ACM New York Celebration of Women in Computing
Promoting the Academic, Social, and Professional Growth of Technical Women and Their Allies in New York State
April 12-13, 2024
Lake George, NY
Friday, April 12th
11:30 am-6:30 pm
Lobby
Registration
12:30-1:15 pm
Lake George North
Kickoff Lunch
1:25-2:25 pm
Breakout Session 1
Albany Room
#1: Model Learning by Online Feature Selection based on Predictive Least Squares - Marija Iloska (Stony Brook University)Research talks: Machine learning
#2: Deep Learning Models for Nanomaterial Design - Elham Sadeghi (University at Albany)Workshop: Applying to grad school — Making your personal statement shine
Lake George South
Chloe Glenn (University at Albany), Soha Acosta (University at Albany)Career talk: Work-life balance — How boundaries can help avoid burnout
Long Lake room
Vincia Phillip (University at Albany)2:35-3:35 pm
Breakout Session 2
#1: Exploring User Engagement of Library Social Media: A Content Analysis - Lu Gao (University at Albany)Research talks: Natural language processing
Albany room
#2: Real-time Academic Literature Recommendations from Large Language Models - Kyle Courounis (Marist College)Research talks: Educational games
Long Lake Room
#1: Carbon Emissions Game - Maihan Naimi (Bard College)
#2: Evaluating the Efficacy and Usability of Teaching Library Science Graduate Students Crisis Communications Skills Using Immersive Virtual Reality Serious Games - Catherine Dumas (University at Albany)Workshop: applying to industry: Enhance your resume and jumpstart your career search
Lake George South Room
Christy Schroeder (IBM), Rosa Emory (Marist College) 3:35-4:00 pm
Hotel check-in
4:00-5:30 pm
Lake George North
5:40-6:40 pm
Breakout Session 3
Lake George South Room
Ari Pulido, Software Engineer, Broadcom Mainframe software
Jayapreetha Natesan, Software Performance Manager for IBM Z, IBM
Jennifer Goodall, Vice Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, University at Albany
Jess Coutlier, Senior Software Engineer, Wolfjaw Studios
Hannah Gommerstadt, Assistant Prof. of Computer Science, Vassar College (moderator)Panel: "my job is so cool"
#1: Cybersecurity for Precision Time Protocol: Covert Channels, Code Injection, Spoofing, and DoS Attacks - Lillian McPadden (Marist College)
#2: Comparison of quantum computer algorithms for mitigation of DoS attacks - Evan Spillane (Marist College)Research talks: Security (denial of service)
Albany room
#1: Improving Ethics Surrounding Collegiate-Level Hacking Education: Comprehensive Implementation Plan & Affiliation with Peer-Led Initiatives - Shannon Morgan (University at Albany)
#2: Learning on the Edge with AI Partnerships (LEAPs): Empowering Students to Advance Knowledge Frontiers with AI - Muskaan Shaik (University at Albany), Forum Dipen Shah (University At Albany)Research talks: Technology education
Long Lake room
6:50-8:15 pm
Carriage House
Dinner
7:15 - 8:15 pm
Carriage House
8:15 - 9:00 pm
Carriage House
Birds-of-a-Feather group discussions
We are crowdsourcing our Birds of a Feather Sessions this year! Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are meant to be informal discussions around a shared interest, be it professional or personal. Some examples from previous editions include "Ethics in Tech", "What Inspired You to get Into Tech", and "Taylor Swift". Please suggest and sign up for your favorite topic by using the sheets in the lobby, throughout Friday.9:00 pm-10:30 pm
Carriage House
Fun night: arts & crafts
Join us for a relaxing night of crafting and creative fun! All levels of experience and skill are welcome! We will have supplies for students to complete vision boards, collages, fun crafts and more! If you have a current crafty project you are working on and would like to bring it along, feel free! We encourage you to reflect on your conference experience so far, share conversations with peers and explore your visions of your future success! Bring your creativity! Saturday, April 13th
8:30 – 10:00 am
Lake George North
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 am
Lake George North
10:00 – 10:20 am
Lake George North
Poster Pitches
10:20 – 11:20 am
Fort Edward Room & Lounge
11:30am– 12:30 pm
Breakout Session 4
Panel: Closing the Knowledge Gap: Attracting and Retaining Next-Gen Mainframe Talent
Lake George North room
Ari Pulido (Broadcom), Christy Schroeder (IBM), Nikitha Padmanabhuni (Broadcom)Lake George South room
Talk: Risks vs Rewards – Successfully Navigating Career Challenges
Jayapreetha Natesan (IBM)Research talk: security (space systems)
Long Lake room
Detect & Adapt: A Resiliency Enhancement Mechanism for Space Computing Platforms, Sandhya Aneja (Marist College)12:30 - 1:30 pm
Lake George North
Lunch
