ACM-W Europe November 2023 Newsletter
In this issue:
- womENcourage™ – Celebration of Women in Computing
- Blog:
- ACM-W Europe Social Media
- Announcements: Upcoming Deadlines for Events and Job Announcements
womENcourage™ – Celebration of Women in Computing
Responsible Computing for Gender Equality Madrid, Spain, June 26-28, 2024
The 11th ACM Celebration of Women in Computing: womENcourage™ 2024, will be hosted at Escuela Politécnica Superior of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Open to all genders, this event is aimed at celebrating the role and impact of women in computing, and supporting participants at different stages in their STEM careers by offering an international, multisectoral, and multidisciplinary forum to share experience and knowledge, get constructive feedback, and promote meaningful networking.
The theme, Responsible Computing for Gender Equality, highlights the gender gap on computing and puts the stress on the utilitarian nature of computing, as a tool to augment human capabilities and contribute to the progress of society.
Check out the website for updates on the event.
Call for proposals to organise womENcourage 2025
We are now looking for proposals to host womENcourage 2025.
The proposal process includes two phases (all the templates you will need are provided on our website):
- Expressions of Interest (EoI) to be submitted no later than 16 November 2023, 23:59 AoE.
- Each EoI will be reviewed by the womENcourage Steering Committee and followed up by a conference call to discuss the proposal. Submitting an EoI does not constitute a firm commitment to hosting. It is a first step towards a conversation with ACM-W Europe which will help you navigate the process of applying to be a host venue, by thinking early about what you need to have in place to fulfil the requirements to host the event.
- Notification of successful EoI proposal by 28 November 2022.
- Full Hosting Proposals by 25 January 2024, 23:59 AoE.
- The teams that are shortlisted for the second phase will be provided with a budget template and advice on submitting the full proposal.
- Notification of the final decision by 1 March 2024.
Check here for more details.
Blog Series
Telling our stories by Alexia Avramescu
Each year we meet incredible people at womENcourage™ celebrations. We ask womENcourage participants to tell their stories in blog posts.This month let’s hear from Alexia Avramescu. She is a bachelor’s degree student in Computer Science at Transylvania University in Brasov, Romania and attended womENcourage 2023 in Trondheim.
Her computer science journey “has taught (her) that passion can be found unexpectedly, and once discovered, it has the power to transform doubts into determination and obstacles into stepping stones toward success”.
Read the entire article on our blog.
Telling our stories by Margarida Felício
We also have the story from Margarida Felício. She has a Masters in Design and Multimedia from the University of Coimbra, Portugal and attended womENcourage 2023 in Trondheim.
She has worked in two projects concerning the retention and attraction of women to ICT and STEAM fields at the university of Coimbra and talks about her experience.
Read the entire article on our blog.
ACM-W Europe Social Media
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Announcements and News
Open Academic Positions
The Walter Benjamin Programme enables researchers in the postdoctoral training phase to independently conduct their own research project at a location of their choice. The project can be carried out at a research institution in Germany or abroad, with the host institution providing support for the project.
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is now expanding its existing funding measures for academics who have fled their home country by opening up the Walter Benjamin Programme with the aim of enabling this target group to become integrated into the German research system. In the current situation, this practical support measure for refugee researchers from all regions of the world is also an expression of solidarity with researchers from Ukraine as well as persecuted researchers from Russia.
Deadlines: Proposals may be submitted at any time.
ACM Awards and Advanced Grades of Membership Deadlines
Each year ACM recognizes outstanding achievements of its members through awards that cover a spectrum of professional and technological areas and different stages of professional development.
To learn more about awards, we recommend the article by the ACM President Cherri M. Pancake, who dispels some common myths about ACM Awards and Honors in the Communications of the ACM, August 2019. One of the myths is that the ACM Awards never honour people working outside North America. Prof. Pancake writes that even though nothing would make ACM committees happier than to recognise the achievements of people from around the globe, there are very few nominations. Source: Dispelling Common Myths About ACM Awards and Honors.
Call for ACM Senior Member Nominations
The Senior Member advanced grade of membership recognizes ACM members with at least 10 years of professional experience and 5 years of continuous ACM Professional membership. Nominations are accepted on a quarterly basis. The next deadline for nominations is September 3, 2023.
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For SIG-specific Awards, please visit here.
For ACM Advanced Grades of Membership, please visit here.
Thank you for joining us in recognizing the accomplishments of ACM Women in Europe and ensuring they are nominated for ACM Awards they deserve.
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