[Sci-tech-public] THURSDAY! Final HGWISE Lecture of '06-'07, 6PM, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge

[Debbie Meinbresse]

>From: "Linda Schneider" <linda_schneider at harvard.edu>
>Subject: Final HGWISE Lecture of 06-07, Thursday, 5/10/07, 6PM Maxwell Dworkin
>Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 15:05:11 -0400
>
>
>To all,
>
>Just wanted to give you information about our 
>final HGWISE lecture for this year. I am 
>attaching a poster as well as specific 
>information on the subject matter and logistics in the body of this email.
>
>Dr. Margrit Betke will present a talk titled 
>“Video-based Tracking for Human-Computer 
>Interaction and Conservation Biology,” on May 10, 2007.
>
>The presentation, part of the Women, Science, 
>and Society Seminar Series, will take place in 
>Maxwell Dworkin Room 119 at 33 Oxford Street in 
>Cambridge from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. with a reception to follow.
>
>Dr. Betke will begin her discussion with ideas 
>on improving the status of women in computer 
>science, and will continue with an introduction 
>to her image analysis research. Betke and her 
>students have developed video-based interface 
>systems that help children who cannot speak to 
>communicate. The systems have also been used to 
>study Brazilian free-tailed bats.
>
>Dr. Betke is an associate professor in the 
>Computer Science Department at Boston 
>University. She has been an outspoken advocate 
>for women in computer science as well as for 
>young faculty. For more information, visit 
><http://faculty.harvard.edu/events>http://faculty.harvard.edu/events
>
>Contact:
>
>Sylviose Dossous
>
><mailto:Sylviose_Dossous at harvard.edu>Sylviose_Dossous at harvard.edu
>
>(617) 495-9228<<
>
>Logistical information follows:
>
>
>Thursday, May 10, 2007 • 6 PM - 7:30 PM
>
>Maxwell Dworkin Building, Room 119
>
>33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
>
>• Reception to follow •
>Thanks very much for forwarding the information to relevent email lists.
>
>Linda
>
>Linda Schneider
>Executive Assistant
>Office of the Senior Vice Provost of Faculty Development and Diversity
>1350 Massachusetts Avenue
>Holyoke Center, Suite 880
>Cambridge, MA 02138
>Phone: 617-495-9904
>Fax: 617-495-7694
>www.faculty.harvard.edu


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