Microsoft Research Gender Diversity Lecture Series 2: Diversity in the Computing Field

Introduction: Jeannette Wing, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Research Maria Klawe, President of Harvey Mudd College: Challenges for Computer Science at the University and K-12 Level Jane Margolis, Senior Researcher at UCLA: Bringing All Students into the Loop of Computer Science Knowledge

Speaker Details

Jeannette Wing has recently joined Microsoft Research as Vice President and Head of Microsoft Research International, with responsibilities for laboratories in India, China, and England. She was on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon (1985-2012), where she twice served as Head of the Computer Science Department and as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; and at the University of Southern California (1983-1985). From 2007 to 2010 she was Assistant Director of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate at the National Science Foundation.

Her research focuses on the foundations of trustworthy computing, in particular on the science of security and privacy. Except for when she was at NSF, she was on Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Academic Advisory Board since its inception in 2003. She promotes a vision that computational thinking—an approach to problem solving, designing systems and understanding human behavior that draws upon concepts fundamental to computer science—can transform the conduct of all disciplines. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the AAAS, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Dr. Klawe has made significant research contributions in several areas of mathematics and computer science including functional analysis, discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, and interactive-multimedia for mathematics education. She was the founder and director of the EGEMS project, a collaborative project on the design and use of computer games in enhancing mathematics education for grades 4 to 9.

Maria was one of the founders and Chair of the Board of Silicon Chalk, a Vancouver-based company developing software to support interactive learning and collaboration in wireless classrooms.

Jane Margolis received her MA in Psychology from Harvard in 1985 and her Ph.D in Education from Harvard, 1990, and has written widely about the gender and race gap in computer science. Margolis is the author of many journal articles and books including Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing.

Date:
Speakers:
Jane Margolis, Jeannette Wing, and Maria Klawe
Affiliation:
Microsoft Research, Harvey Mudd College, UCLA
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