UMBC will host three events as part of the CRA-W Distinguished Lecture Series on Monday, 16 April 2012. CRA-W, the Computer Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research, is an action-oriented organization dedicated to increasing the number of women participating in Computer Science and Engineering research and education at all levels.

The visiting speaker is Dr. Ellen Zegura, Professor and Chair of
the School of Computer Science, Georgia Tech.  Dr. Jeff Forbes
of NSF and Duke University will also be on campus as part of
the Distinguished Lecture Series to participate on a panel about
grad school (aimed at graduate students and undergraduates).
The events are open to the public and UMBC visitors are welcome
to attend.

PANEL DISCUSSION: GRADUATE SCHOOL: BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER
10:00-11:00am, Monday 16 April, 2012, UC 310
Dr. Ellen Zegura, Georgia Tech
Dr. Jeffrey Forbes, National Science Foundation
Mr. James MacGlashan (UMBC CSEE Ph.D. Candidate)
Ms. Alyson Young (UMBC HCC Ph.D. student)

COMPUTING IN CIRRUS CLOUDS: THE CHALLENGE OF INTERMITTENT CONNECTIVITY
Ellen Zegura, Georgia Tech
1:00-2:00pm, Monday 16 April 2012, ITE 325B

COMPUTING FOR GOOD: EXPERIENCES IN HUMANITARIAN COMPUTING
Ellen Zegura, Georgia Tech
4:00-5:00pm, Monday 16 April, 2012, Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

Details of these events can be found at http://csee.umbc.edu/talks and
in the attached flyer.

These events are jointly sponsored by CRA-W, UMBC’s Center for Women in
Technology (CWIT), CSEE and IS Departments, and the Graduate School.

We encourage you to attend these events.

Yun Peng and Marie desJardins
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)