Originally Printed in the Winter/Spring 2012 Newsletter Mary Lou Soffa is the Owen R. Cheatham Professor and Department Chair of the Computer Science Department at the University of Virginia. From 1977 to 2004, she was a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Pittsburgh and also served as the Dean of Graduate Studies in […]
Originally Printed in the Summer/Fall 2012 Newsletter Maria Klawe is Harvey Mudd College’s fifth president. She began her tenure in 2006. A renowned computer scientist and scholar, President Klawe is the first woman to lead the College since its founding in 1955. Prior to joining HMC, she served as dean of engineering and professor of […]
Originally Printed in the Winter/ Spring 2011 Newsletter Mary Jean Harrold is the ADVANCE Professor of Computing in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. She performs research in analysis and testing of large evolving software, in fault localization and failure identification using statistical analysis, machine learning, and visualization, and in monitoring deployed software to improve quality. She […]
For many members of the CRA-W community, Carla Romero has been their connection with CRA-W. Carla is leaving CRA-W for new challenges, so we take this opportunity to interview her as a way to say “goodbye and thank you.” As Director of Programs at the Computing Research Association (the parent organization of CRA-W), Carla has […]
Originally Printed in Winter/Spring 2010 Newsletter Leah H. Jamieson is John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering at Purdue University, Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and holds a courtesy faculty appointment in Purdue’s School of Engineering Education. She served as 2007 President and CEO of the IEEE. She served as […]
Originally Printed in Summer/Fall 2010 Newsletter Mary Jane Irwin is the A. Robert Noll Professor in Engineering in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. Her research and teaching interests include computer architecture, energy-aware and reliability-aware design, emerging technologies, and VLSI systems design and design automation. She has graduated more […]
Originally Printed in Winter/Spring 2009 Newsletter Anne Condon is a Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Strategic Initiatives at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She holds the NSERC/GM Canada Chair for Women in Science and En-gineering for the British Columbia region. Currently, Anne’s research focuses on computational prediction of […]
Originally Printed in the Summer/Fall 2009 Newsletter Fran Berman has recently been ap-pointed the Vice President for Re-search at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Prior to this post, she served as the director of the San Diego Super-computer Center and High Performance Computing Endowed Chair at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Fran earned her […]
Originally Posted in Summer/Fall 2008 Newsletter Carla Ellis recently retired as Professor at Duke University. Over her 30 year research career, she worked on systems for ranging from large multiprocessors to small, battery-powered mobile devices. In particular, she was a pioneer in the topic of energy management for computers. She continues to serve as Editor-in-Chief of ACM’s […]
