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From YouTube: Education and Workforce WG: Data Science for Social Justice: An Approach to Broaden Participation

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Dr. R.N. Uma

Talk Title: Data Science for Social Justice: An Approach to Broaden Participation

Bio: Dr. R. N. Uma is a Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Mathematics and Physics at NC Central University, Durham, NC, USA. Her research interests include data science, scheduling and resource allocation with applications to cloud computing, robotics, wireless sensor networks, multimedia networking, and large logistics problems. Her research has spanned from purely theoretical to experimental and simulations. She has published several papers in leading conferences and journals, and a book, in her areas of expertise. On the education front, she is interested in increasing the enrollment and retention of minority students, particularly in the Mathematical Sciences including Computer Science, and towards this end has implemented several federally funded projects. She has served her professional community in a variety of roles including guest editor, TPC Co-Chair, and Publications Chair in addition to routine roles such as TPC Member, Reviewer and Session Chair. She received her BSc degree in Mathematics from the University of Madras, Chennai, India, her ME degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, and her PhD degree in Computer Science from NYU Tandon School of Engineering, New York. She is a senior member of IEEE.