2014-10-16: Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) 2014
Photo credit to my friend Mona El Mahdy I was thrilled and humbled for the second time to attend Grace Hopper Celebration of women in computing ( GHC ) 2014, the world’s largest gathering for technologists women. GHC is presented by the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology , which was founded by Dr. Anita Borg and Dr. Telle Whitney in 1994 to bring together research and career interests of women in computing and encourage the participation of women in computing. The twentieth anniversary of GHC was held in Phoenix, Arizona on October 8-10, 2014. This year, GHC has almost doubled the number of women who have research and business interests from the last year to be 8,000 women from about 67 countries and about 900 organizations to get inspired, gain expertise, get connected, and have fun. Aida Ghazizadeh from the Department of Computer Science at Old Dominion University also was awarded travel scholarships to attend this year's GHC. I hope ODU wi...