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Dr. Tims is currently serving as a program consultant with the Center for Inclusive Computing at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. She previously held the position of Associate Dean of Global Network Programs and a Professor of the Practice in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh (1998) with Programming Languages as her area of research. In recent years she has been a co-author on the ACM Undergraduate Computing Enrollment and Retention Report (Formerly the ACM NDC annual report), which provides valuable graduation, enrollment, retention, and demographic information about computing programs in the United States. Dr. Tims is very active in service to the women in computing community having served as chair of ACM-W, chair of the Ohio Council of Women in Computing (OCWiC), and in advisory board capacity with CRA-WP, NCWIT, and AnitaB.org.  Dr. Tims is active in the computing education community as a member of ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, the ACM Education Advisory Committee, the Mathematics Foundation subcommittee of the ACM CS2023 Curricular Task Force, and several SIGCSE symposia committees, including serving as SIGCSE 2016 co-chair, SIGCSE Technical Symposium sponsor co-liaison and currently as the SIGCSE Technical Symposium site selection co-chair.  In her spare time, she enjoys many outdoor activities including biking, hiking, kayaking, tennis, running and golf.

Lugar: Auditorio ECCI (1er piso, Edificio Anexo)

Fecha: Jueves 23 de abril de 2026

Hora: 4:30pm