Xiaohuan (Iris) Yan, a PhD Candidate in the Department of E&CSE,
Monash University has won the 2nd prize in the ACM Student Research
competition at the Grace Hopper Celebration with her work titled
'Handover Optimization For High Speed Vehicles in 4G Wireless Networks'.
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is a series of
conferences designed to bring the research and career interests of
women in computing to the forefront. Presenters are leaders in their
respective fields, representing industrial, academic and government
communities. Leading researchers present their current work, while
special sessions focus on the role of women in today's technology
fields, including computer science, information technology, research
and engineering.
The theme of this year's celebration was "Creating Technology For Social Good"
and was held in Tucson, Arizona, USA, between September 30 - October
3, 2009,
http://gracehopper.org/2009/.
Past Grace Hopper Celebrations have resulted in collaborative
proposals, networking, mentoring, and increased visibility for the
contributions of women in computing.
Iris has received a Google Community Scholarship (which sponsors
traveling expenses of overseas students) and ACM student travel
support to attend the
conference.
