CS Distinguished Colloquium Speaker: Maria Klawe , Math for America Date & Time: Tuesday, March 31 - 12:10pm Location: Friend Center Convocation Room Event page: [ https://www.cs.princeton.edu/events/increasing-diversity-and-inclusion-techn... | https://www.cs.princeton.edu/events/increasing-diversity-and-inclusion-techn... ] Webinar registration: [ https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3rctUpSyTH6BEf43d3LZZg | https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3rctUpSyTH6BEf43d3LZZg ] Title: Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in Technology Abstract: Over the past few years, the impact of technology on every aspect of society has increased dramatically as applications of AI and data science grow in almost all areas. Thus, understanding strategies to increase the participation of people who have been and remain underrepresented in technology careers, including women, people of color, and people from low-income backgrounds, is very important. This presentation describes strategies that have been successful in various environments. Bio: Maria Klawe joined Math for America as president in late 2023 after a 17-year term as Harvey Mudd College’s fifth president. Prior to joining HMC, she served as dean of engineering and professor of computer science at Princeton University. Klawe joined Princeton from the University of British Columbia where she served in various roles from 1988 to 2002. Before her time at UBC, Klawe spent eight years with IBM Research in California and two years at the University of Toronto. She received her Ph.D. (1977) and B.Sc. (1973) in mathematics from the University of Alberta. Klawe is a member of the boards of Phenome Health and the nonprofits, Museum of Mathematics, and the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics. She has also served as a founding advisory board member of Parity.org, a fellow for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and is the chair-elect for the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences and a trustee Emerita for the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute. Klawe was ranked 17 on Fortune’s 2014 list of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.