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About CRA-W
The Computer Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research
(CRA-W) is an action oriented organization dedicated to increasing the number of women participating in Computer Science and
Engineering (CSE) research and education at all levels.
In addition to increasing the number of women involved, we also seek to increase the degree of success they experience and to provide a forum for addressing problems that often fall disproportionately within women's domain. We are hopeful that the committee activities will also have a positive impact for other underrepresented groups in CSE and we are committed to improving the working environment for Computer Scientists and Engineers of both genders.
CRA-W is funded by the National Science Foundation which assists in travel to meetings and seed money for the committee's projects. Larger projects such as the Mentoring Workshops have successfully sought separate funding to support their efforts. CRA-W's sponsored projects have included the "Expanding the Pipeline" columns in Computing Research News, the Systers-Academia electronic network, the development and maintenance of a database of Ph.D. women in CSE, the Distributed Mentoring Project, and a series of Mentoring Workshops for women at various major Computer Science conferences.
Larger projects such as Mentoring Workshops and Collaborative Research Experiences for Women have successfully sought separate funding from organizations such as the Education, Outreach, and Training Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (EOT-PACI) to support their efforts.
The great success of CRA-W projects is due to the quality of people who serve on the committee and as project coordinators.
- CRA-W Co-Chairs 2006-2009
Lori Clarke, University of Massachusetts
Lori Pollock, University of Delaware
- CRA-W Co-Chairs 2003-2006
Carla Ellis, Duke University
Mary Jean Harrold, Georgia Institute of Technology
- CRA-W Co-Chairs 2000-2003
Anne Condon, University of British Columbia
Mary Lou Soffa, University of Pittsburgh
- CRA-W Co-chairs 1997-2000
Jan Cuny, University of Oregon
Leah Jamieson, Purdue University
- CRA-W Co-chairs 1994-1997
Francine Berman, UC San Diego
Mary Jane Irwin, Pennsylvania State University
- CRA-W Co-chairs 1991-1994
Maria Klawe, Princeton University
Nancy Leveson, MIT