To and Fro
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Episode 5. To and fro between Brazil and US. To and fro between industry and academia. Immigration stories from three computer scientists from immigrated from Brazil in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. And went to and fro between being academic faculty and working in industry. Featuring: Rico Malvar (NAE Member, IEEE Fellow, former Microsoft Research Director), Dilma da Silva (Professor at Texas A&M, Co-Founder of Latinas in Computing, former CSE Department Head), Rodrigo Fonseca (Microsoft Research, former Professor).
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1. Voices in this Episode (00:00:00)
2. Military Rule in 1970s/80s; Government Support for Education (00:08:31)
3. Life in Brazilian Universities (00:22:45)
4. Entrance exams into Brazil universities: 1980s and 1990s (00:25:20)
5. Everything was in Brazilian Portuguese! (00:30:54)
6. Challenges upon Immigrating to the US (00:34:09)
7. Brazil vs. US High School Systems (00:42:22)
8. To and Fro: Between Industry and Academia. (00:48:02)
9. To and Fro: From Architecture and Computer Science. (00:54:08)
10. East Coast vs. West Coast (in the US). (00:59:51)
11. To and Fro Redux: Academia and Industry (01:03:02)
12. Hispanic Participation in Computer Science (01:05:29)
13. The Accent Bias (01:07:48)
14. The Dual Immigrant Mindset (01:11:12)
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