Sana Odeh

Clinical Professor of Computer Science
Faculty Liaison for Global Programs of Computer Science
Computer Science Department
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University, New York

Affiliated Faculty of Computer Science, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)

A Member of the Board at New York University Paris (NYU Paris)

A member of the NYU Global Network University (GNU) Curriculum Committee

 

 Professor Sana Odeh, is a Clinical Professor, Faculty Liaison for Global Programs of Computer Science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, and an Affiliated Faculty of Computer Science, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD). She is also an Affiliated Faculty of Computer Science at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) where she set up the Computer Science department at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and also created successful international collaboration projects in Computer Science from 2010 - present. She is a member of the board at NYU Paris as she is coordinating and developing high level computer science courses at NYU Paris. She serves on the curriculum committee for NYU Global since 2015. A proponent of women in computing and innovation in Computer Science, professor Odeh is the founder and chair of the Annual NYU Abu Dhabi International Hackathon for the Social Good in the Arab Word(Held annually from 2011- present). In the past two years, this Hackathon has been focusing on one of the most promising technologies of our time, Quantum Computing. We have been receiving international funding and sponsership from leading Educational Institutions and companies. Odeh is also the founder and chair of the Conference on Arab Women in Computing Conference (held at NYUAD in Abu Dhabi during Spring 2012, May 2013, May 2015, February 12 in Algeria, August 2017 at AUB in Lebanon, in Morocco in 2019, and 2021 online), founder and chair of the Arab Women in Computing organization (arabwic.org), chair of the annual Annual New York City Girls Computer Science and Engineering Conference (Held since 2008- 2021) and sponsored by Google, NYU’s Courant Women in Computing (WinC) and Princeton University Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (GWISE), and the faculty advisor for NYU’s Courant Women in Computing (WinC) at NYU NY. She is a member of the leadership committee of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC), the world’s largest conference for women technologists. She has received an appreciation award every year from 2013 to 2019) from the GHC, the top women in computing conference in the world for her leadership of ArabWIC.

Professor Odeh's research focuses on Women in Computing in the Arab World (Representation, Opportunities and Challenges), mainstreaming Computer Science, Development of Computer Science Programs and Curriculum, Web and Mobile Technologies, Developing Information Technologies for the Developing World and Online Education.

 

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Interest/Research

• Women in Computing in the Arab World: Leading and coordinating research about Women in Computing in the Arab World (Representation, Opportunities and Challenges) along with my collaborators, economist Jennifer Olmsted at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, and anthropologist Fida Adely at Georgetown University in Washington DC. We hope to publish a book by the end of 2024.
  
• Programming Languages and Web and Mobile Programming
• Developing information technologies for the developing world
• Development, Implementation and the Evaluation of E-Learning Systems
• Teaching of Computer Science
• Development of Computer Science Program and Curriculum

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Activities

• Founder and chair of the Annual NYU Abu Dhabi International Hackathon for the Social Good in the Arab Word(Held on 2011 to present at NYUAD)
• Chair of the Annual New York City Girls Computer Science and Engineering Conference(Sponsored by NYU's Courant's WinC, Princeton's GWISE and Google: 2008 to present)
• Founder and chair of the Annual Arab Women in Computing Conference (held at NYUAD in Abu Dhabi during Spring 2012, May 2013, May 2015, February 12 in Algeria, August 2017 at AUB in Lebanon, in Morocco in 2019, and 2021 online).
• Founder and chair of the newly formed Arab Women in Computing organization (ArabWIC)
• Faculty advisor of the NYU's Courant's Women in Computing (WinC)