Organizer(s):

Tamra Carpenter, DIMACS

Fred Roberts, DIMACS

Anand Sarwate, Rutgers University

Contact(s):

Nicole Clark, DIMACS
CoRE Building
96 Frelinghuysen Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
E: nicolec@dimacs.rutgers.edu
V: 848-445-5930

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Description

Rebecca Wright joined Rutgers as DIMACS’s first Deputy Director and a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science in 2007. She went on to assume her current position as Director of DIMACS at the start of the 2011-12 academic year. During her time at DIMACS—first as Deputy Director and then as Director—Wright launched new initiatives, sustained and strengthened others, mentored students and early career researchers, and conducted research in areas such as privacy and distributed computing that were synergistic with other DIMACS activities.

This workshop will highlight research areas and initiatives of importance to Wright during her time at DIMACS, and it will celebrate her success and contributions to DIMACS as she steps down as DIMACS Director to assume a new position at Barnard College in 2019.

Workshop presentations will describe research in areas such as differential privacy, accountability, distributed computing, cryptography, and algorithmic foundations of the Internet. It will also feature presentations that reflect on initiatives of personal relevance, such as paving the way for more robust participation of women in computer science.

The workshop will include a full-day technical program, followed by a celebratory dinner. There is no fee to attend, but space will be limited, so if you would like to attend, please register below. You may register to attend the workshop only, the dinner only, or both the workshop and the dinner.

Please join us in saying, "Thanks, Rebecca!"

If you are unable to attend but would like to share a personal remembrance during the dinner, please send email to Tami Carpenter (tcar@dimacs.rutgers.edu).

Parking: There is free visitor parking in Lots 74A, 76 & 82 but you must register your car before arriving. Rutgers Faculty, Staff, and Students must park only in lots they are authorized to park in.

Program

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Full video playlist

 

 

Registration for this event is closed.