Attending Grace Hopper

22185722689_1470bfb969_zDr. Wohn and research assistant Mary Schneider had a great time at the 2015 Grace Hopper conference for women in computing. This was the first time for both of them, and they were a part of a larger group of students and faculty who were supported by the BRAID initiative– an initiative led by the Anita Borg Institute and Harvey Mudd College, and funded by Facebook, Google, Intel, Microsoft, CRA and NSF, to increase diversity in computing.

Grace Hopper was a wonderful opportunity to meet new people, be empowered, and learn from great female tech leaders such as Sheryl Sandberg and Megan Smith. The conference also has a huge career fair, making it a must-go event for students, both graduate and undergraduate!

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Here’s NJIT’s news story on the event.

New project: Fantasy Sports

Fantasy sports is a huge industry that is continuing to grow. We have a new project, thanks to an award from Yahoo, that looks at motivations and gaming behaviors of fantasy sports players. While Yahoo has a new daily fantasy sports service, our research will not be focusing on any specific service, but rather about understanding the psychological factors that influence players and their use of technology to do research before they make their bets. (Prior research shows that fantasy sports players spend a considerable amount of time doing research!)

Prof. Wohn was one of the recipients of the Yahoo Faculty Research Engagement Program award.  Read more about that here.

Here is an interesting infographic with some fantasy sports stats, by Guysgirls.com:

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