Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing (OCWiC) was held Feb. 18-19 at Mohican Resort, Perrysville, Ohio. Qing and Ying from VITAL Lab attended this wonderful event specifically for women in computing field. This 25-hour conference offered a lot of sessions, including keynote speeches from industry and academy, student presentations, a poster competition, and of course an amazing party. Qing and Ying got chance to listen to speeches addressed by Sharon Nunes (VP of Big Green Innovations in IBM), Casey Moran (CTO of GE) and Maria Klawe (President of Harvey Mudd College). Speakers talked about how women can perform better in study, work and research, as well as what efforts can be done to help women in computing. Tessa Cooper, a student from Ohio University, presented her research as a graduate student. Bonita Sharif, an Assistant Professor from Ohio University, presented her work as a faculty.
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