Critical to the Mission: Student Community Engagement



**Welcome and Introduction of Speaker **

Dr. Freddie Willis, Director, MOLSAMP Alliance, Assistance Vice President, STEM Initiatives, Harris Stowe State University

**Speakers:**

Dean Jay Brockman, Notre Dame  

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Dr. Jay Brockman is the Director of the Notre Dame Center for Civic Innovation.  He joined the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Notre Dame in 1992 after receiving his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.  Prior to that, Brockman worked for Intel Corporation, where he spent a year-long assignment in the Philippines as part of the startup of a new product testing facility.  He is a co-founder of Lucata, Inc, a company with a patented architecture for big data analytics with offices in South Bend and New York.  He is the author of an introductory engineering textbook and has received several awards for his teaching.  He received the 2018 Grenville Clark award from Notre Dame, given to a faculty member whose voluntary activities advance the cause of peace and human rights.

Professor Ron Metoyer, Notre Dame

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Professor Ron Metoyer is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Associate Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development at the University of Notre Dame.  Professor Metoyer earned his bachelor degree in Computer Science and Engineering at UCLA and his PhD in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  Prior to joining the Notre Dame faculty, Professor Metoyer was a faculty member at Oregon State University.  Professor Metoyer's research interest is in supporting the visual exploration of large multivariate data sets with an emphasis on diversity analysis.  Professor Metoyer is a leader in the Broadening Participation in Computing community.

Opening Plenary Session (60 minutes including Q&A)

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Ronald Metoyer

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