Professor Sara Sprenkle attended the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Atlanta, GA from September 29-October 2. The conference brings together women in computing from all over the world, highlights women’s technical achievements, and promotes women’s career interests.
2010’s conference is the 10th in the series and the fourth one Professor Sprenkle has attended. This year’s conference broke records with a turnout of 2147 attendees representing 29 countries.
Professor Sprenkle served as a member of the Academic Advisory Committee and the Workshop and Panels Selection Committee. She also moderated a panel called Getting Off to a Great Start in Academia: Advice from the Other Side of the Tenure Track, which attracted about 100 attendees.
Professor Sprenkle takes notes during the Thursday morning keynote.