News and Invitations
For information about our current events, go to this link
2009
October 14 (WISE Distinguished Lecturer)
WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) is sponsoring a visit by Dr. Maria Klawe on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Her talk entitled "Gender, Computing, and Engineering" will explore the attitude differences between women and men and their effect on career choices. She will also discuss best practices for increasing and retaining women in computing and engineering.
- Gender, Computing, and Engineering
- Wednesday, October 14
- Trabant Theatre in the Trabant Student Center
For more information check out this link WISE Distinguished Lecturer - Dr. Maria Klawe
September 23
Professor McCoy is CISters' faculty advisor for this academic year. Welcome aboard! Professor McCoy has long been an active contributor to CISters so we are really excited to have her as our official advisor.
September 21 CIS Research day
12:00 p.m. Trabant student center
CISters will be presenting a poster at the CIS research day. We hope to attract more female prospective students. Check out our poster! Click on the thumbnail below for the full sized poster.
May 12 (The annual women of excellence lecture)
Women negotiating in academia
4 p.m. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center
With Dr. Mona Danner, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice and Director of the PhD Program in Criminology/Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University. Her speech will be focusing on negotiating skills, particularly negotiating the academic contract for recent PhDs. For more information go to www.udel.edu/OWA
May 6 (Monthly lunch)
This Wednesday 05/06 will be our monthly lunch gathering. We will meet at 12:00 in front of Smith 213A and we'll walk down to Main St. You can also join us there after 12
- Place: Kildare's on Main St (on top of Grotto's Pizza)
- Time: 12:00 PM
Kildare's - Newark, DE 45 East Main Street Unit 200-202 Newark, DE 19711 302-224-9330
April 24
Meeting of Claris Castillo from IBM T.J. Watson with CISters. More information here
February 23 ( Monthly get together)
We have a three way tie! (See this poll .) So we've decided to have lunch on each winning day, as follows:
- March 2nd Monday lunch
- April 7th Tuesday lunch (classes resume April 6 after Spring Break)
- May 6th Wednesday lunch
Please mark your calendars! We'll organize time and venue as each date draws closer.
February 04
The first CIS Dintinguished Lecture of Spring 2009 will feature Dr. Valentina Salapura, a high achiever in the field of supercomputing. Not only is Dr. Salapura a multiple award-winning researcher, she also has a leadership role in many select professional organizations. As she is a researcher at IBM, those interested in a career in the industry are particularly encouraged to attend the talk. It will be a fantastic opportunity to meet such an inspiring role model (and of course catch up with other CISters after the winter break).
The Dintinguished Lecture will be Feb 4th, 3:15pm in Gore Hall 116. Please see details of the event here
2008
December 06
It is time for our next monthly lunch gathering. Since some of you have problems to meet during our regular time we will choose the time based on a consensus. Please visit this link http://www.doodle.com/participation.html?pollId=7qdx4a5snb3gytet and select the date and time that best fits your schedule. If a particular time that you prefer is not in the options, just send Trilce (estrada@udel.edu) an email
We will make a decision this Wednesday at 8 pm, and we ‘ll send you further information also on Wednesday.
November 25
CISters is proud to present a panel discussion on undergraduate CIS course selection for the spring semester. If you want to take a CIS course but not sure which is best for your academic plans, this panel discussion is for you.
Time and place: Tuesday 11/25 4:30pm - 6pm Smith 220
We have three GREAT panelists. Professor Harvey is in charge of the undergrad curriculum so he really knows best. Conor Gilsenan is a CIS senior, and he can talk from a been-there persepctive. Oana Tudor is a CIS grad student, but she was an undergrad at UDel and she was a panelist for the same event in the past. So there will be plenty of good advice.
October 29
You are cordially invited to meet Sreedevi Sampath, our distinguished CISters alum, and talk about academia job hunting after her SIG-SYS talk on Wednesday. All are welcome, you don't have to be a CISter:
Wednesday Oct 29th 3pm - 4pm Smith 426 Proposed focus of discussion: Job and career in academia
Sreedevi is currently Assistant Professor in Univerity of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Those of us who are applying for faculty positions are especially encouraged to join the meeting. As someone who had succeeded in the job application process, she will be an invaluable source of insights.
October 31
This Friday 10/31 will be our monthly lunch gathering. This time we are staying on campus with a purpose: to brainstorm.
We will soon apply for funding from Google's RISE Program (http://www.google.com/corporate/diversity/rise/index.html). We think our organization, though informal, is a good match for the RISE Program. With your input, together we can define what goals we share and with what activities we want to achieve those goals. Needless to say, the better our brainstorming session, the better our application proposal, and the better the chance we garner Google's support.
To keep our brains working, there will be pizzas served!
12pm - 1:30pm 102A Smith