Keynote — Friday lunch
- Title: Matching Your Great Idea to an NSF Program
- Abstract: So you've got a great idea, which NSF program is the best match to help you realize it? Dr. Suzanne Westbrook will discuss important differences between a number of NSF computing and computer science education research grant programs. The presentation will include highlights from funded projects, as well as a discussion on interdisciplinary computing as an emerging trend in computing education.
- Biography: Suzanne Westbrook is currently a Program Director in the Directorate of Education and Human Resources at the National Science Foundation where she makes funding recommendations and manages ongoing projects in the Division of Undergraduate Education. Dr. Westbrook earned her MS and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana – Lafayette working in the areas of programming language theory and software engineering. Her BS is in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of South Alabama. She taught at Northern Arizona University and since 1999 at the University of Arizona. She served as Associate Head of Computer Science at UA from 2004-2010 and, since 2009, as Associate Director of the School of Information: Science, Technology, and Arts (SISTA) which she helped create in 2008. Her research interests are in computer science education and ways to create interdisciplinary opportunities involving computing across K-20 as a way to increase participation in computing and STEM. Since August 2011 she is on leave at NSF from the University of Arizona.
