Tapia 2018 Scholar and GHC 2018 Scholar

September 2018:

I was awarded the Tapia Student Scholarship to attend Tapia 2018 and the Grace Hopper Celebration 2018 Student Scholarship. My GHC scholarship came from ServiceNow.

Attending the diversity conferences gave me the opportunity to interact with students, faculty and industry members from a range of colleges, backgrounds, and communities.

Lovely connecting w this amazing group of #SeattleAnitaB volunteers — passionate about supporting #wit and helping lead the efforts to host a bigger & better #Hopperx1Seattle19 on Mar 22-23, 2019 at @amazon! ❤️ https://t.co/GfFl7Op9aG @AnitaB_org @CommunityAnitaB #GHC18 pic.twitter.com/hwwmmnJlK2

— Sheila Oh (@terpsiKorea) September 27, 2018

I presented at the poster sessions during GHC and Tapia. I also led a Birds of Feather discussion at Tapia on “Social Responsibility and Ethics in Artificial Intelligence and Extended Reality”.

If you are attending @Tapia_con this week, please stop by my poster tomorrow between 12:30 – 2:00 pm. My Birds of Feather session is on Friday between 4:30 – 5:30 pm at Florida A, where we will discuss Machine Learning and Extended Reality. Do join in. #Tapia2018

— Niveditha Kalavakonda (@nkalavak) September 19, 2018

I was also a part of a panel during GHC on social responsibility and ethics with some of my favorite people – Amanda Casari, Kathy Pham, Hallie Benjamin and Sarah Hubbard.

#GHC18 @HallieMax (@Google Ethical ML), @sarahhubba (@MicrosoftIoT), @nkalavak (@TechPolicyLab), @amcasari (@googlecloud), and @kathytpham (@mozilla @BKCHarvard) out here talking about developing technology with a conscience 🙌🏽🗣 pic.twitter.com/h456uWRWZK

— Lani (@LaniDelRey) September 28, 2018

I also got to meet some incredible people during the events!

Was incredibly fortunate to meet Dr. Tapia today. Pretty sure my wide smile says more about excitement than I can put into words. #Tapia2018 pic.twitter.com/UroEZPK8Is

— Niveditha Kalavakonda (@nkalavak) September 20, 2018

I’ve heard Ayanna Howard talk at different conferences but finally got to taking a picture with her yesterday… One of my heroes in robotics! #Tapia2018 pic.twitter.com/9AXf4tz9X5

— Niveditha Kalavakonda (@nkalavak) September 20, 2018

Niveditha (Nivii) Kalavakonda

Helping improve Robotics in Medicine and Education, one project at a time