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Grace Hopper Conference 2011

Wednesday Nov 9th

9:30AM – 12:00PM

  • PhD Forum Sessions, Gilda Garreton Co-Chair, Locations: B117-119 and B113-115

11:00AM – 12:00PM

  • PhD Forum 2 – Software: “Finding Error-Handling Bugs in Systems Code Using Static Analysis”, Cindy Rubio-González (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Location: B117-119
  • PhD Forum 3 – HCI and Systems – Cecilia Aragon, moderator/mentor, Location: B113-115

2:30PM – 3:30PM

  • CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshop: “The Graduate School Experience,” LiC Speaker: Raquel Romano, Location: B113-115

6:00PM – 7:00PM

  • Latinas in Computing Reception, Location: Skyview Terrace, sponsored by Freddie Mac

Thursday Nov 10th

10:00AM – 11:00AM

  • Session 1 Academic: “What If… You Thrived on the Tenure-Track?” LiC speaker: Cecilia Aragon, Location: B117-119
  • Session 1 Career: “What If We Explore the Paths on Industry Careers?”, LiC speakers: Yina Arenas (Microsoft), Rosa Enciso (Microsoft), Mirkeya Capellan (Sogeti USA), Patricia Carlos (Microsoft), Luz Adriana Jaramillo (Carnegie Mellon University). Location: A105-106
  • Session 1 Students: “What If Computer Science Was Not “Just” About Technology? (Inter)facing the Future from Academia to Industry”, LiC speaker Consuelo Valdes (Wellesley College), Location: D135-136

11:30AM – 12:30PM

  • Session 2 Steering Committee: “Women of Color: Early Experiences in Their Careers”, LiC speakers: Lizdabel Morales-Tirado (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez), and Nayda G. Santiago (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez) Location: E141-142

5:15PM – 6:15PM

  • Session 4 BOF: “Industry Researcher Birds of a Feather” LiC speakers: Gilda Garreton (Oracle), Patty Lopez (Intel). Location: E141-142
  • Session 4 BoF: “What If Innovation Does Not Have to Start with a Problem? Sparking Creativity with Available Resources”, LiC speaker: Rosa Enciso (Microsoft)
  • Session 4 BoF: “Time Strikes, We Strike Back: Time Management for Female Computer Science Students”, LiC speaker: Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Location: A105-106

Friday Nov 11th

11:30AM – 12:30PM

  • Session 6 Career: “Returning to Work after Maternity Leave: Can You Have the Best of Both Worlds?” LiC speakers: Natalia Villanueva-Rosales (Carleton University), Mirkeya Capellán (Sogeti USA), Raquel Romano (Google, Inc.), Location: A105-106

    • 12:30PM – 2:00PM

    • Latinas Lunch, sponsored by Lockheed Martin

    3:45PM-4:45PM

    • Session 7 Career: “Following the Non-Academic Track as a PhD: Career Experiences, Challenges and Opportunities”, LiC speaker Monica Martinez-Canales (Intel), Location: B117-119

    5:15PM – 6:15PM

    • Session 8 BoF: “Speed Mentoring for Women of Color in Technology”, LiC speakers: Gilda Garreton (Oracle), Patty Lopez (Intel). Location: E145

    Saturday Nov 12th

    8:00AM-3:00PM

    • Open Source Day Codeathon for Humanity: Google Person Finder Project, LiC Speaker: Raquel Romano, Location: B113-115

    Download LiC’s GHC11 Brochure

    Grace Hopper Conference 2010

    CAHSI: Participated in panels; LiC representation on the advisory board.
    CRA-W Grad Workshop: Panel participation.

    Our presence at Grace Hopper is significant:

    Wednesday September 29th
    9:30AM – 10:30AM

    • “You Are What You Search: Query-Based Data Mining for the Web.” Location: Dunwoody.

    5:00PM – 7:00PM

    • Latinas in Computing Reception. Location: Chicago A-D.

    7:00PM –9:00PM

    • Participation as chairs of the Technical Poster Session and ACM Student Research Competition.

    Thursday September 30th
    10:00AM – 11:00AM

    • “Multicultural Awareness Training: Collaborating Across Higher Education.” Location: Courtland.

    11:15AM – 12:15PM

    • “Experts in Collaboration: How Today’s Engineers Collaborate Across Boundaries.” Location: Hanover CDE.
    • “Women of Color: Strategies for Excelling and Thriving.” Location: Singapore/Manila.

    3:00PM – 4:00PM

    • “Enlisting Male Advocates in the Workplace.” Location: Regency Ballroom VII.

    4:15PM – 5:15PM

    • “Mobile Computing: The Internet is in Your Hand.” Location: Regency Ballroom VII.
    • “Conference Networking Across Boundaries.” Location: Singapore/Manila.

    7:00PM – 12:00AM

    • Awards Presentation. Social Impact Award: Ann Gates. Location: Centennial Ballroom I-VI.

    Friday October 1st

    12:30PM-1:30PM

    • Latinas in Computing Luncheon – By Invitation Only (Prior RSVP Required). Sponsor: Lockheed Martin. Location: Hanover FG.

    3:00PM-4:00PM

    • “Do You Have What it Takes to Process Huge Amounts of Data?” Location: Courtland.

    4:00PM-5:00PM

    • Ann Gates Social Impact Keynote: “Building Cooperative Teams to Foster Student Success.” Location: Singapore/Manila.

    5:30PM – 6:30PM

    • “Minorities without Borders: Giving Back to Developing Countries.” Location: Montreal / Vancouver.
    • “Speed Mentoring for Latinas in Computing.” Location: Dunwoody.

    Download LiC’s GHC10 Brochure

    Grace Hopper Conference 2009

    Accepted Submissions

    • “Baby Loading, Please Wait: Pregnancy, Graduate School, & Computing”, Vega, Silva (BoF)
    • “Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges Faced by Women in Computing”, Rubio, Abreu, Enciso, Koufakou, Simmonds (BoF)
    • “Empowering Immigrant Communities Through Technology”, CAMINOS and THREAD (THRough Education and Active Dialogue)
    • “Speed Mentoring for Latinas in Computing”, Anguiano-Wende, Aragon, Castillo, Da Silva, Garreton, Lopez, Silva (BoF)
    • “United to enhance women’s opportunities: Increasing numbers technology-wise”, Canseco, Martinez, Gonzalez, Vazquez, Solorzano, Maldonado, Bustos, Gonzalez, Derbez, Arevalo and Chong (poster)
    • “Towards the Semi-automated Building of Knowledge Bases for Biological Research”, Villanueva-Rosales (PhD Forum)
    • “Building a WISE Support Group From Scratch”, Carmichael, Dej, Osborne, Ngai, Villanueva-Rosales (BoF)
    • “FemProf – Advancing Undergraduate Female Students to a Professoriate Career: A Case Study”

    The GHC09 posters and the latest version of LiC’s brochure are ready for download, all designed by LiC vice-chair Patty Lopez.

    Grace Hopper Conference 2008

    Latinas in Computing related events!

    Thursday October 2nd

    • 4:10 pm – 5:10 pm, Quandary Peak I – II
      Letting the Cup Overflow: Expanding Your Experiences Outside Your Research Lab

    Friday October 3rd

    • 11:20 am – 12:20 pm, Crestone Peak II – IV
      Preparing for an Advanced Degree: Life after the BS/BA
    • 12:20 pm – 1:30 pm, Castle Peak I
      Latinas in Computing Luncheon
    • 2:50 – 3:50 pm, Quandary Peak I – II
      Beyond Classes and Textbooks: a Guide for Starting Grad School Research
    • 5:10 – 6:10 pm, Quandary Peak I – II
      How to Get Your Dream Job After Graduate School

    Grace Hopper Conference 2007

    Latinas in Computing had 3 events at the 2007 Grace Hopper Conference in Orlando, FL.

    1. A panel titled Successful Latinas Opening Doors to the Future: Advancing Latinas in Computing on Oct 19th at 1:40PM.
    2. A BOF session titled Latinas in Computing on Oct. 19th at 5:10PM. This session is intended as a follow-on to the panel.
    3. A lunch event on Oct. 19th 12:15-1:30 in the Gardenia Room on the mezzanine. This event is for 30 people so RSVP the list keeper.

    Brochure LiC GHC07 is the brochure prepared to advertise these events as well as our community.

    For the Successful Latinas Opening Doors to the Future panel, we have invited six distinguished Latinas from the Industry and the Academia to participate in this panel. We hope to make of this initiative a tradition and look forward to its success at GHC07. Below a description of the topics to discuss subdivided into two sections.

    Professional Section

    In this section leading Latinas in the Computing industry would share their experiences as Latinas in the Industry, including missconceptions and stereotypes they have encountered, as well as ways to leverage the Latino culture to succeed in our professional career. Some of the key topics to be debated in this panel are:

    • Strategies and means to help professional Latinas to advance in their careers
    • Practical advice regarding how to take the next step onto the ladder of success without lossing focus, getting side-tracked or demotivated.
    • Challenges faced by Latinas when it comes to networking with people outside their local community which is crucial to get established as professionals.
    • Effective approaches well aligned with the Latino culture to overcome stereotypes and misconceptions in the workplace.
    • Ways to deal with being a double-minority and ways to identify issues that overlap what and cause division in other related minority groups, such as groups that focus on the issues of white females.

    Student Section

    In this section Latinas would share their experience as active members in the Academia and discuss the strategies and initiatives to support young Latinas at colleges and universities as they make progress toward their degrees. Some of the key topics to be addressed in this panel are:

    • Challenges faced by young Latinas when it comes to creating mentor relationships at the undergraduate and graduate level due to the lack of support and under-representation of Latinas in their community.
    • Proposed effective mechanisms and initiatives to extend the social network of Latina students outside their local community when seeking for role models and peers.
    • The language barrier as main obstacle when networking in the academia, its prejudicial effects and how to overcome it.
    • Practical advice on several issues including choosing an advisor, choosing a mentor, getting letter of recommendations, coping with the language barrier in interivews and applying for scholarships.