Maria Klawe

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Maria Klawe
5th President of Harvey Mudd College
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)
Preceded by Jon Strauss
Personal details
Born 1951 (age 62–63)
Toronto, Canada
Spouse(s) Nicholas Pippenger, 1980
Children Two children
Alma mater B.Sc., University of Alberta, 1973

Ph.D., University of Alberta, 1977

Website Maria Klawe

Maria M. Klawe (pronounced CLAW-vay, born 1951) is a computer scientist and the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College (since July 1, 2006).[1] Although born in Toronto in 1951, she became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2009. She was previously Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University.

Biography

Klawe was born in Toronto. She lived in Scotland from ages 4 to 12, and then returned to Canada, living with her family in Edmonton, Alberta.[2] Klawe studied at the University of Alberta, dropped out to travel the world, and returned to earn her B.Sc. in 1973.[2] She stayed at Alberta for her graduate studies, and in 1977 she earned her Ph.D. there in mathematics.[3] She started a second Ph.D., in computer science, at the University of Toronto, but was offered a faculty position there before completing the degree.[2] She spent eight years in the industry, serving at IBM Almaden Research Center, in San Jose, California, first as a research scientist, then as manager of the Discrete Mathematics Group and manager of the Mathematics and Related Computer Science Department. She and her husband Nick Pippenger then moved to the University of British Columbia, where she stayed for 15 years and served as head of the Department of Computer Science from 1988 to 1995, vice president of student and academic services from 1995 to 1998, and dean of science from 1998 to 2002. From UBC she moved to Princeton and then Harvey Mudd College. Previously a Canadian national, Klawe was among 5,996 persons who became citizens of the United States at a ceremony held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Thursday, Jan 29, 2009.[4] Later in 2009, she joined the board of directors of the Microsoft Corporation.[5]

In addition to her career as a scientist and academic, Klawe is well known for her water color painting.[6] Klawe is an active volunteer and advocate for encouraging more women to enter STEM fields.[7]

Awards and honors

Klawe was inducted as a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery[8] in 1996, a founding fellow of the Canadian Information Processing Society[9] in 2006, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[10] in 2009, and a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[11] in 2012.

She has been awarded honorary doctorates from Ryerson Polytechnic University[12] in 2001, the University of Waterloo[13] in 2003, Queen's University[14] in 2004, Dalhousie University[15] in 2005, Acadia University[16] in 2006, the University of Alberta[16] in 2007, the University of Ottawa[17] in 2008, and the University of British Columbia[18] in 2010.

She also served as the president of the Association for Computing Machinery from 2002-2004, and in 2004 won their A. Nico Habermann award.[19]

Research

Some of Klawe's best-cited research works concern algorithms for solving geometric optimization problems,[20] distributed leader election,[21] and the art gallery problem,[22] and studies of the effects of gender on electronic game-playing. [23][24] She founded the Aphasia Project, a collaboration between UBC and Princeton to study aphasia and develop cognitive aids for people suffering from it, after her friend Anita Borg developed brain cancer.[25][26] Klawe's Erdős number is 1.[27]

Advocacy for technical women

Klawe has been heavily involved with increasing the representation of women in STEM fields.[7] In 1991, together with Nancy Leveson, she founded CRA-W (The Computing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research) and served as its first co-chair.[28] She was also a personal friend of Anita Borg and served as the chair of the Board of Trustees of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology from 1996 to 2011.[29]

References

  1. ↑ "Maria Klawe Named Fifth President of Harvey Mudd College". HMC Spotlight. Harvey Mudd College. January 17, 2006. Retrieved March 29, 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Semuels, Alana (March 15, 2009), "Microsoft did the math, chose her", Los Angeles Times: B2 .
  3. ↑ Maria Klawe at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ↑ "President Klawe Becomes U.S. Citizen". HMC Spotlight. Harvey Mudd College. February 20, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Fried, Ina (March 9, 2009). "Microsoft adds new board member". CNET. Retrieved March 29, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Ezarik, Melissa (July 1, 2006). in the Mudd: the many facets of Maria Klawe, Harvey Mudd...-a0148056309 "Diamond in the Mudd: the many facets of Maria Klawe, Harvey Mudd College's new leader". The Free Library. Retrieved March 29, 2013. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Morehead, James (September 10, 2011). "Harvey Mudd College President Maria Klawe on Women in Science, Math and Engineering". OneDublin.org. Retrieved March 29, 2013. 
  8. ↑ "List of ACM Fellows". Retrieved October 15, 2013. 
  9. ↑ "CIPS Fellow Members". CIPS (the Canadian Information Processing Society). Retrieved April 2, 2010. 
  10. ↑ "List of Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Retrieved October 15, 2013. 
  11. ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved January 27, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Ryerson Honorary Doctorates". Retrieved October 15, 2013. 
  13. ↑ "Waterloo Honorary DMath Degrees". Retrieved October 15, 2013. 
  14. ↑ "Queen's University Honorary Degree Recipients". Retrieved October 15, 2013. 
  15. ↑ "Dalhousie University Honorary Degree Recipients, 2000-2009". Retrieved October 15, 2013. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "President Klawe to Receive Honorary Degree". Retrieved October 15, 2013. 
  17. ↑ Maria KLAWE, 2008 | Doctorats honorifiques | Cabinet du recteur
  18. ↑ "List of 2010 Honorary Degree Recipients at UBC". Retrieved October 15, 2013. 
  19. ↑ "Habermann Award Archive". Retrieved October 15, 2013. 
  20. ↑ Aggarwal, Alok; Klawe, Maria M.; Moran, Shlomo; Shor, Peter; Wilber, Robert (1987), "Geometric applications of a matrix-searching algorithm", Algorithmica 2 (1–4): 195–208, doi:10.1007/BF01840359 .
  21. ↑ Dolev, Danny; Klawe, Maria; Rodeh, Michael (1982), "An O(n log n) unidirectional distributed algorithm for extrema finding in a circle", Journal of Algorithms 3: 245–260, doi:10.1016/0196-6774(82)90023-2 .
  22. ↑ Kahn, J.; Klawe, M.; Kleitman, D. (1983), "Traditional galleries require fewer watchmen", SIAM Journal on Algebraic and Discrete Methods 4 (2): 194–206, doi:10.1137/0604020 .
  23. ↑ Inkpen, Kori; Upitis, Rena; Klawe, Maria; Lawry, Joan; Anderson, Ann; Ndunda, Mutindi; Sedighian, Kamran; Leroux, Steve; Hsu, David (1994), ""We Have Never-Forgetful Flowers In Our Garden:" Girls’ Responses To Electronic Games", Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching 13 (4): 383–403 .
  24. ↑ Inkpen, K.; Booth, K. S.; Klawe, M.; Upitis, R. (1995), "Playing together beats playing apart, especially for girls", Proceedings of CSCL .
  25. ↑ The Aphasia project web site.
  26. ↑ Cook, Michelle (February 5, 2004), "UBC Project Makes Life Easier for Those Suffering Aphasia", UBC Reports 50 (2) .
  27. ↑ Erdős Number Project
  28. ↑ "Past and Present Chairs of CRA-W". 
  29. ↑ "Transitions". Retrieved October 15, 2013. 

External links

Presidents of Harvey Mudd College
  • Joseph Platt (1955–1976)
  • D. Kenneth Baker (1976–1988)
  • Henry E. Riggs (1988–1997)
  • Jon C. Strauss (1997–2006)
  • Maria Klawe (2006–present)
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