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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
Location: Cairo/Hong Kong
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
Location: Montreal/ Vancouver
Panelists: Lara Deek (University of
California, Santa Barbara), Nalini
Vasudevan (Columbia University),
Janet Kayfetz (University of California,
Santa Barbara), Martha Kim (Columbia
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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.
Steering Committee Recommendation
SRC Competition – Round 2
Location: Hanover AB
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 – Open Source
Open Source for Good
Location: Regency Ballroom V
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
Location: Hanover CDE
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.
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