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Maria Klawe Speaks on "Serious Games"
Video Games used to achieve a variety of "serious" objectives ranging from education, to health care to military training.
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Oct 27, 2009 from 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm |
| Where | Loyola University Lake Shore Campus: Life Sciences Building Room 142 (NW corner of N. Kenmore and W. Sheridan) |
| Contact Name | Ronald Greenberg |
| Contact Email | rig@cs.luc.edu |
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Speaker
Maria Klawe
President, Harvey Mudd College
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"Serious Games"Abstract
Ever since the advent of video and computer games almost thirty years ago, efforts have made to create electronic games that would achieve a variety of "serious" objectives ranging from education, to healthcare to militarytraining. This talk describes a variety of current serious game projects including Senior Prom, a version of Dance Dance Revolution for elders, and web-based math games for K--2.
Bio Sketch
Maria Klawe became president of Harvey Mudd College in July, 2006. Prior to joining HMC, Maria served as Dean of Engineering at Princeton University and in several positions at the University of British Columbia and IBM Research. She received her Ph.D. and B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Alberta.
Maria has made significant research contributions in several areas of mathematics and computer science including functional analysis, discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, and the design and use of interactive-multimedia for mathematics education. Her current research interests include discrete mathematics, serious games and assistive technologies.
One of Maria's lifelong passions is to increase the participation of women and other under-represented groups in science and engineering, especially in areas like computer science where their participation has significantly declined over the past three decades. She was the first women to serve on the board of the Computing Research Association and co-founded CRA-W, the highly successful Committee on the Status of Women. She has served on the board of Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology since its inception, and as chair from 2003-2008. From 1997 - 2002 she held the IBM-NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering for BC and the Yukon, and led several research studies and projects related to increasing the participation of women in computing.
Maria is also a Past President of ACM, a Trustee of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at Berkeley, and a member of the Boards of Math for America and Microsoft. She is a Fellow of ACM and CIPS and the recipient of awards including the Nico Habermann Award and several honorary doctorates.
