Roadshow

Welcome to the Women@SCS Outreach Roadshow!


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Supported in part by the NSF-ALADDIN Center
Carnegie Mellon University

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.

Past Roadshow Presentations

Middle and High Schools Presentations:

Conference Presentations:

Presentations for Teachers and others:

  • AP Computer Science High School teachers, Carnegie Mellon
  • "TeacherTech", High School and Middle
  • School Teachers, Mellon Institute, 2003
  • TeacherTech", High School and Middle School Teachers, Mellon Institute, 2004
  • Aladdin Summer Workshop, Carnegie Mellon
  • CyberConXion, Pittsburgh, 2004-2005
  • Take your Daughters to Work Day 2005 at Carnegie Mellon
  • Sally Ride Science Festival, University of Pittsburgh, 2005
  • NSF vistors to the Computer Science department
  • Roadshow for Ivanhoe productions
  • CSD Advisory Board Presentation Fall 2005
  • NCWIT presentation Fall 2005
  • CS50 Celebration Presentation 2006
  • Take your Daughters to Work Day 2006 at Carnegie Mellon
  • CS4HS Workshop Summer 2006

Campus Presentations (Graduate Roadshow for Undergraduates):

  • 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