Tracy Camp

Tracy Kay Camp (born September 27, 1964) is an American computer scientist noted for her research on wireless networking. She is also noted for her leadership in broadening participation in computing. She was the co-chair of CRA-W from 2011 to 2014 and she was the co-chair of ACM-W^[1] from 1998 to 2002. On July 1, 2022, she became the Executive Director ^[2] of the Computing Research Association

Tracy Kay Camp
Tracy Camp
Born	(1964-09-27) September 27, 1964 (age 60) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	The College of William and Mary Michigan State University Kalamazoo College
Awards	ACM Fellow (2012) ACM Distinguished Scientist (2006)
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	Colorado School of Mines University of Alabama Computing Research Association
Doctoral advisor	Phil Kearns
Website	inside.mines.edu/~tcamp/

Biography

Camp received a B.A. in Mathematics from Kalamazoo College in 1987. She received a M.S. in Computer Science from Michigan State University in 1989 and a Ph.D in Computer Science from The College of William & Mary in 1993.^[3]

She then joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alabama as an assistant professor in 1993. In 1998 she moved to the Colorado School of Mines as an assistant professor, and was then promoted to associate professor in 2000 and to professor in 2007. In 2010–11, she was interim head of Mathematical and Computer Sciences and then interim head of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In this role, she helped lead this re-organization of the university. She was Head of the Department of Computer Science at Colorado School of Mines for several years^[3]

Awards

In 2012^[4] she was named an ACM Fellow.

Her other notable awards include:

• ACM Fellow (2012)^[5]
• IEEE Fellow (2016)^[6]

References

1. "January (email) - ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing". Women.acm.org.
2. "Tracy Camp Named Computing Research Association Executive Director". Retrieved 2024-09-27.
3. "Tracy Camp - Professor and Department Head, Computer Science", "Colorado School of Mines"
4. ACM press release: "ACM Fellows Named for Computing Innovations that Advance Technologies in Information Age — Association for Computing Machinery". Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
5. "ACM Awards". Archived from the original on 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
6. "Newly Elevated Senior Members". Ieee.org. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013.

External links

• Colorado School of Mines: Tracy Kay Camp, Department of Computer Science