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---+ Women in Computer Science (WiCS) @ UIC
---+++ Trash/WiCS Tea -- 4/8/2011

This is an opportunity for undergraduate, graduate and faculty women in the CS dept. to network, socialize and learn about the CS dept. and programs within.

__Place__: SEO 1325<br /><strong><em>Date/Time</em></strong>: Friday, Apr. 8th from 3-4pm
---+++ Trash/WiCS Tea -- 11/19/2010

This is an opportunity for undergraduate, graduate and faculty women in the CS dept. to network, socialize and learn about the CS dept. and programs within.

__Place__: SEO 1325<br /><strong><em>Date/Time</em></strong>: Friday, Nov. 19th from 3-4pm
---+++ [[http://gracehopper.org/2010/][Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2010]]

<em><strong>GHC report + panel discussion on Trash/WiCS issues<br /> </strong></em>on <em> *Friday* <strong>. Oct 22nd, 2010 </strong></em>from<em><strong> 4-5pm</strong></em><br /> in __SEO 1000__.

Check out the <a target="_blank" href="http://uic-ghc-2010.blogspot.com/">blog</a> where the UIC CS students who went to the <a target="_top" href="http://gracehopper.org/2010/">Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing </a>2010 share their experiences.
---+++ Trash/WiCS Lunch -- 3/15/2010

We will have guest speaker [[http://www.soc.northwestern.edu/justine/][Prof. Justine Cassell]] from Northwestern University give a talk about her research followed by lunch and the opportunity to pick her brain and learn about her unique career path.<br /><em><strong>Place</strong></em>: SEO 1000<br /><strong><em>Date/Time</em></strong>: Monday, March 15th from 12pm-1pm<br /><strong>RSVP required!!!</strong> (Email Habiba at habibah@gmail.com)

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__Title__: Social Practice: Identity and Culture in Embodied Conversational Agents<br /> <br /><em><strong>Speaker</strong></em>: Justine Cassell<br /> <font size="2"> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ffffff" style="color: #000000" size="2">Professor, Media Technology & Society,<br /> Northwestern University,<br /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.soc.northwestern.edu/justine/">http://www.soc.northwestern.edu/justine/</a><br /></font><em><strong>Date & Time</strong></em>: Mon. March 15th, 11am<br /> __Venue__: SEO 1000<br /> <br /><em><strong>Abstract</strong></em>:<br />In this talk I propose a particular sociocultural approach to the study of the so-called "social emotions" - intrinsically dyadic states such as rapport, friendship, intimacy, affection. I rely on this approach to describe the surface level observable verbal and nonverbal behaviors that function to evoke, deepen, reveal, and destroy these dyadic social emotions. I show how the social emotions do not always play a positive role in people's interactions. And then I describe how the relationship between observable behaviors and inferable underlying social states functions against a background of culture and history, and therefore plays a role in deploying, displaying, and demonstrating aspects of identity. Each step of this talk is demonstrated by experiments that involve human-human, and human-computer agent interaction. I include novel approaches to modeling and generating behaviors for human-agent interaction on the basis of the human-human corpora. And finally, lessons are drawn both for the study of human behavior, and the improved design of technologies capable of engaging in human-computer interaction over the long-term.

---+++ UIC WISE receives Google RISE Award -- 2/10/2010

The [[http://www.uicwise.org/][Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)]] organization at UIC (Veronica Arreola director) has received a 2010 [[http://www.google.com/corporate/diversity/rise/][Google RISE Award]] to support the activities of [[http://www.cs.uic.edu/bin/view/CSGSA/WiCS][Women in Computer Science (WiCS)]] (student leader [[http://www.cs.uic.edu/~aanand/][Anushka Anand]] and faculty advisor [[http://compbio.cs.uic.edu/~tanya/][Prof. Tanya Berger-Wolf]]).
<div id=":72"> <br /> Google RISE (Roots in Science and Engineering) Awards are designed to promote and support science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and computer science (CS) education initiatives. </div><div id=":72"> </div><div id=":72">Keep an eye out for the great things to come supported by this award!</div><div id=":72">&lt; Contact Anushka if you would like to get involved!&gt;<br /> </div>

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---+++ [[http://gracehopper.org/2009/][Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2009]]

<em><strong>GHC report + panel discussion on Trash/WiCS issues<br /> </strong></em>on <em> *Friday* <strong>. Oct 16th, 2009 </strong></em>from<em><strong> 4-4:30pm</strong></em><br /> in __SEO 1000__.

Check out the [[GHC2009][impressions of the GHC 2009]] page where the 8 UIC CS students who went to the <a target="_top" href="http://gracehopper.org/2009/">Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing</a>2009 share their experiences.

Also, for notes on the sessions of the conference visit: http://community.anitaborg.org/wiki/index.php/Ghc2009

---+++ Trash/WiCS Lunch 2009

Mark your calendars for the<strong><br />2009 Trash/WiCS Lunch</strong><br />on <em><strong>Tues. Oct 13th, 2009 </strong></em>from<em><strong> 1-2:30pm</strong></em><br />in __SEO 1000__.

This is a gathering of all the women undergrads, grads and faculty in the CS dept. to share ideas, network, socialize and plan future collaborations like<br />gaming contests or outreach events. All that over free food! How great does that sound?! So don't miss out! For more informa tion, see:

[[%ATTACHURL%/wicsFlyer.pdf][wicsFlyer.pdf]]

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