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Events - 2013

Monday, November 11, 2013 — 4:00 PM EST

Department seminar by Sylvia Esterby, University of British Columbia Okanagan

Water quality monitoring and assessment: a statistical perspective

Friday, November 8, 2013 — 6:00 PM to Saturday, November 9, 2013 — 5:00 PM EST

Fourth Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing

Staff, students and faculty are invited to the Fourth Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing (ONCWIC), held at the University of Waterloo on November 8-9, 2013.

Friday, November 8, 2013 — 3:30 PM EST

Distinguished lecture series - Maria Klawe

Maria Klawe
Harvey Mudd College (HMC)

Talk title:

"From 10% to 40% Female CS Majors: The Harvey Mudd College Story"

Talk abstract:

In 2006, much like at many other institutions, about 10% of HMC's Computer Science (CS) majors were female. At that time only a third of HMC's students were female, but CS was an aberration. About 20% of the Physics majors and close to 30% of the engineering majors were female. Four years later 40% of HMC's CS majors were female, exactly the same percentage as the whole HMC student body. This talk describes how the CS department accomplished this change.

Thursday, September 12, 2013 — 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EDT