Nadine Amsel '08 and Rachael Arnold '08 were invited to the first Conference for Undergraduate Women in Computer Science (OurCS) on Oct. 5-7 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Sponsored by Microsoft Research, the conference provided opportunities for undergraduate women to work on exploratory projects in teams led by researchers from industry and academia.
The meeting included panel discussions with leading women computer scientists and provided the chance to work with other women who share an interest in the field. Sessions were also held on graduate school and careers for women in CS. During the conference Amsel and Arnold met with the keynote speaker Frances Allen, IBM fellow emerita, and the first woman to receive the nation's top computer science prize, the 2006 Turing Award. Attendance at the conference for the Hamilton College students was funded by the Department of Computer Science.
The meeting included panel discussions with leading women computer scientists and provided the chance to work with other women who share an interest in the field. Sessions were also held on graduate school and careers for women in CS. During the conference Amsel and Arnold met with the keynote speaker Frances Allen, IBM fellow emerita, and the first woman to receive the nation's top computer science prize, the 2006 Turing Award. Attendance at the conference for the Hamilton College students was funded by the Department of Computer Science.
