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See what women in the College of Computing have been working on lately! This includes faculty and staff, grad women, and undergrad women. Some of these women have gained national distinction in their fields, or even got to meet the President!
News Archive
- Successful Fall 2008 Women@CC Kick-Off
2008-09-19
The Women@CC kicked off this school year with a delicious dinner at Figo's, sponsored by Avanade. Over 20 women attended the event, and it provided the returning women to catch up with each other, while also meeting some of the newer, younger women. Jesselyn Beattie of Avanade also gave an enjoyable talk about IT consulting in the real world. All in all, it was a success, and the Women@CC look forward to their next big event: Spooktacular! - New Website Launch
2008-08-11
Welcome to the new Women@CC website! After a summer of hard work, the Women@CC finally have a new website! Please feel free to browse around and give your feedback: your opinion is valued. Enjoy! - Women@CC Banquet
2006-04-18
At the April 13th banquet, we celebrated another successful year of building community and supporting diversity. It was a great opportunity to see friends and hang out one last time before our senior members graduated. - College of Computing Fall Festival a Success!
2005-11-03The College of Computing held its first ever Fall Festival in the CoC Commons on Monday, October 31st, 2005 from 4pm-7pm.
The event provided students and faculty a time to unwind by playing games and socializing. Those that participated in the evening helped to raise $470 to benefit the ongoing Hurricane Katrina efforts.
The Fall Festival was sponsored by the following College of Computing Student Organizations: Undergraduate Women@CC, Student Activity Board, Freshman Activity Board, and Minorities in Computer Science.
- Elizabeth Mynatt Named Atlanta Woman's Top Innovator in Technology
2005-10-25
Tech's newly appointed GVU Center Director is honored as agent of change Mynatt is one of ten Metro Atlanta women featured as "Top Innovators" in the July/August 2005 issue of Atlanta Woman Magazine.
As one of the principal researchers in the Aware Home Research Initiative, Beth Mynatt investigates the design of future home technologies, especially those that enable older adults to continue living independently as opposed to moving to an institutional care setting.
- Georgia Tech College of Computing Adds Two New Female Faculty Members
2005-09-15Among the new faculty members added to the College of Computing this fall were two female faculty, Concettina (Titti) Guerra and Haesun Park.
Professor Concettina "Titti" Guerra is joining the Interface Computing Division from the University of Padova, Italy. Concettina will educate both undergraduates and graduates in pattern recognition, adding these recognition capabilities to the College's computer vision activities. She will also be working on enhancing the quality of the CoC's international programs. Concettina received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Naples, Italy in 1972.Visit Dr. Guerra's page.
Dr. Haesun Park joins the new Computational Science & Engineering Division (CSED). She was previously a professor and division program director at the University of Minnesota. Haesun is an expert in the area of dimensionality reduction of large information spaces, and has effectively applied these techniques to information representation in life sciences and data mining. Haesun received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University in 1987.
- Nancy Nersessian Awarded NEH Fellowship
2005-04-30
Nancy Nersessian, professor and director of the Cognitive Science Program at Georgia Tech's College of Computing, has been awarded a year-long fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for academic year 2005-06. Nersessian was among 193 recipients from a pool of 1,470 fellowship applications this year.
Nersessian's research focuses on human creativity in science and engineering. A major theme of this research is the model-based reasoning practices through which scientists created novel understandings of nature.
Read the official press release or visit Dr.Nersessian's homepage.
- The Women@CC Form a Relay for Life Team
2005-04-20
"Relay For Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research, advocacy, education and patient services programs of the American Cancer Society. During the event, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times." - Cool Computing@GT: Diverse Approaches to Careers in Computing
2005-02-20Are you interested in computing? Would you like to know more about what you can do with a computer science degree? Are you curious about what is currently going on in the field?
Click here to learn more about the Cool Computing@GT program on February 25, hosted by the College of Computing's Minorities in Computer Science (MiCS), Women@CC, and the GVU Center.
- Georgia Tech College of Computing Adds Two New Female Faculty Members
2005-01-15Among the five new faculty members added to the College of Computing this fall were two female faculty, Alexandra (Sasha) Boldyreva and Rebecca (Beki) Grinter.
Sasha Boldyreva joined the College as an Assistant Professor on August 15th. Her office will be located in CCB 254. Sasha received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at San Diego in 2004. Her research interests include cryptography and information security.
Becki Grinter joined the College as an Associate Professor on September 27th. Her office will be in the Technology Square Research Building. Becki received her Ph.D. in Information and Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine in 1996. Becki joins us from PARC where she was a member of the research staff. Her research interests include computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), human computer interaction (HCI), and software engineering.
- President Bush Honors CRA-W for Mentoring Efforts
2004-05-06President George W. Bush awarded the Computing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) the 2004 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) for "significant achievements in mentoring women across educational levels."
Among the two representatives receiving the award on behalf of CRA-W was the College of Computing's own Dr. Mary Jean Harrold. "I'm incredibly pleased that the long-term work of CRA-W has received this recognition," Harrold said. "CRA-W's success is owed to a long progression of women in computing who gave - and give - of their time and effort to share their knowledge and experiences with the next generation. As the President noted, the country will be well-served by continuing to increase the participation of underrepresented groups."Read the official press release or visit the CRA-W homepage.