CHI Me Workshop: Scholarships Available!
April 9-10, 2010 – Atlanta, GA
The Computer Human Interaction Mentoring (CHIMe) Workshop will be co-located with CHI 2010 this year, and scholarships are available for both. The deadline for applications is October 23, 2009.
Hurry, read more about it at chime_2010.html

Tapia profiled in SACNAS video
Richard Tapia, Empowering Leadership PI, is prominently featured in one of a new series of videos promoting the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). In the video, he tells his story of growing up as an American born of Mexican parents and describes what drives him to teach students of all backgrounds on how to succeed. See the Rice News article and the video here.

Ruzena Bajcsy: 2009 Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award
The Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award is given to a woman who has inspired the women's technology community through outstanding technological and social contributions. This year's winner, Ruzena Bajcsy is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley where she is also Director Emerita of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), Over the past four decades Bajcsy has had an astounding impact in the fields of active vision, computer vision algorithms for medical imaging and telepresence. Dr. Bajcsy has pioneered new research fields, guided national policy regarding and lead the computing community in addressing social issues. She has broken barriers and opened up access for women as a role model, mentor and advocate.

Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2009
Creating Technology For Social Good
Tucson, Arizona
September 30 - October 3, 2009

The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is a series of conferences designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. Presenters are leaders in their respective fields, representing industrial, academic and government communities. Leading researchers present their current work, while special sessions focus on the role of women in today's technology fields, including computer science, information technology, research and engineering.

The ELA is a Gold Supporter of Grace Hopper 2009, and will be sending students to attend the conference.

More Info here:
http://gracehopper.org/2009/

SC09
Computing for a Changing World
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, OR
November 14 - 20, 2009

ELA is participating in the Broader Engagement program at SuperComputing 09.  The SC09 Broader Engagement (BE) program is aimed at increasing the involvement of individuals who have been traditionally underrepresented in the HPC field. The program will offer a number of special activities at SC09 to stimulate interest within the SC conferences and the HPC community in general.

Competitive grants will be available to support travel to and participation in the SC09 Technical Program by underrepresented groups. We encourage applications from all computing-related disciplines, including research, education, or industry. Consideration will be given to applicants from groups that traditionally have been underrepresented in HPC, such as African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, the physically challenged, and women.

More Info here:
http://sc09.supercomputing.org/?pg=broadeng.html

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