[Tccc] 1st N2Women Workshop (co-located with MobiCom/Hoc), September 20, 2010

Networking Networking Women
Monday, September 20, 2010
Chicago, Illinois, USA
(co-located with MobiCom/Hoc)

N^2 Women is pleased to announce the 1st Networking Networking Women
Workshop. This workshop, which will be co-located with MobiCom/Hoc, will
bring the research and career interests of women in networking and
communications to the forefront. The N^2 Women workshop has the following
goals:

* Creating new research connections
* Mentoring undergraduate, graduate, and post-doc students
* Obtaining feedback on research from members of the community

The workshop will feature keynote talks from distinguished members of our
community, panel sessions, mentoring sessions, and a poster session.
Keynote speakers include Radia Perlman (Intel), the "Mother of the
Internet" and Klara Nahrstedt (UIUC), the Ralph M. and Catherine V. Fisher
Professor.

Thanks to support from CRA-W/CDC and Microsoft Research, the N^2 Women
Workshop will not have a registration fee. However, there is limited space,
so you must apply to attend at:
http://toilers.mines.edu/N2Women/Form.htmlby *August 6, 2010*. The
workshop will be free of charge for all invited
attendees. Application notifications will be sent on August 15th.

Program
8:30 - 9:00 Welcome

9:00 - 10:00 Keynote speaker (vision talk on wired networking) Radia Perlman
(Intel), the "Mother of the Internet"

10:00 - 11:00 Panel #1: Academia and Industry Research: Are they the same?
Radia Perlman (Intel), Lili Qui (University of Texas, Austin), Klara
Nahrstedt (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign) and Kristin Tolle
(Microsoft Research)

11:00 - 12:00 Panel #2: Getting funding for what you love
Magda El Zarki (University of California, Irvine), Mingyan Liu (University
of Michigan), Darleen Fisher (National Science Foundation), and Sujata
Banerjee (HP Labs)

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 Keynote speaker (vision talk on wireless networking) Klara
Nahrstedt ( University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign)

2:00 - 3:30 Poster session

3:30 - 5:00 Mentoring Session

Mentors:
Radia Perlma (Intel)
Klara Nahrstedt (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign)
Lili Qui (University of Michigan)
Kristin Tolle (Microsoft Research)
Magda El Zarki (University of California, Irvine)
Darlene Fisher (National Science Foundation)
Sujata Banerjee (HP Labs)
Wendi Heinzelman (University of Rochester)
Tracy Camp (Colorado School of Mines)
Mingyan Liu (University of Michigan)
Robin Kravets (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign)

Sponsors and Support

Technical and financial support for the N^2Women Workshop has been
generously provided by:
CRA-W
Microsoft Research
ACM Sigmobile
IEEE ComSoc

--
Geethapriya Thamilarasu
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
SUNY Institute of Technology
Utica, NY
Ph: 315-792-7379
www.sunyit.edu/~thamilg
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