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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.
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