VIDEOLECTURES BY TOP WOMEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Taped at the 1994 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Bill Wolf commented that the technical content was some of the best he had seen at any conference. Not only are the presentations technically excellent, the women share their personal stories, with humor and honesty, on how they made it in computer science. This is useful information for any woman getting started. It's difficult to find good material to recruit women into computer science and to inspire them to stay in the discipline. These 15 videolectures by the best and brightest women in computer science are part of the answer. Every CS university department, corporate resource center, university or corporate library, and guidance center should have this information on hand to help women in computer science. University Video Communications (http://www.uvc.com/) is making the tapes available at low cost: 1 videolecture $29.99 each 2-14 videolectures $24.99 each FULL SET $19.99 each (15 tapes) (ONLY $299.00 plus shipping) Following are the abstracts and orderform. Just do it by credit card or UVC will invoice you. I also invite you to forward this packet to whomever you believe it would interest. Thanks, Dr. Anita Borg General Chair Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. ================== Video Abstracts =================== Please help us place Grace Hopper Celebration pointers to http://www.uvc.com. Thanks UVC PRESENTS: 15 Videolectures from the 1994 Grace Hopper Celebration of WOMEN IN COMPUTING ABSTRACTS OF 15 VIDEOLECTURES, BY TOPIC FROM THE GRACE HOPPER CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN COMPUTING (Abstracts followed by conference information) UVC GRAPHICS CODE: Since the lecture graphics were not prepared for television presentation, UVC has coded them according to readability on television as follows: (A) Slide material is easy to read (B) Slide material can be read with effort (C) Difficult to read slide material. TOPIC CATEGORY: WOMEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (4 tapes, #1-4)) 1) WOMEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Mildred Dresselhaus Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, professor of physics at MIT and Treasurer of the National Academy of Sciences, begins her lecture with a warm, interesting look into the life of Grace Hopper, then talks about how women have advanced in industry and in science and engineering. Order #GMH-Dresselhaus 55 minutes No Graphics in this presentation 2) MAKING ELECTRONIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS SUCCEED FOR GIRLS AND BOYS Maria Klawe University of British Columbia Maria Klawe, Head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia, talks about understanding how interactive electronic media, such as video and computer games, can be used to help children learn mathematics and science. She focuses on Electronic Games in Education for Math and Science (E-GEMS). Order #GMH-Klawe 38 minutes Graphics Code A: 21 clear slides 3) STRATEGIC DEFENSE RESEARCH Anita Jones Department of Defense Keynote speaker, Anita Jones, serves as Director of Defense Research and Engineering at the Department of Defense. She describes the science and technology program of the Department of Defense, with particular emphasis on the information science portion of that program. Order #GMH-Jones 52 minutes Graphics Code B: 14 slides in this presentation Most are good but a few are too small to be seen on video 4) "THE MANAGEMENT OPTION." Panel Discussion. Moderator: Bronwyn Fryer, Working Women Magazine Dr. Helen Bradley, Open Vision Dr. Paula Hawthorne, Illustra Sandy Lerner, Co-Founder, Cisco Systems Dawn Gilbert, DEC This insightful panel offers a witty discussion of the adversity and discrimination women face in technology and management. They point out that the women who have achieved positions in technology and management did so because of strength, energy and perseverance. They emphasize that women are needed in such positions. A lively question/answer period follows. Order #GMH-Panel-2 81 minutes No Graphics in this presentation TOPIC CATEGORY: OBJECT TECHNOLOGY (1 tape - #5) 5) THE STRUCTURE OF DISTRIBUTED PROGRAMS. Barbara Liskov Massachusetts Institute of Technology Barbara Liskov, professor of software science and engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, explains how the THOR object- oriented database system allows programs written in different programming languages and running on different nodes of a network to share abstract persistent objects that are stored in highly reliable and available storage. She also discusses how a system like THOR can significantly simplify the job of implementing applications on the Internet. Order #GMH-Liskov 47 minutes Graphics code A: 12 clear slides TOPIC CATEGORY: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND PROGRAMMING (3 tapes-#6-8) 6) COMPUTERS AND RISK Nancy Leveson University of Washington Nancy Leveson, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, discusses how systems that are safety-critical, where the consequences of failure may involve loss of human life and property, present new problems when we try to assure their safety. Changes in the software development process are necessary to enhance the safety of such systems. Order #GMH-Leveson 39 minutes Graphics Code C: 4 slides shown in this presentation. Most of the slides referred to are not shown and the ones shown are not clear. However, Leveson is so dynamic that the lecture still stands as an excellent presentation. 7) ABSTRACTION AND CODIFICATION IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Mary Shaw Carnegie Mellon University Mary Shaw, Alan J. Perlis Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, talks about how far software engineering has come since the '60s. She observes it is now passing from craft to commercial practice, having the potential to become a true engineering discipline. She shows how improvements in abstraction capabilities have helped the discipline mature. Although the scientific basis required for an engineering discipline has not yet been sufficiently developed, the rate of progress is encouraging. Order #GMH-Shaw 45 minutes Graphics Code A: 13 clear slides 8) LANGUAGE IMPLEMENTATION Susan Graham University of California, Berkeley Susan Graham, professor of computer science at UC Berkeley, discusses challenges in program translation/execution and the use of language technology for software understanding. A major issue in program translation/execution is the effect of changes in computing technology. In the use of related, but different language technology for software understanding, interactive systems and incremental algorithms play an important role. With today's software system complexity, Graham cites the necessity for the best intellectual efforts of software developers. Order #GMH-Graham 44 minutes Graphics Code B: 15 unclear slides But the information in the presentation still stands. TOPIC CATEGORY: INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY (2 tapes-#9-10) 9) ENCRYPTION - A SWORD THAT CUTS TWO WAYS Dorothy Denning Georgetown University Dorothy Denning, professor and chair of computer science at Georgetown University, discusses how encryption hides information by transforming it so that the information cannot be read by someone who does not know a secret key. She makes the point that encryption can be used to both protect against criminal activity and to conceal criminal activities. Order #GMH-Denning 42 minutes Graphics Code C: 13 unclear slides 10) INFORMATION HIGHWAY: COMPUTER AND POLICY ISSUES Panel Discussion: Moderator: Dr. Barbara Simons, IBM Dr. Anita Borg, DEC Dr. Joan Feigenbaum, AT&T Bell Labs Prof. Susan Landau, Univ. of Massachusetts This lively panel offers an informative discussion of the controversial encryption and Clipper chip, the information infrastructure and public access, and research funding in these areas. Order #GMH-Panel-1 80 minutes No Graphics in this presentation TOPIC CATEGORY: HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION (2 tapes-#11-12) 11) COOPERATIVE AGENTS: MAN AND HUMAN Ruzena Bajcsy University of Pennsylvania Professor Bajcsy, faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania, highlights the importance of how robots and people interact. She features a video on Intelligent Multiagent Cooperative Behaviors from the GRASP Laboratory showing demonstrations of robotic agents working individually or in cooperation with both humans and robots. Order #GMH-Bajcsy 46 minutes Graphics Code A: 5 clear slides. 12) COLLABORATIVE PLANS AND DIALOGUE PARTICIPATION Barbara Grosz Harvard University Barbara Grosz, professor of computer science at Harvard, talks about the development of systems for human-computer collaboration. The results of research on discourse and collaborative planning can help in the construction of systems that take into account the context of the dialogue and the user's purpose. Order #GMH-Grosz 38 minutes Graphics Code C: 28 slides, most unclear TOPIC CATEGORY: NATURAL LANGUAGE (1 tape, #13) 13) FINDING THE INFORMATION WOOD IN THE NATURAL LANGUAGE TREES Karen Sparck Jones Cambridge University Dr. Karen Sparck Jones is Reader in Computers and Information at the Computer Laboratory, Cambridge. She has worked on natural language and information processing since the late fifties, and has been a member of national and international bodies in these areas. This lecture discusses questions about retrieving information. How do we identify, extract, condense, or otherwise transform text content? Order #GMH-Sparck-Jones 41 minutes Graphics Code B: 3 slides of medium clarity TOPIC CATEGORY: PARALLELISM (1 TAPE, #14) 14) DESIGN CHALLENGES IN MASSIVELY PARALLEL, FINE GRAIN ARCHITECTURES Mary Jane Irwin Pennsylvania State University Mary Jane Irwin, professor of computer science and engineering at Pennsylvania State, discusses how processors are constrained to fit within a limited area. An alternative is to use simple processors, referred to as fine grain processors. She discusses the design and implementation of massively parallel, fine grain architectures and more. Order #GMH-Irwin 40 minutes Graphics Code A: 32 clear slides. TOPIC CATEGORY: COMPILERS (1 tape, #15) 15) COMPILERS - NEW CHALLENGES & NEW DIRECTIONS Fran Allen IBM Corporation - T.J. Watson Research Laboratory Fran Allen, IBM Fellow at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Laboratory, discusses compiler research efforts on new compilation models, automatic distribution of data and tasks on parallel machines, whole program analysis and management, tools for closer environmental integration, and exploitation of hardware performance. Order #GMH-Allen 41 minutes Graphics Code A: 12 clear slides CONFERENCE INFORMATION The First Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing was held in Washington, DC, June 9-11, 1994. Its purpose was to celebrate the continuing achievements and contributions of women in computing. Dr. Anita Borg from Digital Equipment Corporation was the General Chair. 17 of the leading women in computer science spoke. We are offering videolectures of 15 presentations. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulty, we are unable to offer the presentations by Irene Greif of Lotus and Elaine Cohen of the University of Utah. 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