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CRA COMMITTEE ON WOMEN IN COMPUTING RESEARCH ANNOUNCES NEW CO-CHAIRS
The CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) announced that it has inducted two new co-chairs to head up the organization. The torch is being passed to Anne Condon of the University of British Columbia and Mary Lou Soffa of the University of Pittsburgh. Jan Cuny of the University of Oregon and Leah H. Jamieson of Purdue University are stepping down after three years of service as co-chairs. All of these individuals are professors who have had a profound impact in research, education, and the advancement of women in science.
Since CRA-W's founding in 1990, its goal has been to take positive action to increase the number of women participating in computer science and engineering. CRA-W developed a management style of having projects led by a single PI who commits to accomplishing their goals within one year; the projects are focused and effective, and are serving as a model for other organizations. Projects include mentoring workshops, conference experiences for female undergraduate and new graduate students, and collaborative research projects.
New co-chair Anne Condon expressed her appreciation of the groundwork laid by the previous co-chairs, saying, "Jan and Leah expanded on a CRA-W program that was already impressive in its scope. They were the catalysts for several new programs, such as those that are funded by the NSF's Partnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastructure, programs that involve more women than ever before in research and mentoring. Another important new role for CRA-W is in government affairs. Mary Lou and I plan to further strengthen CRA-W's activities. We have just added three new members to coordinate new initiatives that will draw many more women into research careers and will involve Canadian women in CRA-W activities."
CRA-W receives support from several sources, including the PACI program. Sid Karin, director of the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure, one of the two PACI partnerships, commented, "The CRA-W co-chairs have shown true leadership in developing a strong program that can serve as an example for other organizations. The focus of each CRA-W project is clear, and the commitment of the project leaders has led to the participation of hundreds of women in research and mentoring activities in computer science and engineering. NPACI and our sister organization, the Alliance, are pleased to support CRA-W, and benefit greatly from this partnership and the interactions with CRA-W participants."
Considering the past few years of CRA-W activities, Jan Cuny stated, "In the past three years, we've seen the CRA-W programs grow in both scope and recognition. The dedication and drive behind the projects is inspiring and well serves CRA-W's mission of taking positive action to increase the number of women participating in computer science and engineering research and education."
Condon is a professor of computer science at the University of British Columbia. She received her Ph.D. in 1987 from the University of Washington, Seattle where she won an ACM Distinguished Dissertation award. She has also been honored a NSF National Young Investigator Award (1992) and a NSF Visiting Professorships for Women Award (1996) to support her work. Her research focuses on the power of randomness in computation.
Cuny, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Oregon, co-leads Paraducks, a research group broadly interested in topics of parallel programming tools and environments, with particular application to domain-specific environments for computational science. Cuny is the recipient of NSF's Faculty Award for Women. NSF and the Department of Energy support her research.
Jamieson is currently a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1977. Her research focuses on speech analysis and recognition, Parallel algorithms and software for signal, image, and speech processing.
Soffa is a professor of computer science at the University of Pittsburgh. Soffa has made a tremendous impact in personally mentoring graduate students, and in December1999, she was among the ten individuals and five institutions honored by receiving the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, which is administered through the National Science Foundation. She also received an NSF Visiting Professorship for Women Award in 1987.
For more information about CRA-W and its activities, see http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/
The CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) announced that it has inducted two new co-chairs to head up the organization. The torch is being passed to Anne Condon of the University of British Columbia and Mary Lou Soffa of the University of Pittsburgh. Jan Cuny of the University of Oregon and Leah H. Jamieson of Purdue University are stepping down after three years of service as co-chairs. All of these individuals are professors who have had a profound impact in research, education, and the advancement of women in science.
Since CRA-W's founding in 1990, its goal has been to take positive action to increase the number of women participating in computer science and engineering. CRA-W developed a management style of having projects led by a single PI who commits to accomplishing their goals within one year; the projects are focused and effective, and are serving as a model for other organizations. Projects include mentoring workshops, conference experiences for female undergraduate and new graduate students, and collaborative research projects.
New co-chair Anne Condon expressed her appreciation of the groundwork laid by the previous co-chairs, saying, "Jan and Leah expanded on a CRA-W program that was already impressive in its scope. They were the catalysts for several new programs, such as those that are funded by the NSF's Partnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastructure, programs that involve more women than ever before in research and mentoring. Another important new role for CRA-W is in government affairs. Mary Lou and I plan to further strengthen CRA-W's activities. We have just added three new members to coordinate new initiatives that will draw many more women into research careers and will involve Canadian women in CRA-W activities."
CRA-W receives support from several sources, including the PACI program. Sid Karin, director of the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure, one of the two PACI partnerships, commented, "The CRA-W co-chairs have shown true leadership in developing a strong program that can serve as an example for other organizations. The focus of each CRA-W project is clear, and the commitment of the project leaders has led to the participation of hundreds of women in research and mentoring activities in computer science and engineering. NPACI and our sister organization, the Alliance, are pleased to support CRA-W, and benefit greatly from this partnership and the interactions with CRA-W participants."
Considering the past few years of CRA-W activities, Jan Cuny stated, "In the past three years, we've seen the CRA-W programs grow in both scope and recognition. The dedication and drive behind the projects is inspiring and well serves CRA-W's mission of taking positive action to increase the number of women participating in computer science and engineering research and education."
Condon is a professor of computer science at the University of British Columbia. She received her Ph.D. in 1987 from the University of Washington, Seattle where she won an ACM Distinguished Dissertation award. She has also been honored a NSF National Young Investigator Award (1992) and a NSF Visiting Professorships for Women Award (1996) to support her work. Her research focuses on the power of randomness in computation.
Cuny, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Oregon, co-leads Paraducks, a research group broadly interested in topics of parallel programming tools and environments, with particular application to domain-specific environments for computational science. Cuny is the recipient of NSF's Faculty Award for Women. NSF and the Department of Energy support her research.
Jamieson is currently a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1977. Her research focuses on speech analysis and recognition, Parallel algorithms and software for signal, image, and speech processing.
Soffa is a professor of computer science at the University of Pittsburgh. Soffa has made a tremendous impact in personally mentoring graduate students, and in December1999, she was among the ten individuals and five institutions honored by receiving the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, which is administered through the National Science Foundation. She also received an NSF Visiting Professorship for Women Award in 1987.
For more information about CRA-W and its activities, see http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/