Conferences

Name Location Start Date End Date Description Advancing Women in the Academy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute March 27th 2007 March 27th 2007 A Colloquy for University Faculty as part of the NSF funded initiative in faculty development for women in science and engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on March 27, 2007 in the Biotech Center on the RPI Campus. CMU OurCS Conference 2007 CMU October 5th 2007 October 7th 2007 CMU will be hosting their first Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Computer Science (OurCS). This conference is research focused and will provide opportunities for undergraduate women to work on exploratory problems in teams led by researchers from industry and academia. Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing 2007 Orlando, Florida October 14th 2007 October 17th 2007 Participants take part through posters, panels, papers, workshops, and sessions in various fields of computer technology. This year’s conference will focus on the following fields: Collaborative and emerging technologies, Computational Mathematics and Science, and Multidisciplinary Activities in Computer Science. This conference is co–sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and the Association of Computing Machinery, with cooperation from the Computing Research Association. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Boston February 14th 2008 February 18th 2008 An annual meeting where science and technology professionals from across disciplines and around the world gather to discuss new research, emerging trends, and new possibilities. SIGCSE 2008 Portland, Oregon USA March 12th 2008 March 15th 2008 SIGCSE 2008 is the conference held by the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, which specializes in the improving and creating methods of teaching computer science. Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2008 Keystone Resort, Colorado October 1st 2008 October 8th 2008 This event is a series of conferences that brings career interests as well as research initiated by women together in order to promote women in the computer science fields. Industry leaders as well as research leaders present their work, resulting in “collaborative proposals, network and mentoring, and increased visibility for the contributions of women in computing.”