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Guest lecture by Dr. Maria Klawe (President, Harvey Mudd College)

November 7, 2016
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Speaker: Dr. Maria Klawe
                President, Harvey Mudd College

Title: Getting More Women into Tech Careers

Date: Monday, November 7, 2016

Time: 4 – 5 p.m.
(There will be a reception from 3:15 - 4 p.m.)

Place: EV 2.260 (1515 Ste-Catherine St. W.)

ABSTRACT

Over the past decade, the participation of females in the
tech industry has declined rather than advanced. This is
unfortunate for young women because of the incredible
career opportunities, for the tech industry because of the
loss of incoming talent, and for society because of the loss of
diversity of perspective among tech teams. I will talk about the
reasons why women tend not major in computer technology
fields and how Harvey Mudd College dramatically increased
the number of females majoring in computer science, from
10% of the majors to 40% over a four year period.

 

BIO

Maria Klawe began her tenure as Harvey Mudd College’s fifth
president in 2006. Prior to joining HMC, she served as dean
of engineering and professor of computer science at Princeton
University. A renowned computer scientist and scholar, Klawe
made significant contributions in several areas of mathematics
and computer science. She is the recipient of the 2014
Women of Vision ABIE Award for Leadership and
was ranked 17 on Fortune’s 2014 list of the World’s
50 Greatest Leaders.

 




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