Dilma da Silva Interview

Immigrant Computer Scientists

Episode 7. Interview with Dilma da Silva, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. Co-founder of "Latinas in Computing", ACM SIGOPS CARES Committee Chair. Formerly: head of the CSE Dept. at Texas A&M, Researcher at IBM Research. Also former Professor in Brazil. Twice immigrant from Brazil to US, in 1990s (PhD) and 2000s (work).

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1. Dilma da Silva Interview (00:00:00)

2. First engineer in family, Schooling in 1970s/80s Brazil. (00:04:24)

3. "Being female helped..." (to study STEM) (00:08:59)

4. Research, Writing 1st Portuguese document on Object Oriented languages, 1980s.  (00:18:32)

5. Role models & reasons to be Professor, 1970s/80s/90s. (00:20:51)

6. Brazil Government Upheaval, 1980s/90s. (00:27:33)

7. From Brazil Professorship to US Industry, 2000. (00:32:11)

8. Adapting to US, 1990s. (00:37:42)

9. Gender Disparity in Computer Science. (00:42:34)

10. "Minority Tax" for Hispanics and women: in industry vs. academia. (00:52:47)

11. From US Industry to US University Head of Department, 2014. (00:57:50)

12. "The Starbucks Test". East Coast vs. West Coast (in the US). (01:02:18)

13. "Accent Bias" against Immigrants and Hispanic students. (01:06:48)

14. , Lessons from Brazil system for Hispanics in the US (01:06:48)

15. Rejections and Impostor Syndrome. (01:12:27)

16. ACM SIGOPS Care Committee (Chair). (01:15:50)

17. Co-founding "Latinas in Computing" org.  (01:20:43)

18. Mixing international and domestic students. (01:28:14)