ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome to Spring 2013 semester! We have a lot of great events planned for the semester, come and learn about our new exciting events such as the High School Outreach event, Recruiting events, and Demo Days! Check the events page for updated information. Unless otherwise noted, WinC events are open to students of all genders and fields of study who support women in computing and technology fields.

Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) 2013 is taking place in Minneapolis, Minnesota! Click here for more information on ways to submit your own projects to the conference, apply for scholarhips, and fill out an application!

Upcoming Events Spring 2013 :

1) Women Charting Technical Career Paths

Date: Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Apple Soho Store @ 103 Prince St New York, NY 10012
Summary: Join Courant's Women in Computing (WinC) at the Apple Store in Soho on Thursday, March 14th for an inspiring talk by women who have charted their own technical career paths in their fields. Project showcase and discussion panel guests include Jocelyn Schulz, a student researcher at NYU WIRELESS, Miria Grunick, Principal Software Engineer at Mapquest, and Mary Fernandez, Assistant VP of Information and Software Systems Research at AT&T Labs. Moderated by the President of Women in Computing, Nicole Lee, we'll discuss the range of technical fields, the steps to building a career, and the rewards and challenges of a profession in technology.
Panelists: Jocelyn Schulz, Miria Grunick, Mary Fernandez
Bios:

• Jocelyn Schulz is a Sophomore at New York University studying Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Last summer she interned at Google in Mountain View, California. She is currently a student researcher at NYU WIRELESS and has recently been honored with the Turing Fellowship Award.
  
• Miria Grunick is a Principal Software Engineer at MapQuest where she works on geo-spatial search. She has been writing software professionally since 2005. In her spare time, she can be found hacking away at NYC Resistor. She has a B.S in Computer Science from Clarion University of Pennsylvania and is currently pursuing a M.S in Computer Science at New York University. Her interests include search technology, natural language processing, kittens, microcontrollers and interactive computing with sensors.
  
• Mary Fernandez is an Assistant Vice President, Information and Software Systems Research at AT&T Labs. She supports more than fifty Ph.D.-level scientists whose research advances the systems that support AT&T’s communications infrastructure and services. Her organization focuses on the management and visualization of massive-scale data, cloud-computing infrastructure for applications that require quality-of-service guarantees, and pervasive communications environments. Day to day, her role is to drive technological innovation by connecting researchers in her organization with technical and business partners who together advance AT&T’s products and services for consumer, enterprise, and government customers. Mary is an active volunteer and leader in local and national organizations whose missions are to advance computing research and to increase the representation of women and under-represented minorities in STEM professions. She is Chair, Board of Directors, MentorNet (mentornet.org), on the Board of Directors, Computing Research Association (cra.org), and a STEM Role Model, HISPA Hispanics Inspiring Students’ Performance and Achievement (hispa.org). Mary and her husband have two teenage daughters, who do their best to keep her up to date on both fashion and technology trends.
  

2)New York City Girls Computer Science and Engineering Conference - Sponsored by WinC, Courant and GWISE, Princeton. You can find more information about last year's conference here
Time: Thursday, April 18, 2013 from 8am – 4pm
Place: NYU Kimmel Center, Rosenthal Pavillion

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News:

• Professor Sana Odeh and the Computer Science Department has sponsored 10 female computer science students to attend the Grace Hopper Conference (GHC) 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland. These students came from NYU's undergraduate, graduate, and PhD programs.
• Professor Sana Odeh, the faculty advisor for WinC receives an award from Google and will be using the award money to send female CS students to conferences this year: "We at Google believe strongly in your mission and the impact you are having.  We wanted to thank you for the amazing work you've done to make a real difference in the lives of so many. In recognition of that work and to support your continued success."
• Check out the Fall 2011 newsletter! newsletter (fall 2011). This issue includes pictures, a recap of past events, scholarship information, and upcoming events.
• WinC is honored to receive the Google Rise Award for 2010 and 2009
• WinC was Awarded the 2008 & 2009 NYU's Presidential Service Award for “extraordinary and positive impact on the New York University Community.”
  
• Check our Funding and Scholarships page for scholarships for which you may be eligible. Information is added as we receive it.
• Join WinC by signing our emailing list and also our facebook page.
• A Room of WinC's Own: We are pleased to announce that the CS department has given WinC its own office in Courant, room 419. The dedicated space will help us develop great events and be a resource for all our members. Thanks, CS department!
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