March 2011 - uWomen

[UWAB] NCWIT Aspriations for Computing Awards Reception April 17th
by Jennifer Whitlow 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

On behalf of the Office of Outreach, Enrollment and Community, I would like to invite you to join us at the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Georgia Awards Reception on Sunday, April 17th. Aspirations for Computing recognizes 9th-12th grade females for their computing-related achievements and interests. This year, the College of Computing is sponsoring the Georgia Regional Awards. We received an overwhelming number of applications and have selected 15 winners along with 32 runner-ups. The reception and awards ceremony will take place from 2:00pm-4:30pm. Below is a list of recipients, as well as a brief schedule for the program. Georgia Affiliate Winners: Brooke Bosley (Northeast Independent Preparatory Academy), Katherine Cannella (Centennial High School), Lillian Chin (The Westminster Schools), Asha Harris (Parkview High School), Daria Jordan (Gwinnett School for Mathematics, Science and Technology), Alyssa Lawrence (Centennial High School), Madison McCall (Arabia Mountain Engineering and Environmental Magnet School), Ebone Monk (Columbus High School), Allyson Perry (Lithia Springs Comprehensive High School), Helen Pickron (Pace Academy), Vivian Stepp (Douglass High School), Aida Syrkett (Brookwood High School), Madeleyne Vaca (Gwinnett School for Mathematics, Science and Technology), Lauren Winston (North Oconee High School), Lucy Zhang (Wheeler High School) Georgia Affiliate Runner-Ups: Taylor Allen, Jillian Broaddus, Chayla Bryant, Alicia Crewey, Allyn Fontana, Alexis Garrison, Kaitlyn Hackett, Blake Hauser, Mary Keilhauer, Mary Lathem, Hannah Lau, Taisha Likes, Trene Long-Reed, Tatiana Mangram, Balikisu Najimudeen, Ana Negrete, Kaavya Pandian, Ashley Reavis, Maria Roepke, Jamie Rule, Angel Scott, Stephanie Sheffield, Danielle Smith, Rachel Spivey, Raven Stegall, Stephanie Su, Emily Takagi, Alexandria Thomas, Tristin Travis, Lisa Troutman, Tyese Vincent, Jasmine Weaver Program Schedule: 2:00-3:00pm - registration and mix and mingle reception 3:00-3:15pm - Welcome 3:15-3:45pm - Keynote Speakers (Dr. Ellen Zegura and Joy Boulamwini) 3:45-4:30pm - award recognition Please RSVP to the following link if you plan to attend -http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/aspirationsFacultyRSVP. Instead of your title, please put your year and major. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you, Jennifer Jennifer Whitlow GT College of Computing Program Coordinator for Enrollment jwhitlow(a)cc.gatech.edu<mailto:jwhitlow@cc.gatech.edu> 404-385-2441

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[UWAB] Tech Beautification Day
by Linda Huynh 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

Hello girls! I hope all of you had a very restful spring break. I am emailing you to tell you that Women@CC is going to be participating in Tech Beautification Day this year! It will be during the morning of *Saturday, April 9th*. It is a great opportunity to meet up with Women@CC members outside of our regular meetings and to also give back to Tech. This year, we will be running our own group, but this means I will need your help. If you think you will want to join or are considering joining, please email me with your name (first and last), GTID, email, and shirt size. We need to sign up all prospective members at once. I will be submitting the application by this *Friday, April 4th at midnight*. Thanks very much in advance. I'll see you all this Thursday! Sincerely, Linda

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[UWAB] CoCaesar's Outcome
by Linda Huynh 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hello girls! I hope that all of you are having a great spring break. I wanted to congratulate and thank those who helped out with CoCaesar's. Our sign up sheet said 202 people attended, but I know that many members, including me, were not able to sign the sheet. Even so, that is an amazing number! I have received so much positive feedback about the event from both students and faculty and, to summarize, you guys rock! We would not have been able to accomplish all that we did without our members helping out before, during, and after the event. I was really honored to work with all of you. I can't wait until next year! Sincerely, Linda

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[UWAB] CoCaesar's is Tomorrow!
by Linda Huynh 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

Hello girls, I just wanted to remind you that CoCaesar's is tomorrow! I have a few notes for now until then: - Today, I will be picking up food with Cedric at Sam's Club and Restaurant Depot. If anyone has space to hold things in a fridge or freezer, please call or email me at 703.927.4560 or lhuynh(a)gatech.edu so I know who to contact when we get back. We will be leaving around 1:00 to 1:30 and be back in a few hours. - Please come help if you can! We need as many people as we can for setup, staffing, and breakdown. - We will be blowing balloons with helium or by hand (if we cannot get helium) starting at 1:30. Klaus will be open at 3:00 and that is when we will start migrating supplies and setting up. - Throughout the event, I would love it if people could help staff places like the food and prizes stations, along with helping to bring food back and forth from the kitchens. You should have signed up on the swiki http://swiki.cc.gatech.edu:8080/WUAB/171 but we will definitely take those who did not sign up. - After CoCaesar's, everyone remaining should stay behind to clean up. The more people we get, the faster clean up is and the faster everyone can get back to studying. That should be about it. Get excited and advertise, everyone! We've put a lot into planning this. I want everyone's hard work to be worth it with a great event and a fun time. :) If you have any last-minute questions, please do not hesitate to email me or Alissa. Sincerely, Linda -- Linda Huynh BS Computer Science 2012 Georgia Institute of Technology

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[UWAB] CoCaesar's Food Storage
by Linda Huynh 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Attention! I would like to know who would be available tomorrow (Wednesday) late afternoon to evening to help take some of the food Klee, Cedric, and I will be buying for CoCaesar's and storing it in their fridge and/or freezer to bring to the event on Thursday. We are allowed to use Klaus' fridges and freezers, but I am worried food being misplaced even if we properly label them. Please email me if you are interested in helping out. Sincerely, Linda -- Linda Huynh BS Computer Science 2012 Georgia Institute of Technology

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[UWAB] Co-op Opportunity!
by Candis Pham 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Hey girls! See below for a co-op opportunity from a fellow W@CC member :) ====== Cedar Document Technologies Rapidly growing Internet managed services provider seeks Co-Op Java Developer who has an understanding of architecting, designing, and developing web based and backend tools and solutions. Position will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining custom built solutions, as well as testing backend systems and tools for the company’s online service offerings. General Skills: • Understanding of the SDLC process. • Strong analytical skills. • Ability to work independently and drive tasks to completion. • Strong interpersonal skills in working with other developers and operational IT end users. Functional Skills: • Interpreting written application requirements and applying sound programming practices to developing backend tools and services for large volume online services. • Maintaining skills in state of the art internet application practices & applying them to projects when justified by their stability, productivity & cost effectiveness. • Participating as a team member in a formal development lifecycle and release control process. • Ability to lead a team when required, while still performing code development duties. Required Technical Skills: • Unix/Linux operating systems experience. • SQL-based Relational Databases (Oracle or MySQL). Responsibilities: 1. The development of robust, secure, Java-language backend tools for various data transformation needs including inbound and outbound data feeds. 2. The development of robust, secure, Java-language Web based tools and processes. 3. The protection of company intellectual property from accidental loss, malicious damage, or theft. Report To: Director of Product Development. Tobacco-Free candidates only. -- Pushkara Chaganti Computer Science Undergraduate Georgia Institute of Technology -- Candis Pham B.S. Computational Media 2011 Georgia Institute of Technology

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[UWAB] Meeting Minutes for 3/10. Notes about CoCaesar's for next week, Chalking for CoCaesar's.
by Dannielle Del Rosario 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

Hey everyone! Let's make CoCaesar's really great. For the success of CoCaesar's, please read on to the minutes: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1OgdRrCqj2fj4pGfVcktNT4-HwTlMECwv_0… It's some good stuff! You'll find a lot of good information in there about how to advertise and help out. Don't forget to show off how great CoCaesar's is with good information about the awesome prizes that will be there! Take care of yourself, we'll see you on Tuesday for chalking for CoCaesar's. (The information for chalking is in the minutes!)

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[UWAB] Last Call for Google I/O
by Alex Treister 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

Hello from Google! * *For those of you who were quick to register for Google I/O, we thank you for continuing to support our developer initiatives--this year's I/O is slated to be one of our best yet. For the rest of our developers, we weren’t kidding when we told you we <3 our developers. Starting Wednesday, March 16, we will be launching Last Call for Google I/O: A contest that spans 10 days, 10 developer challenges and 100 chances to win tickets to attend the now-sold-out Google I/O 2011. Here’s how it works. We will announce a new challenge on the contest site<https://sites.google.com/site/lastcallforio2011/Home>on select dates at either 9am or 4pm PDT, that will last for 24 hours each. There will be 10 days of challenges with 10 winners on each day, spanning the following developer products: March 16 - Android, 9:00 am March 17 - Chrome, 9:00 am March 18 - App Engine, 9:00 am March 21 - YouTube APIs, 9:00 am March 22 - Game Developers, 9:00 am March 23 - Google Maps / Geo, 4:00 pm March 24 - Commerce, 9:00 am March 25 - Developer Tools / GWT, 9:00 am March 28 - Accessibility, 4:00 pm March 29 - Google Apps / Enterprise, 4:00 pm Each of the challenges will focus on one of our developer products and has two rounds. Plan to be in front of your computers for the first half-hour that the challenge starts to complete a series of questions for Round I, which will qualify you for the main coding challenge in Round II. You will have a little over 20hrs to complete Round II. We want to make sure that we provide the opportunity to attend Google I/O to as many developers as possible and hope you’re feeling up to the task. The contest is valid in the 50 United States and the District of Columbia with winners being announced on April 4. And don’t forget that we will be livestreaming the keynotes and taping sessions during Google I/O. Stay tuned! For more information and contest rules, visit https://sites.google.com/site/lastcallforio2011/Home Good luck! Alex -- *Alex Treister* University and Intern Programs Specialist Google Inc., NYC office: <%28212%29%20565-8652>(212) 565-8652 We're Hiring! google.com/students <http://google.com/students>

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[UWAB] Women in Electronics scholarship opportunity: Deadline March 11, 2011
by Jennifer Whitlow 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

Jennifer Whitlow GT College of Computing Program Coordinator for Enrollment jwhitlow(a)cc.gatech.edu 404-385-2441 Hello, Please distribute this scholarship opportunity to eligible female undergraduate students that you maybe know. The deadline is THIS FRIDAY, March 11, 2011. ---- ---- WIE scholarships are awarded to female students majoring in electronics, engineering, computer science, information technology or related fields. Scholarships are awarded based on Academic Excellence as well as Financial Need, Community/School Involvement and Personal Achievement. Scholarships are paid to the Financial Aid Department of the educational institution. The monetary awards are intended to lower the student's financial aid balances when they exist. To be considered for this scholarship, you will need to submit: 1. A copy of your transcript 2. Financial Data (loan balances, other scholarships, etc.) 3. A complete 2011 WIE scholarship application. I have attached the scholarship application, but you can also download it via the WIE website : http://wieatlan.dot5hosting.com/events.html Personal interviews with the selected candidates will be scheduled for Tuesday, March 22, 2011 beginning at 2:00 PM. The selected student(s) will be notified via email of their scheduled interview time. Scholarship interviews will be conducted at the office of Spectrum Staffing, Inc., 1755 North Brown Road, Suite 200, Lawrenceville, GA 30043. Both the student candidate(s) and their advisor(s) will be notified of our decisions via email on or before May 2, 2011. All Scholarship Recipients are requested to be in attendance to personally accept their academic scholarship at our Annual Scholarship Award and Sponsor Appreciation Dinner on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Berkeley Hills Country Club, 2300 Pond Road, Duluth, GA 30096. We also encourage the student advisors to attend as well. WIE will provide complimentary dinners for the student, one guest, and one advisor. If you require additional information, please contact Susan Williams, WIE Scholarship Chair (Susan.Williams(a)afi.cc) ---- ---- Regards, Nhi Le -- Nhi Le Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering: Biomedical Engineering College of Engineering: Materials Science Engineering Computational NanoBio Technology Undergraduate Research Assistant Bio-Inspired Colloidal Assembly Undergraduate Research Assistant Gates Millennium Scholars Program Class of 2006

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[UWAB] Help advertise for CoCaesar's!
by Linda Huynh 09 Mar '11

09 Mar '11

Hey girls! I wanted to tell you that the professor invitations and flyers for CoCaesar's are now in W@CC's box across the room from CoC 351. If people could stop by and distribute the fliers throughout the College of Computing and Klaus (where they are allowed), that would be amazing. Additionally, if you signed up for a professor invitation, please come by and give it to a CS/CM professor of your choice. Remember that part of CoCaesar's is to give you a chance to talk to your professors outside of an academic context. We will be talking about further advertisements next meeting. In any case, please plan to attend and help out the day of CoCaesar's. We will need all of the help we can get to pull this off. Remember that it is next week. Be sure to tell all of your CS/CM friends to come and have some fun before spring break! We will have food, prizes, and lots of games for everyone. Please help in making CoCaesar's this year a success! If you have any questions, feel free to email me or Alissa ( ahartenbaum3(a)gatech.edu) Sincerely, Linda

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