesses small and large. In 

doing so, she has also addressed two 

essential problems: lack of educational 

and professional opportunities 

for women, and daunting levels of 

Brazilian poverty. Her scores of women 

students have subsequently achieved 

industrial and academic success. And by offering opportunities 

to those who would not otherwise have them, she has inspired 

dozens of start-up companies and programs throughout Brazil. 

Ana has devoted her career to providing opportunities to 

students, especially women, and particularly from the rural areas 

of Brazil who have little access to education and technology. She 

has empowered these women to return home after their studies, 

to provide similar opportunities to their own students and 

colleagues. 

Through her efforts Brazil’s software and software engineering 

have credibility throughout the world and her software engineering 

innovations are applied in places that most need them. 

For instance, a cardiology institute for the poor in Salvador has 

worked with her students to design and develop Expert System 

in Cardiology enabling physicians in rural areas to diagnose 

myocardial infarctions. Her network of women computer 

scientists is growing at an accelerated pace, now that her former 

students are themselves in senior positions, encouraging the 

next generation of women to carry on her tradition of education 

and excellence. 

Ana has a Bachelor of Mathematics from the Federal University 

of Rio de Janeiro and a Masters and PhD in Computer Science 

from Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. She coordinated 

projects for the Brazilian Navy, Brazilian Air Force, the Electoral 


Brazilian Tribunal, Brazilian Petroleum Company and Brazilian 

National Bank for Development and others. She has been 

the advisor of 22 Doctor of Science Thesis, among which 11 

women. She was also the advisor of 90 Master Thesis, among 

which 39 women. She has published 7 books, 4 book chapters, 

18 papers in Journals and almost 300 papers in International 

and Brazilian conferences. 

Gayatri Buragohain, India 

Gayatri Buragohain, is the founder of Feminist Approach to 

Technology (FAT), a pioneering organization that empowers 

women using technology. FAT’s programs include a Tech 

Education Center for teenage girls in a New Delhi slum to 

explore technology and social issues using the internet and 

multimedia, workshops for all levels of women, and WeWIT, an 

online campaign that showcases female 

techie success stories and is working 

towards connecting female computing 

students with mentors and showcases 

female techie success stories. FAT 

also collaborates with women’s rights 

organizations to incorporate technology 

in their work. 

In May 2009, Gayatri co-founded Joint 

Leap Technologies (JLT), a for-profit 

web development company. JLT works closely with FAT to 

provide quality web technology advice and consulting to nonprofits 

and also is the primary donor for FAT. 

Gayatri is the ACM-W India Ambassador as well as a frequent 

public speaker. She has traveled throughout India leading gender 

sensitization trainings, hands-on tech trainings, and workshops 

on gender inequalities within technology and how to help 

women excel and become leaders in using technology. She was 

awarded the Anita Borg Institute’s “Systers Pass it On” Award 

in Spring 2008 and Spring 2010. 

Gayatri graduated with a degree in Electronics and Telecommunication 

Engineering from Gauhati University in Assam in 

2003. 

Tayana Etienne, Haiti 

Tayana Etienne is a full-time professor in the Science Department 

of the State University of Haiti and is the director of the 

MBDS Master in Haiti that is offered in a joint effort with the 

Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis where she received her 

Master’s Degree. She teaches Computer 

Science and conducts applied research 

projects centered on information and 

communication technologies (ICT) 

use in rural areas, mobile technologies, 

wireless infrastructure, communicating 

objects, RFID for education, health 

and tourism. 

As a Haitian pioneer in ICT, Tayana 

was the first Haitian woman to obtain 

a scholarship for her Master degree in 

Computer Science from the Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis 

(UNSA), France, after her BS in Electronic Engineering in 

Haiti. Tayana has been instrumental in making this degree 

available in Haiti in order to provide the same opportunity to 

many girls locally. 

In 2001, she co-founded SOLUTIONS S.A. an IT consulting 

Company in Haiti which has grown to be one of the most 

innovative software development firm in the country and was 

nominated in 2005 for the Star Quality Award by the “Business 

Initiative Directions” in Geneva and in 2009 for the Pioneers of 

Prosperity Award for Haiti and the Caribbean organized by the 

OTF Group. 

After the January 12th, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, she launched 

with her team the most important local ICT initiative as a 

contribution effort. This project includes a web database for 

NGO collaboration and the first call center dedicated to disaster 

relief in Haiti. She participates in several committees to improve 

the extension and exploitation of ICT for development in Haiti. 

Tayana is passionately involved in various projects in rural 

communities impacting girls and women. 


DENICE DENTON EMERGING LEADER AWARD WINNER 

Beth Pruitt 


FRIDAY, 3:00 – 4:00 PM – SINGAPORE/MANILA 

uNDERWRITTEN BY MICROSOFT RESEARCh 

Professor Denice Denton (1959 – 2006) was a pioneer in many respects: a woman 

engineering faculty who became the first female dean of a school of engineering in a major 

US institution; she worked throughout her life to make engineering attractive to women 

and minorities; strongly promoted diversity in higher education; and helped many people 

break barriers and find their path in life. To honor her life and career and promote those 

who choose to follow similar paths, the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology 

has established the Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award. The award is 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. 

Beth Pruitt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical 

Engineering at Stanford University. Beth Pruitt’s research is in the field of 

microsystems and their application to biomechanics and microscale mechanobiology. 

While she has contributed to significant advances in MEMS 

design and manufacturing and their applications to micromechanical characterization 

techniques, her optimization work on piezoresistive force sensors and new discoveries 

in the biomechanics of mechanotransduction has established her as a world leader in 

the MEMS and mechanobiology communities. 

Beth Pruitt’s philosophy stems from a deep commitment to ensuring the future of 

our society. She has identified social and professional connections, spanning the 

spectrum of ages and expertise, as central to fostering a strong, agile engineering 

community. As such, she has worked tirelessly to invite a full spectrum of participants 

to join in engineering endeavors. She leads through action and example. Beth Pruitt 

has acted as the formal faculty advisor to the Stanford Society of Women Engineers 

(SWE) at Stanford University where she recently received tenure in Mechanical Engineering. 

She has integrated her accomplished research program with her outreach 

program at the international level. She has hosted and mentored 27 undergraduate 

researchers in her lab for research projects ranging from one summer to two years. 

Beth Pruitt has also spearheaded a project that links undergraduate students in a core 

mechanical engineering course with youth; specifically middle school girls at The 

Girls Middle School. 

Through Beth Pruitt’s leadership and mentoring role with Stanford SWE, she has 

organized over 30 faculty lunches with women undergrads interested in engineering. 

In the broader community, she has enrolled about 100 women in the Google Women 

in MEMS group and organized two events each year for women at MEMS conferences 

(Transducers, Hilton Head, MEMS) since 2005. The aim of these in-person 

events is, as stated, to connect women students with women professors and industry 

members as role models and contacts. 

Through these specific contributions, Beth Pruitt has demonstrated a significant and 

enduring leadership capability. Her overarching goals are simple, yet bold: get women 

connected so they feel like they belong. Through her program, which fosters this 

connection from the local to international levels, she has and is contributing significantly 

to promote diversity and inclusion in engineering. 

About Beth Pruitt 

Dr. Beth Pruitt did her BS at MIT and MS 

and PhD at Stanford. She worked on 

Piezoresistive Cantilevers for Characterizing 

Thin-Film Gold Electrical Contacts 

during her PhD. During her post-doc, she 

worked on nanostencils and polymer 

MEMS. She joined the Stanford Mechanical 

Engineering faculty in fall 2003 and 

started the Stanford Microsystems Lab. 

Her research projects include the 

development of novel processes and 

micromachined sensors and actuators for 

measuring micro-mechanical behavior, 

the analysis, design, and control of 

integrated electro-mechanical systems 

and biomedical applications of nanofabricated 

devices with the goal of 

developing integrated MEMS-biological 

test platforms, precise measurement and 

analysis systems, and reliable manufacture 

methods. Her research addresses 

instrumentation and interfaces between 

the micro and macro scale, understanding 

the scaling properties of physical and 

material processes, and reproducing and 

propagating new technologies efficiently 

and robustly. She has received an NSF 

CAREER award, and DARPA YFA award. 

Current lab support is comprised of NSF, 

NIH, DARPA, CIRM and Stanford Bio-X 

grants. Prior to her PhD, she was an 

officer in the U.S. Navy, serving first at 

NAVSEA08, the engineering headquarters 

of the Navy nuclear program, then as a 

Systems Engineering instructor at the U.S. 

Naval Academy where she also taught 

offshore sailing. 


A T r i b u T e T o 

Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper 

Many of us remember seeing Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper on television. We 

recall a charming, tiny, white-haired lady in a Navy uniform with a lot of braid, 

admonishing a class of young Naval officers to remember their nanoseconds. The 

“nanoseconds” she handed out were lengths of wire, cut to not quite 12 inches in 

length, equal to the distance traveled by an electron along the wire in the space 

of a nanosecond—one billionth of a second. In teaching efficient programming methods, Admiral 

Hopper wanted to make sure her students would not waste nanoseconds. Occasionally, to make 

the demonstration even more powerful, she would bring to class an entire “microsecond”—a coil of 

wire nearly 1,000 feet long that the admiral, herself tough and wiry, would brandish with a sweeping 

gesture. Our vivid impression of Hopper as a great teacher derives from these images. 

However, as Howard Bromberg has written, Hopper was much more. She was a “mathematician, 

computer scientist, social scientist, corporate politician, marketing whiz, systems designer, and 

programmer,” and, always, a “visionary.” 

After graduating from Vassar with a degree in mathematics in 1928, Grace Brewster Murray worked 

under algebraist Oystein Ore at Yale for her Ph.D.(1934). She married Vincent Foster Hopper, an 

educator, in 1930, and began teaching mathematics at Vassar in 1931. The Murrays were a family 

with a long military tradition; Grace Hopper’s ancestors had served in the American Revolutionary 

War. Thus it surprised no one when she resigned her Vassar post to join the Navy WAVES (Women 

Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) in 1943. Commissioned as a lieutenant, she reported in 

1944 to the Bureau of Ordnance Computation Project at Harvard University. She was the third person 

to join the research team of Professor (and Naval Reserve lieutenant) Howard H. Aiken, who had 

requested her months earlier and greeted her with the words, “Where the hell have you been?” Then 

he pointed to the Mark I electromechanical computing machine: “There’s the machine. Compute 

the coefficients of the arc tangent series by next Thursday.” Hopper plunged in and learned what the 

machine could do with a clever mathematician at the helm. 

By the end of World War II in 1945, she was working on the Mark II. Although her marriage was 

dissolved at this point, she did not resume her maiden name. She was appointed to the Harvard faculty 

as a research fellow, and in 1949 she joined the newly formed Eckert-Mauchly Corporation, founded 

by the builders of ENIAC, one of the first electronic digital computers. 

She never again held only one job at a time. She went back and forth among institutions in the 

military, private industry, business, and academe, and in all these places she was regarded as one of the 

most incisive strategic “futurists” in the world of computing. Hopper remained associated with Eckert- 

Mauchly and its successors (Remington-Rand, Sperry-Rand, and Univac) until her official “retirement” 

in 1971. Her best-known contribution to computing during this period was the invention, in 1953, of 

the compiler, the intermediate program that translates English language instructions into the language 

of the target computer. She did this, she said, because she was “lazy” and hoped that “the programmer 

may return to being a mathematician.” 

Her work on compilers and on making machines understand ordinary language instructions led 

ultimately to the development of the business language COBOL. Hopper’s work also foreshadowed or 

embodied many developments that are still the very bones of digital computing: subroutines, formula 

translation, relative addressing, the linking loader, code optimization, and symbolic manipulation. 

She was briefly retired from the Naval Reserve in 1966, but was called to active duty the next year to 

take charge of the Navy’s standardization of COBOL and other languages. In December 1983, she was 

promoted to commodore in a White House ceremony. The rank was merged with that of rear admiral 

two years later, so she became Rear Admiral Hopper. Throughout her life, it was her service to her 

country of which she was most proud. She died on New Year’s Day in 1992 and, appropriately, was 

buried with full Naval honors at Arlington National Cemetery. 

“Don’t forget your 

nanoseconds!” 

We are here to celebrate 

the achievements of women 

in computing and to pledge 

ourselves to extend them. In 

computing more than other 

disciplines, women, in the 

right place at the right time 

have made an enormous 

difference. If computing has 

led the way in making space 

for women’s participation 

on an equal basis, it is 

because the discipline was 

pioneered in large part by 

women like Grace Murray 

Hopper. What was true for 

Hopper is all the more true 

for women today because 

of her work. 

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Organizations 

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Resources for Women 

The ADA Project (TAP) 

tap.mills.edu 

Advancing Women 

www.advancingwomen.com 

Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering, and 

Mathematics (AWSEM) 

http://www.saturdayacademy.org/ASE/tabid/56/ 

Default.aspx 

The American Association for the Advancement of 

Science (AAAS) 

www.aaas.org 

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) 

www.aauw.org 

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) 

www.aas.org 

American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) 

www.abwa.org 

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) 

www.anitaborg.org 

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 

www.acm.org 

ACM Committee on Women in Computing (ACM-W) 

www.acm.org/women 

Association for Women in Computing (AWC) 

www.awc-hq.org 

Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) 

www.awg.org 

Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) 

www.awm-math.org 

Association for Women in Science (AWIS) 

www.awis.org 

Association for Women in Technology (AWT) 

www.awtsocal.org/ 

Business and Professional Women’s Foundation (BPWF) 

www.bpwusa.org 

Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) 

www.cfuw.org 

The Center for the Education of Women (CEW) 

www.umich.edu/~cew 

Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT) 

www.umbc.edu/cwit/ 

Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy 

(CSWA) 

www.aas.org/~cswa 

The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford 

University 

gender.stanford.edu 

Commission on Professionals in Science and 

Technology (CPST) 

www.cpst.org 

ComputerGirl 

www.computergirl.net 

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) 

www.cpsr.org 

The Computing Research Association (CRA) 

www.cra.org 

CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Computing 

Research (CRA-W) 

http://www.cra-w.org/ 

Cybergrrl 

www.cybergrrl.com 

devChix 

www.devchix.com 

European Association for Women in Science and 

Technology – WiTEC 

www.witec-eu.net 

FEMtech – Women in Research and Technology 

www.femtech.at Forum for Women Entrepreneurs 

and Executives 

www.fwe.org 

Gender And Science And Technology Association 

(GASAT) 

www.gasat-international.org 

Girls Incorporated 

www.girlsinc.org 

Girl Geeks 

www.girlgeeks.org/ 

Girls Scouts of the USA 

http://www.girlscouts.org/ 

Hardy Girls, Healthy Women 

www.hardygirlshealthywomen.org/index.php 

Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals 

(ICCP) 

www.iccp.org 

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 

www.ieee.org 

International Museum of Women (IMOW) 

www.imow.org 

Level Playing Field Institute 

www.lpfi.org 

Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) 

www.expandingyourhorizons.org 

MentorNet 

www.mentornet.net 

NASA Quest 

quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/WON.html 

National Academies of Sciences Committee on Science 

Engineering and Public Policy 

www.nationalacademies.org/cosepup/ 

National Academies of Sciences Career Planning Center 

for Beginning Scientists and Engineers 

www.nationalacademies.org/careerguides.html 

National Action Council for Minorities in 

Engineering (NACME) 

www.nacme.org 

National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) 

www.nafe.com 

National Hispana Leadership Institute 

www.nhli.org 

The National Center for Women and IT (NCWIT) 

www.ncwit.org 

The National Coalition of Girls’ Schools 

www.ncgs.org 

National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities 

in Engineering and Science 

www.gemfellowship.org 

National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists 

and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP) 

www.noglstp.org 

National Organization for Women (NOW) 

www.now.org 

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) 

http://national.nsbe.org/ 

PDK Science Art Project: 

www.pdksciart.com/ 

Professional Business Women of California (PBWC) 

www.pbwc.org 

The Role Model Project 

www.womenswork.org/girls 

Society of Canadian Women in Science and 

Technology (SCWIST) 

www.harbour.sfu.ca/scwist 

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) 

www.shpe.org 

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) 

societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/ 

UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering 

&Technology 

www.ukrc4setwomen.org 

Wired Woman Society 

www.wiredwoman.com 

Women’s Funding Network 

www.wfnet.org 

Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network 

(WEPAN) 

www.wepan.org 

Women in Engineering Programs at UC Davis 

wie.engineering.ucdavis.edu 

Women and Mathematics (W&M) 

www.mystery.com/WAM 

Women in Math Project 

darkwing.uoregon.edu/~wmnmath 

Women in Science and Engineering Program (WISE) 

www.wise.umich.edu 

Women In Technology (WIT) 

www.womenintechnology.org 

Women in Technology International (WITI) 

www.witi.org 

Webgrrls 

http://www.webgrrls.com/ 


Grace Hopper Celebration 2010 

Scholarship Underwriters 

Over 1000 students applied for Grace Hopper Scholarships this year. Thanks to the generous support 

of the organizations listed below, many of these brilliant scholars are able to attend this life changing 

conference to learn skills that will help them become the technical leaders of tomorrow. 

This year’s student scholarships – providing funds for travel, lodging, and conference registration – 

are made possible by generous grants from the following organizations: 

ACM 

Supporting ACM Scholars 

Adobe 

Supporting Latinas in Computing Scholarships 

Autodesk 

Supporting general undergraduate or graduate 

scholarships 

Blackrock 


scholarships 

CA Technologies 

Supporting general undergraduate and graduate and 

International scholarships 

Cisco 

Supporting general undergraduate and graduate 

scholarships 

D. E. Shaw 


scholarships 

Google 

Supporting Women of Color and International 

Scholarships 

Intuit 


scholarships 

JDSu 


scholarships 

Microsoft 


scholarships 

National Science 

Foundation 


scholarships 

NetApp 


scholarships 

Sun/Oracle 


scholarships 

State Farm 


scholarships 

Symantec 


scholarships 

Thomson Reuters 


scholarships 

Vanguard 


scholarships 

Yahoo! 


scholarships 


2010 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarships 

Honoring the Legacy of Anita Borg (1949-2003) 

uNITED STATES 

Sheri Williamson 

Masters, George Mason University, US 

Aditi Goyal 

Masters, Stanford University, US 

Karthika Periyathambi 


Erika DeBenedictis 

Bachelors, California Institute of 

Technology, US 

Anna Molosky 

Bachelors, Carnegie Mellon University, 

US 

Victoria Nneji 

Bachelors, Columbia University, US 

Natasha Nesiba 

Bachelors, New Mexico State University, 

US 

Valeria Fedyk 

Bachelors, Stanford University, US 

Carrine Johnson 

Bachelors, Massachusetts Institute of 


Lauren Stephens 



Madeline Smith 

Masters, Cornell University, US 

Boya Xie 

Masters, East Carolina University, US 

Therese Avitabile 

Bachelors, Brown University, US 

Samantha Ainsley 

Bachelors, Columbia University, US 

Shilpa Nadimpalli 

Bachelors, Tufts University, US 

Angela Oguna 

Bachelors, University of Kansas Main 

Campus, US 

Fan Zhang 



Carla Villoria 

Bachelors, Texas A & M University, US 

Micol Marchetti-Bowick 


Moira Burke 

PhD, Carnegie Mellon University, US 

Nalini Vasudevan 

PhD, Columbia University in the City of 

New York, US 

Adrienne Felt 

PhD, University of California-Berkeley, US 

Floraine Grabler 


Jill Woelfer 

PhD, University of Washington, US 

Lydia Chilton 


Kyle Rector 


Daniela Rosner 


Maithilee Kunda 

PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, US 

Svitlana Volkova 

PhD, Johns Hopkins University, US 

Bonnie Kirkpatrick 


Sneha Popley 

PhD, University of Chicago, US 

Kristi Morton 


Dana Jansens 

PhD, Carleton University, Canada 

Michelle Annett 

PhD, University Of Alberta, Canada 

CANADA 

Barbara Macdonald 

Bachelors, University Of Waterloo, 

Canada 

Ioana Burcea 

PhD, University Of Toronto, Canada 

Allaa Hilal 

PhD, University Of Waterloo, Canada 

MIDDLE EAST 

Hind Saddiki 

Masters, Al Akhawayn University, 

Morocco 

Estrella Eisenberg 

PhD, Bar-Ilan University, Israel 

Pinar Yanardag 

Masters, Bogazici University, Turkey 

Samreen Anjum 

Bachelors, Carnegie Mellon University in 

Qatar, Qatar 

EuROPE 

Sus Lundgren 

PhD, Chalmers University of Technology, 

Sweden 

Katayoun Farrahi 

PhD, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de 

Lausanne, Switzerland 

Ruzica Piskac 

PhD, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de 

Lausanne, Switzerland 

Oana Tifrea 

Masters, Free University of Bozen, Italy 

Birgit Schmidt 

Masters, Graz University of Technology, 

Austria 

Monika Schubert 

PhD, Graz University of Technologym, 

Austria 

Elena Tretyak 

Masters, Lomonosov Moscow State 

University, Russia 

Tatiana Starikovskaya 

PhD, Lomonosov Moscow State 

University, Russia 

Irina Makhalova 

Masters, Moscow Institute of Electronic 

Technology, Russia 

Nina Kargapolova 

Masters, Novosibirsk State University, 

Russia 

Lavinia Basaraba 

Masters, Politehnica University of 

Timisoara, Romania 

Nuzhah Gooda Sahib 

PhD, Queen Mary, University of London, 

United Kingdom 

Sinini Ncube 

Masters, Rhodes University, South Africa 

Andrea Francke 

PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of 

Technology Zurich, Switzerland 

Christina Pöpper 

PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of 

Technology Zurich, Switzerland 

Limor Leibovich 

Masters, Technion - Israel Institute of 

Technology, Israel 

Christine Zarges 

PhD, Technische Universität Dortmund, 

Germany 

Yael Amsterdamer 

Bachelors, Tel Aviv University, Israel 

Adi Shklarsh 

PhD, Tel Aviv University, Israel 

Maria Francesca O’ Connor 

Bachelors, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 

Alexandra Jimborean 

PhD, Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, 

France 

Ntombikayise Banda 

Masters, University of Cambridge, United 

Kingdom 

Ekaterina Shutova 

PhD, University of Cambridge, United 

Kingdom 

Silvian Gitau 

PhD, University of Cape Town, South 

Africa 

Melanie Ganz 

PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 

Susanne Pfeifer 

PhD, University of Oxford, United 

Kingdom 

Maria-Camilla Fiazza 

Masters, University of Verona, Italy 

Arlette van Wissen 

PhD, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the 

Netherlands 

Hilary Finucane 

Masters, Weizmann Institute of Science, 

Israel 

NEW ZEALAND 

Susanne Tak 

PhD, University of Canterbury, New 

Zealand 

AuSTRALIA 

Nickly Ringland 

Masters, University of Sydney, Australia 

Salma Maatouk 

Bachelors, University of Technology 

Sydney, Australia 

ASIA 

Yuan Du 

Bachelors, Tsinghua University, China 

Xuezhi Wang 


Pei Xiong 


Dan Fan 

PhD, Tsinghua University, China 

Huan He 

Masters, Tsinghua University, China 

Juan Liu 

Masters, Tsinghua University, China 

Chang Wan 

Bachelors, Sun Yat-Sen University, China 

Jiao Cui 


Yaqiong Li 


Xiaomin Hu 

PhD, Sun Yat-Sen University, China 

Ying Lin 

PhD, Sun Yat-Sen University, China 

Yingzhi Wu 

Masters, Sun Yat-Sen University, China 

Yizheng Chen 

Bachelors, Fudan University, China 

Jinglu Wang 


Jingjing Wang 


Yi Lv 

Masters, Fudan University, China 

Lu Gan 

Masters, Fudan University, China 

Yihui Wang 

PhD, Fudan University, China 

Jiao Zhang 

Bachelors, Peking University, China 

Qinqing Shi 


Wei Hu 


Hongmei Xiao 

Masters, Peking University, China 

Li Zhao 


Xinxin Jin 


Yan Gui 

PhD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 

China 

Jing Zhang 

Masters, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 

China 

Kairen Deng 

Masters, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 

China 

Yuqi Zhang 

Bachelors, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 

China 

Yujiao Zhou 


China 

Nanxi Kang 


China 

Yi Huang 

Bachelors, National Taiwan University, 

Taiwan 

Yu-Han Chen 

Bachelors, National Taiwan University, 

Taiwan 

Yi-Ling Chen 

Masters, National Taiwan University, 

Taiwan 

Aoi Yoshida 

PhD, Tsuda College, Japan 

Jiwon Hur 

Bachelors, Seoul National University, 

Korea 

Nellie Margaret Sy Chua 

Bachelors, De La Salle University, 

Philippines 


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Supporting Organizations 

The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology wishes to acknowledge and thank these supporting organizations that 

help us make the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference a success. Thank you! 

National Science Foundation (NSF) 

The National Science Foundation promotes progress in all fields of science, math, and 

engineering research and education in the United States, and coordinates all U.S. scientific 

research done in Antarctica. NSF funds the people, the ideas, and the tools to boost U.S. 

leadership through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to 2000 colleges, universities, and 

other institutions. 

Computing Research Association (CRA) & CRA-W 

Computing Research Association (CRA) & CRA-W is an association of more than 180 North 

American academic departments of computer science and computer engineering (CS&CE); 

laboratories and centers in industry, government, and academia engaging in basic computing 

research; and affiliated professional societies. CRA’s mission is to strengthen research and education in 

the computing fields, expand opportunities for women and minorities, and improve public and policymaker 

understanding of the importance of computing and computing research in our society. 

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the world’s oldest and largest organization 

in educational and scientific computing. Since its inception, ACM has provided a vital forum 

for the exchange of information, ideas, and discoveries. Today, it serves a membership of more 

than 80,000 computing professionals in more than 100 countries in all areas of industry, academia, 

and government. ACM’s members, students, and the public turn to ACM for authoritative publications, 

pioneering conferences, and visionary leadership for the new millennium. ACM’s Committee on 

Women in Computing (ACM-W) engages in activities and projects aimed improving the working and 

learning environments for women in computing. 

Computer Science Teachers Association 

The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) is a membership organization that 

supports and promotes the teaching of computer science and the other computing disciplines 

by providing opportunities for K-12 teachers and students to better understand the computing 

disciplines and to more successfully prepare themselves to teach and to learn. csta.acm.org. CSTA 

provides its over 7500 members with resources, research, and professional development opportunities. 

CSTA was founded by ACM in 2005. 


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software and devices that change entire industries, Amazon is a place of invention 

and progressive thinking. We believe that this kind of revolutionary mindset and creativity is 

a product of the Amazon company culture - work hard, have fun and make history! 

Amazon is proud to be a platinum sponsor of the Grace Hopper Celebration in 2010. We’re 

excited to speak to women in computing across all levels - from interns and co-ops, recent 

graduates to seasoned professionals. Stop by, meet some Amazonians and hear about our 

global opportunities. 

www.amazon.com/careers 


CA Technologies is proud to support 

The Anita Borg Institute for 

Women and Technology 

& 

The Grace Hopper Celebration 

of Women in Computing 

we can 


“Cisco let me choose 

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and we are dependant 

on each other to meet our 

design requirements… 

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Welcome to a network of talented graduates who create 

new possibilities, enable innovation, and create things 

never before imagined. Where new employees choose 

their managers and technology specialty. Where 

teamwork inspires new wireless network designs and 

engineering brings wireless networks to emerging 

nations. Where your skills can take you far beyond a 

job description to make a difference throughout the 

company and in the world. 

Exciting new career opportunities begin here: 

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How much impact are you 

looking for? 

Careers with momentum. 

STRETCH.STRIVE.SUCCEED. 

www.hp.com/us/go/people 

From your very first day at HP, you’ll notice it—we do things differently around here. You’ll be challenged to 

lead from day one, and rewarded when you do. Because we’re in over 170 countries around the world, 

your work will have a real impact on the lives of people everywhere. We’re developing truly remarkable 

technologies like hardware that thinks for itself and groundbreaking nanotechnology applications. So bring 

your passion to HP; together there’s no telling what we can achieve. 

HP currently has hundreds of exciting career opportunities for experienced professionals and new college 

graduates. Positions are available throughout the U.S., Canada and Latin America. To view a comprehensive 

list of HP job openings, visit us online at www.hp.com/us/go/people. When creating your profile, please 

select the following Source Code: ’GRACE‘. 

HP is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in 

Computing. 

© Copyright 2010 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP. 

The Hewlett-Packard Company is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to workforce diversity. 



Intel is a proud sponsor of the Grace Hopper 

Celebration of Women in Computing which brings 

increased visibility to the accomplishments of 

women in computing around the world. 

We are the faces of 

Brilliant. 

Behind every Intel innovation is a face. We are more than 80,000 people innovating 

and collaborating across the globe. People at Intel are constantly challenging the status 

quo, whether it’s the perceived limits of technology or of humanity. At Intel, there is 

an undeniable, direct link between our success and a diverse workforce. The passion 

and creativity and yes, brilliance, of these amazing individuals around the world is what 

makes our technology superior and our company unmatched. And while each of us 

brings unique perspectives and experiences, we share a common goal: to create 

change that transforms how people live, work, and play. 

See what makes us shine. Learn more about life and work at Intel, our brilliant 

people and their stories, and our values by visiting www.lifeatintel.com. 

Intel is an equal opportunity employer. 

© 2010 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. 


Be ingenious 

Celebrating brainy women everywhere 

At Intuit, we believe diverse teams yield the most revolutionary 

results. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion fuels our 

creativity and boosts our confidence to tackle one big idea 

after another. We are inspired to innovate at the crossroads of real 

customer problems and breakthrough technology. 

The Intuit Women’s Network, and our eight other employee networks, 

are driven by passionate employees with a desire to contribute to a better 

world. We are empowered to innovate, connect and grow together. 

Learn more 

and apply online at 

www.intuitcareers.com 

Be yourself. Be Intuit. 

Intuit is the maker of great products like TurboTax, Quicken, QuickBooks and Mint.com. We’re proud to be an equal 

opportunity employer. 


Lockheed Martin is a proud sponsor of 

the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women 

in Computing. 

Best wishes on a successful conference! 

Lockheed Martin is eager to have you join our team in the 

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• Computer Science Engineering/Software 

• Electrical Engineering 

• Mechanical Engineering 

• Systems Engineering 

• Aerospace Engineering 

• and other technical disciplines 

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AT MICROSOFT, WE’RE PROUD OF OUR WORKFORCE, 

which reflects our global customers, partners, 

employees, and communities. Microsoft is committed 

to reinvigorating the conversation about diversity. 

Are you ready to be part of the conversation? 

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“What I like best about what I do is 

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Visit www.youatmicrosoft.com to learn more about 

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Where Could 

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Make a critical difference 

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You already know that intelligence is vital to 

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If you have the professional skills or technical 

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then explore NSA. At NSA you can experience 

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Agile 

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Deutsche Bank is a proud sponsor of 

The Grace Hopper Celebration of 

Women in Computing 

Look beyond the people and the artworks in the 

Guggenheim and you’ll find something bigger: 

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Join us and you’ll be at the forefront of a global 

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A place where agile thinking is nurtured and 

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future and ours. 

See more at db.com/careers 


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Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer. © The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2009. All rights reserved. 

Write the code that drives change. 

Technology doesn’t support our industry. It drives it. So when we look for technical people, 

it’s for business-critical roles. You’ll design, build and deploy real solutions that set the pace 

for the financial markets. If you’re ready to put technology to work, visit us at gs.com/careers 

To learn more, stop by our booth at the Grace Hopper Celebration: 

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Application Process: Please visit gs.com/careers to complete an online application 

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work with a team that celebrates our differences and 

invites the contributions that lead to innovations that 

empower us all. 

Empowering healthcare starts with you. It starts by respecting different 

perspectives and offering your own. We live this philosophy every day. 

At McKesson, inclusion is more than talk—it’s a business tool that’s helped 

us become an industry leader. It broadens our thinking and contributes to a 

diverse culture where solutions grow. And those solutions help millions of 

people get more from their healthcare. 

As the nation’s leading healthcare services company, we touch virtually every 

aspect of healthcare. Our success is rooted in a set of shared values that 

humanizes everything we do. We empower our customers by delivering vital 

supplies and solutions. And we empower our employees through a collaborative 

environment that supports employee network groups, a diversity advisory 

board and diversity councils. You’ll be welcomed into a community where 

teamwork and talent are what matter. 

At McKesson, we believe we can empower healthcare. And it all starts with you. 

Learn more about our opportunities at mckesson.com/careers 

As an equal opportunity employer, McKesson Corporation unites the talents 

and contributions of all to advance the power of healthcare. 


Raytheon Supports and Celebrates Women in Technology 

www.raytheon.com 

Customer Success Is Our Mission is a registered trademark of Raytheon Company. 

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IInformation is the currency of today’s global economy. Safeguarding it is 

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to their information. 

As a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management 

solutions, Symantec helps business and consumers secure and manage their 

information. We’re able to do this through the varied backgrounds, experiences 

and perspectives of the high achievers who choose to work here. In turn, 

we provide them with an environment where their uniqueness is valued and 

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I CHOOSE INTEGRITY 

When you choose to pursue a career with Symantec, you can be assured of 

top-notch training and the non-stop stimulation of innovation. We also provide 

excellent benefits that are complimented by additional perks including adoption 

assistance, tuition reimbursement, and 401(K) with company match. 

Symantec is proud to be a silver sponsor of the Grace Hopper 

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RECOGNIZING THE INSTITUTE’S ROLE IN CHANGING 

THE WORLD FOR WOMEN AND FOR TECHNOLOGY. 

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Symantec is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 


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C’est chic, and we’re not talking shoes! We’re talking 

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Cutting-edge technology. A collaborative environment. 

Equal parts fun and work. At Adobe, that’s life. 

At Adobe, we believe in hiring the very best and are committed to creating exceptional 

work experiences by instilling a values-driven culture, encouraging innovation and 

inspiring excellence. 

We realize that great ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know 

the next big idea could be yours. Come build a rewarding career with one of the world’s 

most diversified software companies with solutions that touch anyone who creates, 

views, and interacts with information. We invite you to join us in our journey to redefine 

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to continue learning and growing. It's a culture we're proud of, and a place where people can put their skills 

to the test solving large-scale real world problems. 

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Argonne is an equal opportunity employer 

and proud supporter of the Grace Hopper 

Celebration of Women in Computing. 

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Technology 

so cool it can 

launch careers. 

You know how to lead and innovate – and so do we. 

Throughout our history, we’ve been responsible for 

many advances. But few make us prouder than the 

advances made by the women of AT&T. 

After all, women have done more than merely 

succeed at AT&T. They’re leading. To help ensure 

that this continues, we’re leading many programs 

that encourage women to pursue engineering 

careers. This is where your ability to think differently 

and to take charge can help you really go places. 

Where are you headed? 

Diversity is the AT&T way of standing apart. Equal Opportunity Employer. 

© 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T and the AT&T 

logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. 

Revolutionary discoveries 

for a better world 

AT ARGONNE, 

YOUR WORK 

MAKES A 

DIFFERENCE 

Argonne's scientists and engineers 

are dedicated to solving society's 

most pressing problems in sustainable 

energy, a clean environment, 

economic competitiveness and 

national security. 

Will you be our 

next success story? 

To learn more about exciting opportunities at Argonne visit www.anl.gov 

Connect today at att.jobs/CTO 


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RESPONSIBILITY. 

RESPECT. 

RECOGNITION. 

EXPECT NOTHING LESS. 

UNDERGRADUATES MAJORING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, 

COMPUTER ENGINEERING AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 

ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO APPLY 

CLASS OF 2011 TECHNOLOGY ANALYSTS 

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Expect Excellence 

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banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, which undertakes US securities business in the name of its wholly-owned subsidiary Barclays Capital Inc., an SIPC and FINRA member. 

© 2010 Barclays Bank PLC. All rights reserved. Barclays and Barclays Capital are trademarks of Barclays Bank PLC and its affiliates. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Berkeley Lab is home to Hopper, one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, named in honor of American computer scientist Grace Hopper. 

Berkeley Lab conducts unclassified, multidisciplinary research with key efforts in 

fundamental studies of the universe, physics, bioscience, nanoscience, clean 

energy, energy efficiency, the environment, and the use of computing as a tool for 

discovery. Computing Sciences at Berkeley Lab is recognized for leadership in 

computer science, computational science and applied mathematics. 

Berkeley Lab seeks to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the diversity of 

the local community, the nation, and the world. 

To learn more about Berkeley Lab, please stop by our table, 

ask our staff at the conference (pictured above), or visit http://jobs.lbl.gov 


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“My potential… 

signifi cant.” 

At Freddie Mac, you’ll have a rewarding career as you play a role in helping the nation 

recover from the housing and economic crisis and implementing the President’s Making 

Home Affordable program. A vital component in the secondary mortgage market, 

Freddie Mac has made home ownership and rental housing more accessible and 

more affordable for one in six home buyers and more than fi ve million renters. 

Visit our booth to see what’s waiting for you at Freddie Mac. 

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careers with impact 


Life’s too short to be ordinary… 

Your time and talent are too valuable to wait for a chance to shine. At 

the Georgia Tech Research Institute, you can have an immediate impact 

on the world by contributing to the exciting and groundbreaking 

research we conduct for both government and industry. 

Our team of world-class experts has been making game-changing 

discoveries for more than 75 years. Our scientists and engineers are 

among the world’s best. If you’re ready for the greatest job you’ll ever 

have, stop by our conference booth or visit us online today. 

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MIT Lincoln Laboratory applies advanced technology to problems critical to national security in 

the areas of communications, space surveillance, advanced electronics, air and missile defense, 

cyber security, integrated sensing and decision support, and homeland protection. For over 

58 years as a Department of Defense research and development laboratory, we have maintained 

an impressive record of technical innovation. The Laboratory has produced nearly 500 patents and 

more than 80 high-tech companies have spun-off from the Laboratory’s technology development. 

Cyber Systems and Technology Group Opportunities 

The MIT Lincoln Laboratory Cyber Systems and Technology Group’s R&D efforts focus on 

techniques for protecting from, and detecting and reacting to, intrusions into networked 

information systems, and for preventing software faults and understanding malicious code 

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• Computer Testing and Evaluation 

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security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. 

Please visit our website at www.ll.mit.edu to view all current opportunities and apply. 

Technology in Support of National Security 

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to realizing our vision of diversity and inclusion in every 

aspect of our enterprise. Due to the unique nature of our work, we require U.S. citizenship. 


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Vanguard Celebrates 

Women in Computing 

Learn more at > Vanguard.com/gh 

Vanguard is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

© 2010 The Vanguard Group, Inc. All rights reserved. 

ACHIEVEMENT STARTS WHEN 

YOU HARNESS THE POWER 

OF MANY PERSPECTIVES. 

World leader in specialized RF Applications and Cyber Solutions. Providing leading-edge 

infrastructure protection. Launching a new space-based infrared telescope. Achievements 

like these are why Northrop Grumman is a leader in global security. If you’re searching for a 

career where you can be part of a larger-than-life achievement, take a look at everything we 

have to offer. 

Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, Northrop Grumman Xetron develops a broad range of software 

and communications systems at the leading edge of data and wireless communication, 

defense and electronics technology. 

We feature competitive compensation & benefits, a flexible work environment, and a generous 

tuition reimbursement program. Some relocation assistance may be available. Positions require 

ability to obtain US government security clearance; current high-level clearances are desirable. 

Achievement never ends. 

Visit meetngc.com/Xetron now to learn more and apply to one of our exciting 

Engineering opportunities that are available! 

For more information about all of our opportunities, please visit: 

careers.northropgrumman.com 

©2010 Northrop Grumman Corporation. Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions. 

Vanguard… 

Celebrates diversity. 

Supports women in Information Technology. 

Provides best-in-class benefits. 

Vanguard is committed to the IT field: Roughly one-quarter 

of our employees are dedicated to technology and over one-third of 

our operating budget is allocated to IT. Our IT career paths provide 

hands-on opportunities in various areas of IT, such as Application 

Development, Technology Operations, and Business Systems. 

Visit us at our exhibit table to learn more about IT opportunities 

at Vanguard. 


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Anita Borg Top Company 

for Technical Women Award 

Why participate? 

• Technical women are looking for companies that recognize the value of a 

diverse workforce. The award serves as a tool to attract and retain top female 

technical talent, increasing the return on investment of diversity and employee 

engagement initiatives. The winning organization can display the award logo in its 

recruiting and retention efforts. 

• The award winner is celebrated as an employer that recruits, retains, and 

advances technical women effectively, based on demonstrated results. The 

winner will be recognized at the prestigious Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision 

Awards banquet as well as at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, 

the premiere conference showcasing technical women and a top recruiting 

destination for companies. 

• Companies who apply for the award will receive substantive value for 

participation. The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology wishes to assist all 

applicant organizations in increasing the recruitment, retention, and advancement of 

technical women. As part of your participation, you will receive customized analysis 

and feedback with benchmarking information from the 

ABI researchers. 

APPLY 

TODAY! 

The Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award 

recognizes an organization that has demonstrated measurable results 

in the recruitment, retention, and advancement of technical women 

at all levels. Grounded in organizational research and based on 

quantitative data, the award measures the current representation of 

technical women as well as improvement in women’s representation 

over time. The award-winning company will be widely recognized as a 

leader in leveraging diverse talent for greater innovation. 

May 12, 2010 – Application Opens 

November 15, 2010 – Application Due 

Further information and application form: 

www.anitaborg.org/Top-Company-Award 


Call for Nominations 

Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards for 2011 

Get Connected! 

• Follow and use the #ghc10 hashtags on Twitter 

• Tag your blog posts, photos and videos with 

the label ghc10 

• Share your notes on our wiki 

• Join us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flicker and 

YouTube 

SubmiSSion Site now open – 

www.anitaborg.org/wov 

Nominations are now being accepted for the 

2011 Women of Vision Awards. 

These annual awards honor women making significant contributions 

in the areas of Innovation, Social Impact and Leadership. 

The winners will be honored at the Women of Vision Awards 

Banquet on May 19, 2011. 

Nominations will be accepted through December 17, 2010. 

Nominate a Woman of Vision Today 

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Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology 

Who We Are 

Founded in 1997 by renowned computer scientist Anita Borg, the Anita Borg Institute (ABI) champions women technologists and the 

key roles they play in technical innovation. We are committed to developing the next generation of technical leaders, showcasing the 

success of technical women, changing the culture of technology, and transforming the field into one that welcomes and benefits from 

diversity. 

We offer industry, academia, government and non-government organizations programs and resources geared to recruit, retain and 

advance women in the field of technology. A not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, ABI counts among its partners a wide 

range of technology industry and academic leaders. At ABI, we believe in technology; we believe in change; and we believe in 

women. Most importantly, we believe in changing the culture of technology. 

ABI Programs 

Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 

The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) has become the largest conference for technical women in the world. 

The five-day conference brings together graduate and undergraduate students, academics, government and industry professionals to 

vet new research, re-engage with colleagues, meet inspirational women and future mentors, learn about job opportunities and recruit 

top-tier talent. 

During GHC outstanding women leaders are recognized with the Anita Borg Awards for Social Impact and Technical Leadership, 

Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award and Anita Borg Change Agent Awards. 

The Technical Executive Forum convenes C-level technology executives in a discussion of the challenges and solutions to the recruitment, 

retention and advancement of technical women. 

At GHC conferences, both attendees and sponsors significantly broaden their professional networks and forge valuable alliances 

within the technology community. 

Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India 

Coming in December 2010, the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing India will bring the research and career interests 

of women in computing in India to the forefront. Presenters are leaders in their respective fields, representing industrial, academic 

and government communities. Leading researchers will present their current work, while special sessions will focus on the role of 

women in today’s technology fields, including computer science, information technology, research and engineering. 

The Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards 

ABI’s Women of Vision awards celebrate the lifetime achievements of three exceptional women whose professional excellence 

has significantly advanced the field of technology. Three awards—in the categories of innovation, leadership and social impact—are 

presented to the recipients at an awards banquet held each spring in Silicon Valley. 

Nominees for WOV awards are submitted by hi-tech companies, universities, private industry and the public. ABI is proud to recognize 

and publicly celebrate these women of vision and distinction. The next Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards will be held on 

May 19, 2011. 

ABI Communities — Connect, Learn, Share, Support 

From the long-running Systers program to Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, ABI helps technical women connect with resources, opportunities, 

allies, and each other. The ABI Ambassadors link a network of technical women’s groups working to improve opportunities 

and impact in their own organizations. On LinkedIn, ABI helps to build professional networks and fill technical positions with qualified 

women. Email communities like Systers and Latinas in Computing, LGBT, and ResearcHers provide private space for women technologists 

to seek advice from their peers and discuss shared challenges. GHC online communities help participants network before 

the conference and sustain connections afterwards. From anitaborg_org on Twitter to Women of Color in Computing on Facebook, 

ABI empowers thousands of technical women across the globe to learn, share and support each other. 


Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award 

The Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award recognizes an organization that has demonstrated measurable results in the 

recruitment, retention, and advancement of technical women at all levels. Grounded in organizational research and based on quantitative 

data, the award measures the current representation of technical women as well as improvement in women’s representation 

over time. The award-winning company will be widely recognized as a leader in leveraging diverse talent for greater innovation. 

Research 

The Anita Borg Institute produces research reports focused on how high tech companies and academia can recruit, retain and 

advance technical women. This research is free to download from the Anita Borg Institute Website. Recent studies include: 

• Climbing the Technical Ladder: Obstacles and Solutions for Mid-Level Women in Technology 

• Obstacles and Solutions for Underrepresented Minorities in Technology 

• Retaining a Diverse Technical Pipeline During and After a Recession 

• Addressing Core Equity Issues in K-12 Computer Science Education: Identifying Barriers and Sharing Strategies 

• Senior Technical Women: A Profile of Success 

• 2009 Technical Executive Forum – The Recruitment, Retention and Advancement of Technical Women: 

Breaking Barriers to Cultural Change in Corporations 

• Retaining a Diverse Technical Pipeline During and After a Recession 

Help Change Technology and the World — Join Us! 

• Return to the next GHC conference 

• Subscribe to Systers, Latinas in Computing, LGBT, or ResearcHers 

• Join the Anita Borg Institute on LinkedIn. Become a fan on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter! 

• Read and share our research studies 

• Attend the Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision banquet 

• Nominate a technical woman for one of our awards 

• Receive ABI’s free online newsletter 

• Make a donation to support our mission 

Investigate all 

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