Roadshow

Welcome to the Women@SCS Outreach Roadshow!

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This is a presentation by a group of women undergrads and grads in the school of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon who talk about their early thoughts on Computer Science, why/how they began studying the area, their current experiences, what Computer Science means to them now, and their future hopes and expectations. The middle and high school presentations include a slide show, Q&A interaction, and a simple robot demo. The graduate level Roadshow (presented to undergrads) includes general information on going to graduate school and short research talks.

Audience

• elementary, middle, and high school girls and boys
• parents and teachers
• undergraduate students
• all who are interested in gender equality and computer science

Goals

• to increase the visibility of young women in computer science
• to challenge the traditional stereotypes of what/who computer scientists are
• to show the breadth of fields that computer science can encompass
• role modeling
• to provide an interesting and enjoyable learning experience
• to provide leadership/mentoring opportunities for our young women computer science students

High School Presentation
Preview the high school level Roadshow online or download the PowerPoint slides (19 MB, you will need Winzip to view them).
*Please acknowledge Women@SCS if you use or adapt our Roadshow slides.

Women@IT Presentation
Women@IT has developed a graduate level Roadshow, which is presented to undergraduates. This is part of an outreach component, implemented by our graduate students, to publicize the range of their research interests and to encourage women to consider applying to doctoral level studies in computing-related disciplines.

Roadshow Extras
Here are some links to interesting videos and websites that can be used to supplement the material presented in the Roadshow.

• Skyworker - A Space Robot
• CAPTCHA - How to tell Computers and Humans Apart (a demo that you can play with)
• Peekaboom - A picture game used to train computer vision algorithms

Past Roadshow Presentations

Middle and High Schools Presentations:

• St Bedes 5th and 8th grades
• Sterrett Classical Academy, Pittsburgh
• Carmalt School, Pittsburgh
• The Ellis Middle School, Pittsburgh
• Winchester Thurston, Pittsburgh
• Alderdice High School, Pittsburgh
• Keynote Presentation for Technology Day, YMCA Workshop
• Girls-Specific Week Camp at Carnegie Mellon
• Peabody High School
• North Allegheny Intermediate School
• Pittsburgh Gifted Center, Pittsburgh
• Western PA School for the Deaf
• Schiller Classical Academy
• Girls in IT Event, Carnegie Mellon, (Keynote Talk)
• Frick Middle School, Pittsburgh
• Linden Elementary School, Pittsburgh

Conference Presentations:

• Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing
• Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
• SIGCSE Symposium
• Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network (WEPAN)

Presentations for Teachers and others:

• AP Computer Science High School teachers, Carnegie Mellon
• TeacherTech, High School and Middle School Teachers, Mellon Institute, 2004
• Aladdin Summer Workshop, Carnegie Mellon
• CyberConXion, Pittsburgh
• Take your Daughters/Sons to Work Days at Carnegie Mellon
• Sally Ride Science Festival, University of Pittsburgh
• NSF vistors to the Computer Science department
• Roadshow for Ivanhoe productions
• CSD Advisory Board Presentation
• NCWIT presentation
• CS50 Celebration Presentation
• CS4HS Summer Workshops

• Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
• George Washington University, D.C.
• Princeton University
• Carnegie Mellon University
• University of Pennsylvania
• Columbia University
• University of Texas at Austin