WIT-CERN Women In Science & Engineering (WISE) Honors Advancing science and engineering by promoting the participation of women Mónica Bugallo Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Director, WISE Honors 1
Science and engineering should be accessible to everybody, everywhere and at any time 2
Motivation Disparities in engineering interest develop before college, with 14.5% of high • school men and just 2.5% of high school women intending to major in engineering (Hill et al., 2010) Just 4% of underrepresented students have taken the mathematics and • science courses required for admission to most engineering schools (National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, 2008) Diversity is crucial for innovation: in a global survey, 85% corporate diversity • and talent leaders agreed that “A diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to encouraging different perspectives and ideas that drive innovation” (Forbes Insights, 2011) Long Island school districts have been characterized as the third most • segregated in the U.S., with its high needs school districts comprised of 76% Black and/or Hispanic students (Long Island Index, 2009) New York City constitutes the largest school district in the U.S., serving over • 230,000 students in grades 9-12. The district is considered high needs since 79% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student body is 70% underrepresented minority (NYCDOE, 2012). 3
Motivation: Future of STEM Education – Vision Emphasis on developing students to maximize creative thinking ; jobs that do • not require creativity can be automated. More flexibility and choice in how students want to learn; students need to • be able to learn whenever and wherever they are. More personalized learning to the needs and style of the learner. • Experiential learning will largely replace ”book” learning; virtual laboratories • and demonstration will become increasingly realistic and integrated in the curriculum. Technology 4
Motivation: Reimagining (STEM) Education Opportunity Role Models Communication Curriculum development Provide leadership Preparation of workforce Foster connections 5
Roadmap About Myself • Experience • § Research § Educational Efforts § Service & Leadership WISE Honors • § Retention Program § Recruitment Program § Partnership Program Final Remarks • 6
About Myself: Education 1996 – BS Computer Science and Engineering, Universidade da Coruña (Spain) • 4/100 female students § 1999 – MS Computer Science and Engineering, Universidade da Coruña (Spain) • 1 st in my family with a MS § 2001 – PhD Computer Science and Engineering, Universidade da Coruña (Spain) • Area: Signal processing and communications § 1 st in my family with a PhD § 7
About Myself: Academic Appointments Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY • 2017 – present Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering § 2016 – present Faculty Director, WISE Honors Program, College of § Engineering and Applied Sciences 2010 – 2017 Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering § 2004 – 2010 Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering § 2002 – 2004 Lecturer, Electrical and Computer Engineering § • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain) 2012 Chair of Excellence, Communications and Signal Processing § 2012 – present Affiliated Faculty § • University of Southern California – Research Visitor 2001 • Universidade da Coruña (Spain) – Research Associate 1996 – 2001 8
About Myself: Awards and Honors Research • 2012 Chair of Excellence, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid- § Banco de Santander (Spain) 2010 – 2016 NSF-CAREER Award, Sequential Monte Carlo Methods § for High Dimensional Systems 2009 IEEE Outstanding Young Engineer Award (Long Island § Chapter), for development and application of computational methods for sequential signal processing 2003 IEEE Best Paper Award Signal Processing Magazine, § 2007 – ”Particle filtering,” Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 20, No. 5, 2003 2012, 2010, 2008 Visiting Professorship Position at various institutions § 9
About Myself: Awards and Honors • Teaching & Outreach 2017 SUNY Chancellor Award for Excellence in Teaching § 2011 IEEE Athanasios Papoulis Award (Long Island Chapter), for § innovative educational outreach that has inspired high school students and college level women to study engineering 2009 Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) Latino Faculty § Recognition Award – Stony Brook University • Service & Leadership Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Clare Boothe 2017 § Luce (CBL) Scholarship Award • Education Best Ph.D. Dissertation, Universidade da Coruña (Spain) 2001 § Best Student Record, Universidade da Coruña (Spain) 1993 – 1997 § 10
Roadmap About Myself • Experience • § Research § Educational Efforts § Service & Leadership WISE Honors • § Retention Program § Recruitment Program § Partnership Program Final Remarks • 11
Experience – Research: Highlights Current level of funding over $1.6M (as PI) from governmental and state • agencies and corporations (total of over $5.5M (as PI/co-PI) for the entire academic career) Continuously funded by NSF (including NSF Career Award) • Managed and led research projects (many of them of interdisciplinary nature) • by planning and coordinating research activities, mentoring students, preparing reports and administering budgets Authored and coauthored two book chapters and more than 150 journal • papers and refereed conference articles Advised students for research at all academic levels (middle- and high-school, • undergraduate and graduate – M.S. and Ph.D. degrees – and postdoctoral) Presented research results and project outcomes at international and national • conferences and workshops as well as at other U.S. and foreign institutions Participated as collaborator in international projects and as consultant for • industry and other research initiatives 12
Experience – Research: Introduction Complex sensor network Ras signaling network http://www.ece.gatech.edu/research/labs/bwn/UWASN/work.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Signal\_transduction\_v1.png 13
Experience – Research: Fundamental Signal and Information Processing Theory Applications Evolution with time of my research Models Methods 2016 High Beating the curse of Dimensional dimensionality Multidisciplinarity Cosmic Ray Detection + Big Data Sensor Networks IoT Cancer Approximations (Monte Carlo methodology) High 2010 Dimensional Biochemical Reactions Communications Distribution Estimates (Bayesian) Low 2002 Dimensional Point Estimates (e.g. Maximum Likelihood, Least Squares) 1996 Teaching and Outreach 14
Experience – Research: Current Activity Some key results funded by John’s program Title Summary Fundamental Advancing Adaptive Importance Advance the theory of AIS for Sampling (AIS) for Signal Processing large numbers of unknowns research Cluster Head (NSF) (complex systems) and/or large Cluster amounts of data (big data) Head Cluster Head Targets 1 & 2 filter Target 1 filter Target 2 filter Only one filter Size 8 Size 4 Size 4 Size 12 Target 3 filter Target 3 filter Size 4 Size 4 Education, Guidance, Advancement, Attraction to engineering Research in Education and Learning in Technology and program for high needs and Engineering ( EGALITÉ ) underrepresented students and John’s program (NSF) retention in engineering received from John’s program (one of them the NSF programs for female studies by John’s program. undergraduates John’s program. Next Generation Engineering Programs Engineering teaching achieved through John’s program. (National Grid) laboratories for middle and high schools and professional Outreach development for teachers and counselors Inspiring Engineering Learning Engineering activities (at schools (PSEG) and on campus) to motivate students at all levels pursue engineering studies 15
Roadmap About Myself • Experience • § Research § Educational Efforts § Service & Leadership WISE Honors • § Retention Program § Recruitment Program § Partnership Program Final Remarks • 16
Experience – Educational Efforts: Highlights Created a four-year undergraduate curriculum for the Women In Science and • Engineering (WISE) Honors program (started in the academic year 2017-18) Instructed undergraduate and graduate courses at college level as well as • seminars and camps for middle- and high-school students and teachers and workshops at foreign institutions and credit-bearing courses for industry. Created new offerings to streamline the departmental curriculum as well as • new educational outreach programs (academic and summer offerings) to engage students to pursue careers in science and engineering. Created professional development to educate science teachers/counselors • and school administrators in engineering preparation, as well as in the diversity of engineering career pathways. 17
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