Schedule

 

Saturday, April 14
9-10am Registration and snacks
10-11:15am Welcome and Introductory Keynote: Crista Lopes, UC Irvine
11:15am-12:30pm Student technical talks:

Track 1: HCI and AI

Track 2: Systems, Sensors and Robotics

11:15am

Stroke physical rehabilitation for Microsoft Surface
Kiley Sobel, Lilian de Greef, Andy Kearney and Russell Transue, Harvey Mudd College

Reactive Synthesis of Control Protocols in Embedded Systems
Huan Xu, Cal Tech

11:30am

Chase display of social live streams
Sumita Barahmand and Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, University of Southern California

 Security In Reconfigurable Systems

Janet Barrientos, UC San Diego

11:45am

Adaptive Sketch-based Recognition Techniques
Miranda Parker, Harvey Mudd College

The Impact of Channel Bonding on 802.11n Network Management
Lara Deek and Elizabeth Belding, UC Santa Barbara

12noon

Never Alone : A Novel Musical Interface
Norma Elva Chavez, Rodrigo Savage and Saiph Savage, UC Santa Barbara and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Aerial Autonomy
Nick Berezny, Lilian de Greef, Brad Jensen, Kimberly Sheely, Malen Sok and Zachary Dodds, Harvey Mudd College

12:15pm

Quantifying Touch and its Applications in Wireless Health

Mahsan Rofouei, UCLA

 




12:30-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-3:30pm Workshop: Strong Women/Strategic Performance
3:30-5pm Poster and demo session
4:00-5:00pm Regional Aspirations Awards presentation
5-5:45pm Career panel
5:45-6:45pm Academic/Career fair.
7pm Dinner and Keynote Speaker: Nora Denzel, Intuit
9pm Dance Party/Social event

Sunday, April 15

7:30am Breakfast
8:30-10:30am Parallel panel/workshop sessions:
Session 1 (8:30-9:30):

  • Grad school panel
  • Writing workshop (Janet Kayfetz, UC Santa Barbara)
  • The Imposter Syndrome (Barbara Gee, Anita Borg Institute)


Session 2 (9:30-10:30):

  • Open source panel
  • Writing workshop (reprise)
  • The Power of Encouragement (Ruthe Farmer, NCWIT)


10:30-10:45am Break
10:45am-12pm Faculty/researcher technical presentations (full and lightning talks)

  • 10:45am: The role of computing in biological/medical research: Lori Carter, Point Loma Nazarene University
  • 11:05am: Women in IT Book project: Ruth Guthrie and Louise Soe, Cal Poly Pomona
  • 11:25am: VillageNet: Localized Wireless Network Solutions for Developing Regions: Elizabeth Belding, UC Santa Barbara
  • 11:45am: Lightning talk: Interdisciplinary work with Computers and Knot Theory: Catherine Crockett, Point Loma Nazarene University
  • 11:50am: Lightning talk: Identifying positive deviants in computer science undergraduates: Shannon Tauro, UC Irvine



12-1:30pm Lunch, poster and talk awards, and closing keynote: Ashley Stroupe, JPL