Women in Science
Catharine van Ingen (Microsoft Research)
CSIRO ICT Women in ScienceDATE: 2010-10-28
TIME: 14:00:00 - 15:00:00
LOCATION: Seminar Room S206, CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics, Building 108, ANU
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ABSTRACT:
CSIRO and the ICT Centre recognise the current low participation rates of women in science and realises that increasing participation won't just happen of its own accord. You are invited to attend the second of a series of planned talks from prominent women about their career and it is hoped that this will be attended by both women and men across the CSIRO ICT Centre and will form a part of our change agenda. Staff from the ANU will also be invited to attend. In addition to these planned talks, the ICT Centre is proposing to start a Diversity Council to look at the issues associated with addressing Diversity as a key initiative across the business and these talks are a part of this activity. For our second lecture, we are delighted to have Dr Catharine van Ingen as our speaker. In her words she has seen a considerable change in attitudes towards women in science and will share her careers experiences.
BIO:
Dr Catharine van Ingen is a Partner Architect in the eScience Group of Microsoft Research. Her research explores how commercial database and other technologies can transform research in the environmental sciences by enabling synthesis science. She works with both scientists and computer scientists from a number of academic institutions on water-related or carbon-climate analyses. She also works with the PanSTARRS telescope collaboration. Prior to joining Jim Grayas San Francisco lab in 2005, she was the Windows architect focused on storage management. Prior to joining Microsoft in 1997, Catharine was a machine architect for the Alpha 7000 at Digital Equipment Corporation, member of the online software team for large high energy physics detectors, and on the faculty at University of California, Berkeley. She holds a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (1981), Masters of Science in Civil Engineering from University of California Berkeley (1974) and Bachelor of Science cum Laude in Civil Engineering from University of California, Irvine (1973).
