CSE Distinguished Lecture Series
Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 3:30pm
Atrium, Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering
Abstract:
In 2006, much like at many other institutions, about 10% of HMC's CS
majors were female. At that time only a third of HMC's students were
female, but CS was an aberration. About 20% of the Physics majors and
close to 30% of the engineering majors were female. Four years later
40% of HMC's CS majors were female, exactly the same percentage as the
whole HMC student body. This talk describes how the CS department
accomplished this change.
Bio:
Maria Klawe, a renowned computer scientist, became president of Harvey
Mudd College in 2006. Before joining HMC she served as dean of
engineering and professor of computer science at Princeton, held
several positions at the University of British Columbia, and worked at
IBM Research. Maria's current research interests include discrete
mathematics, serious games, and assistive technologies. One of her
lifelong passions is to increase the participation of women and other
under-represented groups in science and engineering, especially in
areas such as computer science. Maria is a past president of the
Association of Computing Machinery, a trustee of the Mathematical
Sciences Research Institute at Berkeley, and a member of the board of
Math for America. She serves on the boards of directors of Microsoft
Corporation and Broadcom corporation.
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