By Shar Steed, CRA Communications Specialist Originally posted on the CRA Bulletin Bushra Anjum is a self-described “adventure seeker” in addition to her day job in computing. “I’m into extreme sports–I like jumping out of planes or off of cliffs. I am an adventure seeker, at the bottom of my heart. So anything that sounds […]
Originally Posted on News@Northeastern May 17, 2016 by Greg St. Martin Carla Brodley ardently believes every college student should give computer science a try—whether that means diving in with a major or dipping in by taking an elective. “It’s a basic literacy” in our digital age, she says. Brodley is the dean of the College of […]
By Melissa Borts, CRA Program Associate As CRA-W celebrates Women’s History Month, we decided to highlight a CRA-W board member who is a leader in the field of compilers and computer architecture – Kathryn McKinley. As both an academic (University of Texas at Austin) and industry employee (Microsoft), Kathryn has had the opportunity to broaden […]
Originally posted on GeekWire When Elizabeth Walkup was a graduate student at the University of Washington in the early 1990s, she sometimes attended women’s lunches with faculty. She recalls one such event where a female faculty member asked about her career plans once she finished her Ph.D. in computer science. “My plans depend a lot […]
Originally posted on What’s happening at CS&E Professor Maria Gini was honored with the 2016 Distinguished Service Award from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). The award recognizes one individual each year for their extraordinary service to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community. The AAAI officially recognized Prof. Gini “for her outstanding contributions to […]
Originally posted by UDaily Article by Diane Kukich Pollock wins influential educator award for work as mentor, innovator. Lori Pollock is determined to challenge the perception that software engineers merely interact with their programming environment on their computers. “The most effective software engineers are those who work well collaboratively in diverse teams and can communicate […]
The Computing Research Association is sad to hear of the loss of Joanne Cohoon, a leader in the evaluation efforts of our programs. Joanne has been involved with the CRA for more than a decade. In 2006, she was the PI on an NSF-funded study that was initiated to test the validity of an earlier […]
Originally posted on MIT News Magazine By: Peter Dunn Search engines are good at retrieving information. But they can’t assess its value, explore connections or contradictions, or incorporate findings into a larger task—that’s up to the person conducting the search. Jaime Teevan is working to change that. As a principal researcher at Microsoft Research, she’s already […]
by Melanie Moran Originally posted in Research News @ Vanderbilt Following an extensive national search, Padma Raghavan, a distinguished researcher in high-performance computing and computational science and engineering and a proven academic research enterprise leader, has been named as Vanderbilt University’s next vice provost for research, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan Wente […]
Originally posted on PRNewswire-USNewswire BETHESDA, Md., SANS Institute is pleased to announce the winners of the SANS 2014 Difference Makers awards. While the headlines focus on security breaches, there are thousands of security practitioners out there who are quietly succeeding and keeping their companies and customers safe from attacks. The SANS Difference Makers award celebrates those […]
