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ACM Europe Launched at European Computer Science Summit

By Beverly Bachmayer (Intel) (4 posts) on October 14, 2009 at 10:34 am
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Ever find yourself in a room full of famous people, every time you turn around you run into another name that is very familiar and that person is speaking to you, introducing himself.   That is how I found myself last Thursday night when Professor Dame Wendy Hall launched ACM Europe at a well attended cocktail [...]

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The path to a better world is paved through Informatics: European Computer Science Conference 2009 Paris

By Beverly Bachmayer (Intel) (4 posts) on October 12, 2009 at 11:31 pm
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It was a sunny day last Thursday in Paris after a very stormy night,  I was sitting in the sun filled conference room with 80 deans and Rectors of the top universities in Europe attending the European Computer Science Summit where the first Keynote speaker Dr. Mark Harris, Intel GMBh highlighted how science addresses many [...]

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Maybe you know about 13 dwarfs but have you heard about the 26 concepts, 10 myths about CS and 10 ways to attract CS students; Informatics Education Europe III

By Beverly Bachmayer (Intel) (4 posts) on December 10, 2008 at 7:11 am
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I attended the IEE III 2008 conference in Venice Italy on December 4-5 2008 (http://www.dsi.unive.it/IEEIII/). Supported by the ACM the conference provides a forum for European Informatics academics to discuss the latest developments in the teaching and learning of Informatics in Europe. Overall the topics were familiar from the previous conferences; the decline in students [...]

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Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2008

By Beverly Bachmayer (Intel) (4 posts) on October 2, 2008 at 11:19 am
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The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2008 conference began this morning at Keystone resort in Colorado.  Last evening during the newcomers workshop the Ann Chandon indicated that this is the largest Women in Computing conference ever with 1433 attendees from 23 countries and representing 103 companies and 199 universities.  This morning Fran Allen (2006 A. M. Turing award [...]

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