Tracy Camp is the Department Head of Computer Science at Colorado School of Mines. She is both an ACM and IEEE Fellow, and part of the Center’s technical assistance capacity.
Camp leads the diversity efforts in CS@Mines, strategically implementing activities and improvements in her department. In five years, (1) the percentage of women majoring in CS@Mines increased from 12.7% to 21.8% (a 71.6% increase) and (2) the percentage of students from underrepresented groups majoring in CS@Mines increased from 13.9% to 21.5% (a 54.7% increase). During this five-year period, the number of women increased from 29 to 148 (over 5x) and the number of students from underrepresented groups increased from 30 to 146 (almost 5x).
Camp’s research interests are in the wireless networking area. She is most known for improving the credibility of wireless networking simulation studies. More than 3000 researchers in 86 countries have downloaded software packages developed by her research group (as of October 2012) and her research articles have been cited over 13,000 times (per Google Scholar, as of May 2019). Camp has been honored to be the keynote speaker at several venues, including the International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools) held in Spain, the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP) held in Australia, and the 19th National Conference on Communications held in India. Camp’s current research uses machine learning algorithms to investigate the security of wireless smart home systems.
At Mines, Camp received the Board of Trustees Outstanding Faculty Award in 2007, the Senior Excellence in Research Award in 2015, and the MLK Recognition Award in 2016. The STEM outreach program that Camp started for girls has also received numerous awards, including Golden’s Goldmine Award for Excellence and Million Women Mentors’ Stand Up for STEM award.
Camp is currently a member of the CRA Committee on Widening Participation in Computing Research (CRA-WP), and served as its Co-Chair from 2011-2014. She led the development of the CRA Generation CS report that details the results of an enrollment survey designed to measure, assess, and better understand enrollment trends and their impact on computer science units, diversity, and more. Camp has served on several editorial boards, as the Treasurer of ACM SIGMOBILE, and as a member of the CRA Board. In 2010, she served as the General Chair of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.
Tracy Camp is the Department Head of Computer Science at Colorado School of Mines. She is both an ACM and IEEE Fellow, and part of the Center’s technical assistance capacity.
Camp leads the diversity efforts in CS@Mines, strategically implementing activities and improvements in her department. In five years, (1) the percentage of women majoring in CS@Mines increased from 12.7% to 21.8% (a 71.6% increase) and (2) the percentage of students from underrepresented groups majoring in CS@Mines increased from 13.9% to 21.5% (a 54.7% increase). During this five-year period, the number of women increased from 29 to 148 (over 5x) and the number of students from underrepresented groups increased from 30 to 146 (almost 5x).
Camp’s research interests are in the wireless networking area. She is most known for improving the credibility of wireless networking simulation studies. More than 3000 researchers in 86 countries have downloaded software packages developed by her research group (as of October 2012) and her research articles have been cited over 13,000 times (per Google Scholar, as of May 2019). Camp has been honored to be the keynote speaker at several venues, including the International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools) held in Spain, the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP) held in Australia, and the 19th National Conference on Communications held in India. Camp’s current research uses machine learning algorithms to investigate the security of wireless smart home systems.
At Mines, Camp received the Board of Trustees Outstanding Faculty Award in 2007, the Senior Excellence in Research Award in 2015, and the MLK Recognition Award in 2016. The STEM outreach program that Camp started for girls has also received numerous awards, including Golden’s Goldmine Award for Excellence and Million Women Mentors’ Stand Up for STEM award.
Camp is currently a member of the CRA Committee on Widening Participation in Computing Research (CRA-WP), and served as its Co-Chair from 2011-2014. She led the development of the CRA Generation CS report that details the results of an enrollment survey designed to measure, assess, and better understand enrollment trends and their impact on computer science units, diversity, and more. Camp has served on several editorial boards, as the Treasurer of ACM SIGMOBILE, and as a member of the CRA Board. In 2010, she served as the General Chair of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.