Tag Archives: technical women
Women of Vision 2012
The annual ABI Women of Vision event was last week – inspiring and interesting, as always. Huawei sponsored my attending the “Top Company for Technical Women” workshop in addition to the evening banquet and awards ceremony. Winners this year: Leadership … Continue reading
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Anita Borg Institute Advisory Board Meeting
Today was the annual in-person meeting of the Advisory Board of the Anita Borg Institute. As usual, we met at the HP Labs building in Palo Alto, California, which hosts the ABI offices. Amazing technical leaders from all of the … Continue reading
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Published: “Famous Women in Computer Science”
“Advancing Your Career Through Awards” panel at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2010, including (L to R): Lucy Sanders, Fran Allen, Bob Walker, Katy Dickinson, Marcy Alstott, and Manuela Veloso. In November 2009, I first published my … Continue reading
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Drafting Proposals for the Hopper Conference (GHC12)
I am working with two teams on panel proposals for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women and Computing, to be held 3-4 October 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland. Submissions are due 16 March. I have been going to the Hopper Conference … Continue reading
Silicon Valley Supports Technical Women
In the last week, I have been to three interesting events supporting technical women and girls here in the Silicon Valley: FountainBlue’s When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series panel on Work-Life Balance, featuring Huawei Human Resources Director Jane Helfen, … Continue reading
TechWomen 2012 Applications
The Institute for International Education and Anita Borg Institute are again working together on the U.S. State Department’s TechWomen mentoring program for women in the Middle East and North Africa. Yesterday, Microsoft hosted the Mentor recruitment kick-off event, including a … Continue reading
Bamboo Keyboard and Mouse
In September, John brought me a present from Shenzhen China – which has now been installed in my office at Huawei: a bamboo keyboard and mouse! I think it looks lovely next to my bright purple “I am a Technical … Continue reading
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