Reena Pau


Reena Pau Contact and Biography Research and Projects Publications Homepage Search People		Reena Pau Reena Pau School of Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ United Kingdom Position: Postgraduate, submitted in Learning Societies Lab Extension: 27208 Telephone: Work (Voice): +44 (0)23 8059 7208 Email: rp05r@ecs.soton.ac.uk URI: http://id.ecs.soton.ac.uk/person/9439 [browse] The group secretary for the Learning Societies Lab is Lauren J Dampier. Biography I am currently writing up my PhD thesis focusing on why women choose to study and work in the IT industry and the different images that are conveyed. In a broader sense I am looking at 'the student experience' and focusing on the use of computers informally and how this influences decisions. Throughout my PhD work I have had the opportunity to go into local schools, organise school visits to ECS and arrange family days in order to engage young people in computing. I also founded the ECSWomens group which has helped raise the profile of women in computing within the school and faculty. I am supervised by Professor Wendy Hall and Dr Su White. Qualifications Information Technology in Organisations BSc Other Professional Activities BCS YPG Hampshire Rep Part of BCSWomen Commitee: Sponsorship Rep Organised BCS Games for Girls Event at Southampton University Organised BCS Hampshire Games Night Instigated regional events for BCS/ECS International Womens Day On Organising Group for www6 bcswomen/women@cl career development workshop Shortlisted for Blackberrys women in technology awards 2006 in the Under 25 Category. Organising school visit on 9th May for members of computer clubs for girls. Helped organise BCSWomen International womens day event Theano steering commitee Instigated 'school visits' on bcswomen website. I did presentations at schools titled 'Computer Geek OR Computer Chic' Conferences Attended Undergraduate Multimedia Conference 2005 -Conference Committee Women in Computing International Conference 2005- Paper Presenation. I did my first conference presentation while an undergraduate. BCS London Education Forum: Invited Speaker: Participation of Women and Ethnic Minorities in Higher Education BCS/CL London Hopper: Poster Session: 'Who is the computer scientist - Perspectives of Computer Science' HEA ICS 'Schools workshop': Invited Speaker: 'Advantages of outreach work in schools' on 19th May 2006. Organising group for World Wide Web Conference's BCSWomens Career Workshop. Attended WWW 2006 Conference in Edinburgh. Attended SIGCSE 2006 -Student Volunteer. Research Cited in Linux Magazine on an article about women and open source. International Womens Day Celebration at the British Library Invited Panel session member for womenintechnology.co.uk's networking event called: 'mentoring for success' held on Monday 26th June at the citigroup centre: http://www.womenintechnology.co.uk/content_static/mentor.asp Won Scholarship to attend the Grace Hopper Conference in San diego. *Member of ITiCSE PhD Student Working group 2007

School of Electronics and Computer Science
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
United Kingdom

Position: Postgraduate, submitted in Learning Societies Lab
Extension: 27208
Telephone: +44 (0)23 8059 7208
Email: rp05r@ecs.soton.ac.uk
URI: http://id.ecs.soton.ac.uk/person/9439 [browse]

The group secretary for the Learning Societies Lab is Lauren J Dampier.

Biography

I am currently writing up my PhD thesis focusing on why women choose to study and work in the IT industry and the different images that are conveyed. In a broader sense I am looking at 'the student experience' and focusing on the use of computers informally and how this influences decisions.

Throughout my PhD work I have had the opportunity to go into local schools, organise school visits to ECS and arrange family days in order to engage young people in computing.

I also founded the ECSWomens group which has helped raise the profile of women in computing within the school and faculty.

I am supervised by Professor Wendy Hall and Dr Su White.

Qualifications

Information Technology in Organisations BSc

Other Professional Activities

*BCS YPG Hampshire Rep
*Part of BCSWomen Commitee: Sponsorship Rep
*Organised BCS Games for Girls Event at Southampton University
*Organised BCS Hampshire Games Night
*Instigated regional events for BCS/ECS International Womens Day
*On Organising Group for www6 bcswomen/women@cl career development workshop
*Shortlisted for Blackberrys women in technology awards 2006 in the Under 25 Category.
*Organising school visit on 9th May for members of computer clubs for girls.
*Helped organise BCSWomen International womens day event
*Theano steering commitee
*Instigated 'school visits' on bcswomen website.

*I did presentations at schools titled 'Computer Geek OR Computer Chic'

Conferences Attended

*Undergraduate Multimedia Conference 2005 -Conference Committee
*Women in Computing International Conference 2005- Paper Presenation. I did my first conference presentation while an undergraduate.
*BCS London Education Forum: Invited Speaker: Participation of Women and Ethnic Minorities in Higher Education
*BCS/CL London Hopper: Poster Session: 'Who is the computer scientist - Perspectives of Computer Science'
*HEA ICS 'Schools workshop': Invited Speaker: 'Advantages of outreach work in schools' on 19th May 2006.
*Organising group for World Wide Web Conference's BCSWomens Career Workshop.
*Attended WWW 2006 Conference in Edinburgh.
*Attended SIGCSE 2006 -Student Volunteer.
*Research Cited in Linux Magazine on an article about women and open source.
*International Womens Day Celebration at the British Library
*Invited Panel session member for womenintechnology.co.uk's networking event called: 'mentoring for success' held on Monday 26th June at the citigroup centre: http://www.womenintechnology.co.uk/content_static/mentor.asp
*Won Scholarship to attend the Grace Hopper Conference in San diego.
*Member of ITiCSE PhD Student Working group 2007