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CRA-W Co-Chairs:

  • Carla Brodley - Co-Chair

    Department of Computer Science, Tufts University

  • Kathleen Fisher - Co-Chair, Industry Programs, CAPP-L

    AT&T Labs Research

CRA-W Members and Projects:

  • Nancy Amato - Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU), Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)

    Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University

  • Cecilia R. Aragon - Communications
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Carla Brodley - Co-Chair

    Department of Computer Science, Tufts University

  • Tracy Camp - Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU)
    Colorado School of Mines

  • Sheila Castañeda - Career Mentoring Workshops, Multidisciplinary Research Opportunities for Women (MRO-W)

    Computer Science Department, Clarke College

  • Lori Clarke - Grad Cohort Program
    University of Massachusetts

  • Joanne Cohoon - Evaluation
    University of Virginia

  • Andrea Danyluk - Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU)

    Williams College

  • Dilma Da Silva - Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)
    IBM Research

  • Carla Ellis - Steering Committee, Fundraising Committee, NCWIT hub co-director, Grace Hopper liaison

    Computer Science Department, Duke University

  • Kathleen Fisher - Co-Chair, Industry Programs, CAPP-L

    AT&T Labs Research

  • Joan Francioni - Advanced Career Mentoring Workshop (CAPP)
    Department of Computer Science, Winona State University

  • Maria Gini - Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU)
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota

  • Susanne E. Hambrusch - Career Mentoring Workshops (CMW-R), Advanced Career Mentoring Workshop (CAPP)

    Purdue University

  • Mary Jean Harrold - Steering Committee, Communications Committee (Newsletter editor)

    School of Computer Science, College of Computing
    Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the College of Computing

  • Julia Hirschberg
    Computer Science, Columbia University

  • Mary Jane Irwin - Steering Committee member, Awards and Nominations, Governments Affairs member

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Penn State University

  • Susan Landau - ResearcHers, Booklist, Advanced Career Mentoring Workshop (CAPP)

    Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems Laboratories

  • Tessa Lau
    Staff member at IBM's Almaden Research Center

  • Margaret Martonosi - Co-Chair, Discipline-Specific Workshops

    Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University

  • Renée J. Miller - Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS)

    Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto

  • Joann Ordille

    Avaya Labs

  • Lori Pollock - Grad Cohort Program

    Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware

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

    Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia

  • Manuela Veloso
    Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University

  • 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:

Carla Ellis: Steering Committee, Fundraising Committee, NCWIT hub co-director, Grace Hopper liaison
Computer Science Department
Duke University

Carla Schlatter Ellis is a professor emerita of Computer Science at Duke University. She received the B.S. degree from the University of Toledo, Toledo Oh, in 1972 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1977 and 1979. Before coming to Duke in 1986, she was on the faculty at the University of Oregon, Eugene, from 1978 to 1980, and at the University of Rochester, Rochester NY, from 1980 to 1986. She has served in a number of roles in service to the research community including serving on the board of CRA, council of ACM, and editor-in-chief of ACM Transactions on Computer Systems.

Professor Ellis's research has been in the area of Operating Systems and Mobile Computing. Over the course of her career, she has studied storage management for multiprocesssors, file systems for distributed systems, techniques for concurrent access to database indexing structures, and mobile computing. Her recent research has involved finding ways to conserve energy and extend the lifetime of batteries for mobile and wireless devices. Her current passion is understanding and advocating for green computing and the role of computing in creating a sustainable society.

Professor Ellis has a grownup son. She enjoys outdoor activities, especially mountain biking, kayaking, cross-country skiing, outdoor photography, gardening, and hiking. She has moved to Washington State to enjoy her retirement. She also does sports like agility and rally-o with her golden retrievers as well as volunteer work with the one she trained as a therapy dog.