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GENERAL POSTER SESSION
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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
Presenter: Sowmya Vijayalakshmi (IBM
India Private Ltd)
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.
64 Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology | Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing