Rose Robinson

The intersection between Science, Technology and the Arts is providing an insightful and rich playground for engaging historically underrepresented and underserved youth. This paper discusses an innovative and effective approach for learning Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) with an emphasis on using expressive arts as a culturally-centered engagement tool. Our framework incorporates a multimodal model that considers unconventional learning styles that appeal to… Show more

The intersection between Science, Technology and the Arts is providing an insightful and rich playground for engaging historically underrepresented and underserved youth. This paper discusses an innovative and effective approach for learning Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) with an emphasis on using expressive arts as a culturally-centered engagement tool. Our framework incorporates a multimodal model that considers unconventional learning styles that appeal to underrepresented and underserved students, the power of cultural cues and the presence of minority STEM professionals to shape students learning experiences. In addition to demonstrating the importance of culturally-centered learning approaches, we've identified methods of engaging students' families and communities as a means of strengthening the pipeline to continued education in STEM. Show less

Authors: Wendy DuBow (National Center for Women & Information Technology), Beth A. Quinn (National Center for Women & Information Technology), Gloria Childress Townsend (ACM-W) and Valerie Barr (ACM-W), Rose Robinson (Anita Borg Institute)

Two decades ago, many academic and industry professionals had given little thought to the gender or racial composition of their classrooms or offices. In the early 2000s, that perspective shifted dramatically. The dotcom bubble burst and, with that… Show more

Authors: Wendy DuBow (National Center for Women & Information Technology), Beth A. Quinn (National Center for Women & Information Technology), Gloria Childress Townsend (ACM-W) and Valerie Barr (ACM-W), Rose Robinson (Anita Borg Institute)

Two decades ago, many academic and industry professionals had given little thought to the gender or racial composition of their classrooms or offices. In the early 2000s, that perspective shifted dramatically. The dotcom bubble burst and, with that, the computing field seemed to lose its luster with prospective students and employees. Some, however, recognized that computer science and engineering would remain critical to our nation's economy and would, in fact, grow in importance. They also recognized that a lack of diversity in the field is not only an equity problem, it is problematic for innovation and workforce development. These forward-thinking individuals and entities focused on the need for women to be a much greater part of the equation as the field moved into its next phase.

Among the many groups working on issues of diversity in the computer science discipline, three organizations have been instrumental in shifting the conversation and the composition of the technology workforce around the nation and the world—the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM-W), and the Anita Borg Institute (ABI). Show less

Moderator: Rosario Robinson, Her Systers Keeper, Anita Borg Institute
Panelists: Elizabeth Bautista, Chair - Filipinas in Computing, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab; Roshni Chandrashekhar, Chair - Indian Women in Computing, Google; Qiao Lin Mao, Co-Chair - Chinese Women in Computing, Microsoft; Jean Njoroge, Chair - African Women in Computing, University of Texas, Arlington

Newly formed ABI communities, African Women in Computing (AWic), a subcommunity of Black Women in Computing and… Show more

Moderator: Rosario Robinson, Her Systers Keeper, Anita Borg Institute
Panelists: Elizabeth Bautista, Chair - Filipinas in Computing, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab; Roshni Chandrashekhar, Chair - Indian Women in Computing, Google; Qiao Lin Mao, Co-Chair - Chinese Women in Computing, Microsoft; Jean Njoroge, Chair - African Women in Computing, University of Texas, Arlington

Newly formed ABI communities, African Women in Computing (AWic), a subcommunity of Black Women in Computing and Asian Women in Computing with three subcommunities, Chinese Women in Computing (ChineseWiC), Filipinas in Computing (FIC) and Indian Women in Computing (IndianWiC), share their motivations for creating these communities, reveal the challenges their specific groups face in the computing science and STEM fields and their initiatives in the next twelve months to recruit and grow their communities in order to retain women in these areas. Recognizing that women in their communities live and work globally, panelists from each of these communities discuss their plans to assist each other and other African and Asian women everywhere to create a stronger network for mentorship, support and to strategically improve diversity in their industry. Show less

This Social networking sites remain a popular method of interaction and channel of communication for modern society. As the number of social networking users increase, the size of social networks is significantly increasing. To enhance the searching technique, graph based search algorithm is adopted but the adoption of this searching technique has increased the security issues for the users and their data. There is a necessity for strong privacy tools which will protect the privacy of users in… Show more

This Social networking sites remain a popular method of interaction and channel of communication for modern society. As the number of social networking users increase, the size of social networks is significantly increasing. To enhance the searching technique, graph based search algorithm is adopted but the adoption of this searching technique has increased the security issues for the users and their data. There is a necessity for strong privacy tools which will protect the privacy of users in graph based search. In this poster, we present the privacy risks of Facebook (FB) Graph Search. Show less

There will be those nay sayers that will try to deter you from your path. Make your haters your motivators. Kiara did!

As geospatial information begins to play more of a critical role in mainstream business and government decision making, industries and sectors with traditional geospatial information systems (GIS) are scrambling to find a cost-efficient and effective way to share their geospatial assets and intelligence with those who have no idea what the acronym GIS stands for. This white paper discuss how mobile GIS applications and accurate data provides swift decision making.