EP#41 | Bangla Podcast | Barna Saha | A Bengali Woman In Computer Science

Barna Saha, a professor of computer science at University of California, San Diego, started her journey in computer science at Jadavpur University. Afterwards with a Master’s at IIT Kanpur, she moved to the US for PhD, and eventually became one of the leading theoretical computer scientist researchers, recognized for her unique contribution to approximate algorithms in the fine-grained setting among many other things across the globe. A role model for all aspiring female computer scientists, in this podcast Barna opens up about her own fascinating journey, her involvement to encourage more women’s participation in computer science, culture in the theory community, overview of her work, balancing work and family and much more. Barna’s official webpage from UCSD: https://barnasaha.net/ #Bang ...