NEWS: Department of Computer Science and the student chapter of ACM hosted
Distinguished Lecturer in Kean Hall

Dr. Juan Gilbert

On Monday, October 5th, 2009 the Department of Computer Science & Kean University's ACM club hosted Dr. Juan Gilbert, ACM Distinguished Lecturer, who gave a presentation in Kean Hall.

Dr. Juan Gilbert, Chair of the Human Centered Computing Division in the School of Computing and Director of the Human Centered Computing Lab, at Clemson University presented a lecture entitled Applications Quest: Computing Diversity for College Admissions. He spoke on Applications Quest, a data mining tool that he developed. Applications Quest allows the use of race/ethnicity, gender or any other attributes to be considered in admissions, school assignments, employee hiring or any other application processing area, without giving preferences to a given race or gender. Dr. Gilbert’s talk was attended by more than one hundred members of the Kean University community, including faculty, students, and interested staff.

During his visit to Kean University, Dr. Gilbert met with Dr. Jeffrey Toney, Dean CNAHS, and also met with Ms. Wendy Diaz, Director of Kean University’s Ronald E. McNair Program. Dr. Gilbert had the opportunity for informal discussions with McNair students, and they enjoyed hearing his suggestions for their research and ideas for their future graduate applications.

Dr. Juan Gilbert speaking in Kean Hall

Hosted by Dr. George Chang of the Computer Science Department and introduced by Dr. Patricia Morreale, the faculty advisor for the Kean Student ACM Chapter, Dr. Gilbert's visit was arranged by Marvin Andujar, President, and David-Erick Lafontant, Vice-President of the Student ACM Chapter. Other members of the executive board of the Student ACM Chapter include Swetha Medicherla, Gary Johnson, and Avani Patel.

This event is sponsored by Kean's ACM Chapter, and Dr. Gilbert's visit is part of the Distinguished Speaker Series of the ACM.