CUNY CELEBRATES WOMEN IN COMPUTING (CUNY CWiC) 2021 Program
Download the full CUNY CWiC 2021 Conference Program| TENTATIVE AGENDA | |
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| 9:00-10:00 AM | Panel Presentation Women in Tech: Students’ Perspectives |
| 10:00-10:15 AM | Welcome Sandie Han, Math Department Chair, New York City College of Technology Tamera Schneider, Associate Vice Chancellor & Provost for Research, CUNY Ted Brown, Executive Director, CUNY Institute for Software Design and Development |
| 10:15-11:05 AM | Keynote Presentation Sarah Knepper, Intel |
| 11:05-12:00 PM | Panel Presentation Careers in Computing Technology: Professional Perspectives |
| 12:05-12:55 PM | UNDERSTANDING IMPLICIT BIAS |
| 1:00-2:00 PM | STUDENT/FACULTY PRESENTATIONS CONCURRENT SESSIONS Lightning Talks and Poster Presentations Research Presentations |
| 2:00-2:50 PM | Keynote Presentation Brian Chen, Lehigh University |
| 3:00-3:50 PM | PANEL PRESENTATION Student & Early Career Perspectives |
| 4:00-5:30 PM | STUDENT/FACULTY PRESENTATIONS CONCURRENT SESSIONS Lightning Talks and Poster Presentations Research Presentations |
Poster Slides Presentation
Morning Keynote Presenter
We are pleased to have Sarah Knepper, Software Engineer Manager, Intel, as the morning keynote presenter for our CUNYCWiC 2021 conference.
Sarah Knepper is a manager on the Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) team. oneMKL is the fastest and most-used math library for Intel®-based systems, enabling developers to create performant science, engineering, and financial applications. Previously she was a software engineer for oneMKL, developing and optimizing dense linear algebra functionality. Sarah has also worked on a number of other libraries at Intel, including the Intel® oneAPI Deep Neural Network Library, the Intel® Autonomous Driving Library, and the UPM sensor library.
Sarah earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science (and Theatre) from the College of Saint Benedict and a PhD in Computer Science from Emory University. She participated in two internships at Sandia National Laboratories, where she experienced the value of cross-disciplinary teams to bring diverse viewpoints. Sarah serves on the SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Industry Committee and is a SIAM Visiting Lecturer. She is passionate about diversity and inclusion, constantly seeking opportunities to create a more inclusive culture.
Sarah lives near Portland, Oregon with her fiancé and their cat, where she enjoys the local farmers markets and natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. With all of the extra time at home due to the pandemic, she has begun learning to play the violin.
Afternoon Keynote Presenter
We are pleased to have Dr. Brian Chen from Lehigh University, as the afternoon keynote presenter for our CUNYCWiC 2021 conference.
Dr. Brian Y. Chen is a structural bioinformatician who develops techniques in computational geometry, structural biology, and machine learning to create software that can predict and explain the mechanisms of binding specificity in proteins. He is especially motivated by the potential to achieve scientific insights through computation, statistical inference, and collaboration with experimentalists. A recent result in Dr. Chen's lab, in collaboration with plant pathologists at Rutgers university, was the use of his software to discover new amino acids that are crucial for the toxicity mechanism in ricin. At Lehigh, he has taught quite a few courses, ranging from introductory courses in programming to courses in genomics, structural bioinformatics, and computer graphics.
Dr. Chen earned his Ph.D. from Rice University's Department of Computer Science for his work on protein function annotation. His advisor was Dr. Lydia Kavraki. While at Rice, he had the opportunity to learn quite a bit about structural bioinformatics, robotics, graphics, and distributed systems. He received a B.A. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Computer Science from Rutgers University, in 2000.
For more details, visit Dr. Chen's website and the Informatics Lab at Lehigh University.