Jelena Mirkovic Interview

Immigrant Computer Scientists

Episode 3. Interview with Jelena Mirkovic, Research Associate Professor at University of Southern California and Information Sciences Institute (ISI). Leader in the security and networking field, and in building the well-known DeterLab testbed. Immigrant from Yugoslavia to the US for her PhD in 1998, went to high school and university in Belgrade during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s.

פרקים

1. Jelena Mirkovic Interview (00:00:00)

2. Yugoslavia Childhood 1970s/80s (00:02:47)

3. Key Mentor - The Math Teacher (00:09:29)

4. First Programming Experience (00:18:21)

5. Entering BS University of Belgrade 1993-1998 (00:19:16)

6. US vs. Yugoslavia Education Systems (00:27:47)

7. Women in CS in Yugoslavia, 1990s (00:29:50)

8. Yugoslav Wars of 1990s (00:31:15)

9. Immigrating to US, 1998; Challenges (00:33:30)

10. No plan B! (00:35:45)

11. Adapting to US expectations (00:38:30)

12. PhD at UCLA, 1998-2003 (00:41:35)

13. Self-doubt, Impostor Syndrome (00:50:43)

14. To choose a hot area or one you like? (00:55:18)

15. Industry vs. Academia (00:57:24)

16. Neither here nor there... being "torn" as immigrants (00:59:45)