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CRA-W Co-Chairs:

  • Lori A. Clarke - Co-Chair

    Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts

  • Lori Pollock - Co-Chair

    Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware

CRA-W Members and Projects:

  • Nancy Amato - Distributed Mentoring Project (DMP)

    Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University
  • Cecilia R. Aragon - Communications
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Carla Brodley

    Department of Computer Science, Tufts University
  • Tracy Camp - Distributed Mentoring Project (DMP)
    Colorado School of Mines
  • Sheila Castañeda - Career Mentoring Workshops, - Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU)

    Computer Science Department, Clarke College
  • Joanne Cohoon
    University of Virginia
  • Dilma Da Silva
    IBM Research
  • Carla Ellis

    Computer Science Department, Duke University
  • Faith Ellen - Canadian Distributed Mentoring Project (CDMP)

    University of Toronto
  • Kathleen Fisher

    AT&T Labs Research
  • Joan Francioni
    Department of Computer Science, Winona State University
  • Maria Gini - Distributed Mentor Project (DMP)
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Susanne E. Hambrusch

    Purdue University
  • Mary Jean Harrold

    College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Mary Jane Irwin - Steering Committee member, Awards and Nominations, Cohort of Associate Professors Project (CAPP), Governments Affairs member

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Penn State University
  • Susan Landau - ResearcHers, Booklist

    Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems Laboratories
  • Tessa Lau
    Staff member at IBM's Almaden Research Center
  • Margaret Martonosi - Editor of the Expanding the Pipeline Column

    Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
  • Renée J. Miller - Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)

    Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
  • Joann Ordille - Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)

    Avaya Labs
  • Mary Lou Soffa - Affilites DMP Program, Grad Cohort Program, Cohort of Associate Professors Project (CAPP)

    Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia
  • Telle Whitney - Liaison with the Institute for Women in Technology

    Institute for Women in Technology

CRA-W Emerita Members:
Emerita status is bestowed upon retired members who made major contributions to CRA-W during their membership.

CRA-W Staff:



Dilma Da Silva -
Distinguished Lecture Series
IBM Research

Dilma da Silva is a researcher at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, in NY. She manages the Advanced Operating Systems group. She received her Ph.D in Computer Science from Georgia Tech in 1997. Prior to joining IBM, she was an Assistant Professor at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her research in operating systems addresses the need for scalable and customizable system software. She has also worked in parallel computing, mobile computing, and software engineering. Outside work, some of her passions are reading/writing novels, knitting, and traveling. More information can be found at www.research.ibm.com/people/d/dilma