{"id":1645,"date":"2017-09-22T11:37:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T18:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2017-10-03T13:02:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T20:02:51","slug":"systers-at-grace-hopper-celebration-of-women-in-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/22\/systers-at-grace-hopper-celebration-of-women-in-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"Systers at Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a long-time Syster<\/a>, and I have attended and spoken at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing<\/a> a few times before. \u00a0This year, I’m speaking again, and wanted to support my fellow Systers as well. \u00a0To that end, I have compiled a list of Systers who are speaking at GHC. \u00a0Come see us! (Last updated: 2017-10-03 13:02 PT)<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 04 October 2017<\/h3>\n

1:30-2:30pm
\nPanel: The Engineer’s Journey: Choose Your Own Adventure <\/a>
\nPanelists: Cindy Burns, Pi-Chuan Chang, Leor Chechik, Mary Dang, Nadyne Richmond
\nPanel discussion of engineering career paths and important decisions along the way<\/p>\n

1:30-2:30pm
\nPanel:\u00a0The Myth of the Unicorn: Perspectives of Native American Women in Computing<\/a>
\nSpeakers: Amanda Sharp, Kylie Bemis, Nicole Archambault, Squiggy Rubio, Sarah EchoHawk
\nThese extraordinary women in the tech industry identify as members of indigenous tribes from across Northern America. They will discuss their experiences, what it means to be a unicorn\u2014 a \u201cmythical\u201d or \u201cnon-existent\u201d figure in tech\u2014and what the tech communities can do to increase support and visibility.<\/p>\n

1:30-2:30pm
\nPanel: Navigating Change: Ride the Waves of Change Without Feeling Underwater<\/a>
\nSpeakers: An Bui, Indu Khosla, Ariel Aguilar, Vanessa Hernandez, Alex Riccomini<\/p>\n

1:50-2:10pm
\nInteractive Media Research Presentations<\/a>: Inverse Procedural Modeling for 3D Urban Models<\/a>
\nSpeaker: Ilke Demir<\/p>\n

3:00-3:20pm
\nDemonstrating Value Presentation<\/a>: Managing Up: Managing Your Manager with Compassion, Humor, and Data<\/a>
\nSpeaker: Steph Parkin<\/p>\n

3:00-4:00pm
\nPanel: Systers Celebrates 30 years Supporting Women in Computing<\/a>
\nPanelists: Angel Tian, Danielle Cummings, Laura Downey, Neetu Jain, Dilma Da Silva<\/p>\n

3:00-4:00pm
\nWorkshop: Consciously Tackling Unconscious Bias<\/a>
\nSpeakers: Lilit Yenokyan, Amala Rangnekar, Saralee Kunlong<\/p>\n

4:30-5:30pm
\nPanel: Navigating Change: Ride the Waves of Change Without Feeling Underwater<\/a> (repeat session)
\nPanelists: An Bui, Indu Khosla, Ariel Aguilar, Vanessa Hernandez, Alex Riccomini<\/p>\n

4:30-5:30pm
\n2017 Systers Pass-It-On Award Winners<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday poster session, 1-4pm<\/h4>\n

Framework to Extract Context Vectors from Unstructured Data using Big Data Analytics<\/a>
\nPresenter: Sarah Masud<\/p>\n

Race against Troubleshooting: Predictive Maintenance for Data Protection<\/a>
\nPresenter: Dhanashri Phadke <\/p>\n

Thursday, 05 October 2017<\/h3>\n

11:30am-12:30pm
\nPanel: Why and How to Prepare for Hackathons? <\/a>
\nPanelists: Bouchra Bouqata, Rose Robinson, Sana Odeh, Shaila Pervin, Xiaodan (Sally) Zhang<\/p>\n

11:30am-12:30pm
\nPanel: Virtual Humanity<\/a>
\nPanelists: Erin Summers, Jenn Duong, Gemma Rachelle Busoni,\u00a0Elisabeth Morant,\u00a0Charity Everett
\nIn this panel, industry experts will share knowledge building and creating virtual reality (VR) experiences, games, and tools centered around the human experience.<\/p>\n

11:30am-12:30pm
\nPanel: Hello, It\u0092s Me! Differentiating Yourself With a Multidimensional Career<\/a>
\nPanelists: Jenna Blaha, Vidya Srinivasan, Kelly Hoey, Ilana Walder-Biesanz, Cassidy Lara Williams<\/p>\n

11:30am-12:30pm
\nSpeed Mentoring with Systers mentors<\/a>
\nOrganizer: Zaza Soriano
\nMentors and attendees sit at tables, each of which has a topic. For 15 minutes, attendees ask questions for the mentor to answer. Then attendees change tables and select a new topic, and the Q&A starts again.<\/p>\n

11:30am-5:30pm
\nOSD Code-a-thon for Humanity<\/a> with Project Jupyter
\nOrganizers: Carol Willing, Jamie Whitacre<\/p>\n

1:30-2:30pm
\nPanel: Get Out of Your Own Way!<\/a>
\nPanelists: Mayoore S Jaiswal, Carolyn Rowland, Maybellin Burgos, Lilit Yenokyan, Lulu Li<\/p>\n

1:30-2:30pm
\nPanel:\u00a0Navigating Social Impact as a Techie<\/a>
\nPanelists: Sharon Lin, Yada Pruksachatkun, Daniella Cohen, Gwen Wong, Gemma Rachelle Busoni
\nThis panel will tackle approaches to creating social impact with technology, from eliminating social stigma of ‘civic technology’ to merging product paradigms from tech startups and philanthropic work.<\/p>\n

1:30-2:30pm
\nSpeed Mentoring with Systers mentors<\/a>
\nOrganizer: Zaza Soriano
\nMentors and attendees sit at tables, each of which has a topic. For 15 minutes, attendees ask questions for the mentor to answer. Then attendees change tables and select a new topic, and the Q&A starts again.<\/p>\n

3:00-3:30pm
\nCareer Success Presentation<\/a>: Negotiation Tactics to Make Your Manager a Strategic Career Partner<\/a>
\nSpeaker: Amy Yin<\/p>\n

3:00-4:00pm
\nPanel: How Male Allies are Supporting Women in Computing through the Local Community<\/a>
\nPanelists: Natasha Green, Anthony Park, Edwin Aoki, Evin Robinson<\/p>\n

3:00-4:00pm
\nSpeed Mentoring with Systers mentors<\/a>
\nOrganizer: Zaza Soriano
\nMentors and attendees sit at tables, each of which has a topic. For 15 minutes, attendees ask questions for the mentor to answer. Then attendees change tables and select a new topic, and the Q&A starts again.<\/p>\n

3:20-3:40pm
\nCareer Success Presentation<\/a>: Communicating, Promoting, & Developing Yourself Professionally: A Peer\u0092s How-To Guide<\/a>
\nSpeaker: Rucha Mukundan
\nI will discuss key takeaways and lessons learned from her experience joining the workforce, and how professionals in their early career can use this information to position themselves for success.<\/p>\n

4:30-4:50pm
\nCareer Success Presentation<\/a>: Negotiation Tactics to Make Your Manager a Strategic Career Partner<\/a> (repeat session)
\nSpeaker: Amy Yin<\/p>\n

4:50-5:10pm
\nCareer Success Presentation<\/a>: Communicating, Promoting, & Developing Yourself Professionally: A Peer\u0092s How-To Guide<\/a> (repeat session)
\nSpeaker: Rucha Mukundan
\nI will discuss key takeaways and lessons learned from her experience joining the workforce, and how professionals in their early career can use this information to position themselves for success.<\/p>\n

Friday, 06 October 2017<\/h3>\n

9:00-9:20am
\nOpen Source Presentation<\/a>: Getting Started with Your First Open Source Project<\/a>
\nSpeaker: Mandy Chan<\/p>\n

9:00-10:00am
\nPanel: Highlight and Recognize Your Organization\u0092’s \u0091Hidden Figures\u0092<\/a>
\nPanelists: Tamara Nichols Helms, Mona Hudak, Rachel Shanava, Larry Colagiovanni, Yolanda Lee Conyers<\/p>\n

9:00-10:00am
\nWorkshop: A Hands-on Dive into Making Sense of Real World Data<\/a>
\nSpeakers: Xun Tang, Jamie Whitacre<\/p>\n

9:00-11:00am
\nWorkshop: Learn to Negotiate And Stop Holding Yourself Back<\/a>
\nPresenters: Karen Catlin, Poornima Vijayashanker
\nLearn how to discover your true value, leverage it to craft an ASK for decision makers, and handle common concerns and objections of decision makers. You\u2019ll be able to practice your ASK and receive feedback on it.<\/p>\n

9:00am-noon
\nStudent Opportunity Lab<\/a>: From Passion to Product: How a LEGO Fan Learns Data Science<\/a>
\nPresenters: Xiaodan (Sally) Zhang<\/p>\n

9am-noon
\nStudent Opportunity Lab<\/a>: Importance of Internships and Strategy to Get One!<\/a>
\nPresenters: Deveeshree Nayak, Mayoore S Jaiswal<\/p>\n

9am-noon
\nStudent Opportunity Lab<\/a>: You were hired to be you!<\/a>
\nPresenter: Angela Choo<\/p>\n

9am-noon
\nStudent Opportunity Lab<\/a>: How to Successfully Apply to Graduate School<\/a>
\nPresenter: Laura Dillon<\/p>\n

10:30-11:30am
\nWorkshop: Designing Intelligent Hardware: A Day at Nest<\/a>
\nPresenters: Jung Hong, Lulu Li, Soja-Marie Morgens
\nHands-on experience of the decisions we make to build IoT intelligent hardware with close integration of cloud services, data pipelines and algorithms.<\/p>\n

10:30-10:50am
\nSecurity Operations Presentations<\/a>: When a Picture is Worth a Thousand Network-packets and System-logs<\/a>
\nSpeaker: Awalin Sopan<\/p>\n

11:10-11:30am
\nFinding Your Fit Presentation<\/a>: Finding the Right Fit: Discovering a Job You Love<\/a>
\nSpeaker: Kelly Irish<\/p>\n

noon-12:20pm
\nPutting Yourself First Presentation<\/a>: A Stay-at-home Mom\u0092’s Guide to Continuing Your Career<\/a>
\nSpeaker: Adina Halter<\/p>\n

noon-1:00pm
\nPanel: From Here to Internity<\/a>
\nPanelists: Melissa Ann Borza, Kelly Irish, Marissa Alexandra Schuchat, Jenna Blumenthal, Chang Liu
\nPanel discussion of current\/former interns and hiring managers on how to succeed in your internship<\/p>\n

noon-1pm
\nPanel: Wonder Woman and the Amazonians: Build Your Local Community<\/a>
\nPanelists: Bushra Anjum, Abigail Shriver, Melissa Greenlee, Maigh Houlihan, Marian Tesfamichael<\/p>\n

noon-1pm
\nWorkshop: Getting the Glass to Half-Full: Managing Your Moods at Work<\/a>
\nPresenters: Mamta Suri, Beth Budwig, Harika Adivikolanu
\nAre you stressed out or negative at work? Do you react to situations at work impulsively? Being positive and well-balanced is a learnable skill. In this workshop, you will practice mindfulness and learn to apply techniques from Cognitive and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to the workplace. You can use these tools daily to help manage your stress, stay calm, and improve your mood.<\/p>\n

12:30-2:30pm
\nWorkshop: Learn to Negotiate And Stop Holding Yourself Back<\/a> (repeat session)
\nPresenters: Karen Catlin, Poornima Vijayashanker
\nLearn how to discover your true value, leverage it to craft an ASK for decision makers, and handle common concerns and objections of decision makers. You\u2019ll be able to practice your ASK and receive feedback on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a long-time Syster, and I have attended and spoken at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing a few times before. \u00a0This year, I’m speaking again, and wanted to support my fellow Systers as well. \u00a0To that end, I have compiled a list of Systers who are speaking at GHC. \u00a0Come see … Continue reading Systers at Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career","category-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1645"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1663,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions\/1663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}