2013-11-21: 2013 Southeast Women in Computing Conference (SEWIC)
Last weekend (Nov 14-17), I was honored to give a keynote at the Southeast Women in Computing Conference (SEWICC), located at the beautiful Lake Guntersville State Park in north Alabama. The conference was organized by Martha Kosa and Ambareen Siraj (Tennessee Tech University), and Jennifer Whitlow (Georgia Tech). Videos from the keynotes and pictures from the weekend will soon be posted on the conference website . (UPDATE 1/24/14: Flickr photostream and links to keynote videos added.) The 220+ attendees included faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, and even some high school students (and even some men!). On Friday night, Tracy Camp from the Colorado School of Mines presented the first keynote, "What I Know Now... That I Wish I Knew Then". It was a great kickoff to the conference and provided a wealth of information on (1) the importance of mentoring, networking, and persevering, (2) tips...