Academics / Undergraduates

We have chosen a track emphasis to attract and motivate students. We recognize that girls are drawn to professions where they feel that they can make a difference, and we will show them that careers in computing can make a difference -- through advances in computing technology, they can help organize the inventory in their uncle's deli, analyze their grandmother's mammography images, or search for legal briefs to help their neighbor's deportment case. We also recognize that many girls particularly enjoy being creative. One of the main reasons that young women steer away from computer science is that they are not aware of the range of purposeful, practical applications of computing and the necessity for creative thinking and design in order to apply computing principles successfully.

Thus, we have chosen five tracks for this demonstration project around which the academic aspects of the project revolve. Each of the project PIs has expertise in one of the areas: