A Panel Discussion About Diverse Careers and the Power of Computing

[Mahi Elango]

Hi Undergrads!


Here is an interesting panel discussion that will take place later today.
Students who attend the panel and sign in with Engage will be entered to
win a Microsoft Xbox, a Microsoft Surface Go, an Oculus Go VR headset, and
Professional Development Exploration Grants, awarded at the reception to
follow.

*Perspectives from Luminaries - A Panel on Computing and Cognition *
Tuesday, February 26, 5-6.30pm, Bldg 10-250

In this panel, we will discuss the challenges and opportunities that the
future of computing holds for different disciplines. Our panelists, each
distinguished in their field of research, will share their own experiences
from working at the edge of invention over the course of their careers. We
will also use this opportunity to discuss different career paths and share
resources that will help us create better connections between disciplines
and between each of us, as we look to shape the future.

Introduction
Cynthia Barnhart, MIT Chancellor; Ford Foundation Professor of Engineering

Co-chairs
Stefanie Mueller, X-Window Consortium Career Development Professor
Vivienne Sze, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science






*Panelists:Barbara Liskov, Institute Professor at MITPattie Maes, Professor
of Media Arts and Sciences at MITLaura Schulz, Professor of Cognitive
Science at MITJaime Teevan, Chief Scientist for Microsoft‘s Experiences and
DevicesJeannette Wing, Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute;
Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University*



   - Did you know *Jaime Teevan* played Ice Hockey when she was a student
   at MIT? And she believes breaks are an important part of being productive
   <https://www.geekwire.com/2018/geek-week-take-break-read-jaime-teevans-microsoft-research-working-less/>?
   (A good reason to put an Xbox and a VR headset as part of the giveaway!)
   - *Jeannette Wing* popularized the concept of teaching computational
   thinking
   <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/computational-thinking-10-years-later/>.
   She also happened to be on the fencing team as an undergraduate at MIT in
   the late 1970s (The Tech <http://tech.mit.edu/V98/PDF/V98-N2.pdf> article
   headline, written by Jeannette: "Women fencers slash three" after they won
   three straight matches).
   - *Laura Schulz *determined that "children as young as 15 months can
   learn tenacity from watching their parents."  What she learns from her
   research can help educators promote more effective learning and teaching
   from a much earlier age.
   - *Pattie Maes* is interested in "how immersive and wearable systems can
   actively assist people with memory, attention, learning, decision making,
   communication, and wellbeing" -- in fact, two of her students
   <https://www.media.mit.edu/people/pattie/projects/> are sharing projects
   at the Expo in Stata on Tuesday, including the Thinking Cap (think the
   Sorting Hat from Harry Potter) and Essence, an olfactory wearable that
   triggers scent based on biometric information. And Pattie was listed in
   People Magazine's annual 50 Most Beautiful People feature in the late 1990s.
   - And finally, *Barbara Liskov* is one of the first women in the United
   States to be awarded a doctorate from a computer science department, is an
   Institute Professor, and a Turing Award winner
   <https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/liskov_1108679.cfm>. Now that's
   luminous.


-- 
Mahalaxmi Elango
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2020
Secretary of the Undergraduate Association
Department of EECS and Department of BCS
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