The Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) and the Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) are sponsoring a Distinguished Lecture Series intended to encourage women and minorities to pursue graduate education in computer science and engineering. The program will begin at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23, in St. Pat’s Ballroom B of the Havener Center.

— 9:30-10:30 a.m. – “Vis-a-Vis: Online Social Networking via Virtual Individual Servers,” with Ramon Caceres from AT&T Labs
— 11 a.m.-noon – “MANET Simulation Studies: The Incredibles,” with Dr. Tracy Camp from the Colorado School of Mines
— 12:30-2 p.m. – Graduate students discussion panel

Students will have the opportunity to discuss the graduate school process with successful female and minority researchers, facilitating their ability to make an informed decision about continued education. Additional information is available online at web.mst.edu/~chellaps/colloquia/.