ACM-W Europe February 2025 Newsletter

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ACM – W Celebrations of Women in Computing

ACM Celebration of Women in Computing: Tech4Equality – VACWiC

The ACM and ACM-W chapters from the Technical University of Valencia (UPV), Spain are hosting an ACM Celebration of Women in Computing on 4-6 March. Tech4Equality will be a Hackathon with the aim to promote equality or help the community. Projects to be inspired by challenges such as:

  • Make visible the achievements of women in STEM
  • Support communities affected by natural disasters
  • Improve accessibility on digital platforms 

We are very excited to hear from them and see how the event goes. Keep an eye on our blog and newsletter for more details after the event.

ACM Celebration of Women in Computing: Women’s Marathon 2025

For the fourth time, the women of Kiel University present their work on March, 7th 2025 – one day before international women’s day. From students to professors, from projects to research, we are proud to present an exciting event about the work and studies of the women of Kiel University. While in 2022, only the Faculty of Engineering participated with its three institutes, now women of more faculties and thus of more institutes are going to show what they work on. 

Mainly, this day of talks is meant to present all the various areas women at Kiel University work in, but it is also there to remind everyone that the situation for women at universities is still not optimal, e.g., to few women start to study, a higher-than-average drop-out rate, and the glass ceiling. Thus, all the speakers not only want to enthuse the audience about their work but also want to encourage pupils to start studies, students to keep on with their studies, and PhD-students and PostDocs to aim higher. Alongside the talks, there will also be time for questions and networking. Even in the university, one never knows if there isn’t the chance of a collaboration between people who never thought that their fields of experience overlap.

More details here.

 

womENcourageTM 17 – 19 September – Brasov, Romania

Engage in womENcourage™ 2025 through the following ways:

  • Submit your Poster
  • Propose a Workshop or Tutorial
  • Join the Hackathon
  • Join the Career Fair
  • Get a Scholarship

Keep an eye on the website for details.

Celebrate Women’s History Month w/ ACM and ACM-W

For Women’s History Month 2025, ACM is partnering with ACM-W to present an interactive Q&A video series between students and computing professionals. As students navigate through college and begin preparing to enter the workforce, it is important now more than ever to hear from experts. Women from various computing backgrounds will share their personal experiences and offer guidance to students seeking career advice. Throughout March, videos featuring computing professionals answering students’ questions will be posted across ACM’s social media platforms for all to view. Check out details here.

 

Blog series – Telling our stories

Each year, we have the privilege of meeting inspiring women through ACM-W events. We invite participants to share their experiences in blog posts, highlighting their journeys, challenges, and achievements.

Sunny Miranda is a Brazilian computer scientist and Master in Computational Knowledge Modelling, specializing in Informatics in Education. In this blog post, she shares her experience at womENcourage™ 2023, her scientific path, new goals for her career and key takeaways from the event. 

Payel Patra was pursuing her doctorate in Information Engineering at the University of L’Aquila. In this blog post, she shares her experience at womENcourage™ 2023, her Ph.D. research focus and key takeaways from the event. 

Andreea Angelescu was completing her bachelor’s in Computer Science at Transilvania University of Brașov. In this blog post, she shares the challenges she faced in tech, her passion for computer science and her experience at womENcourage™ 2023.

Gyda Sæter was pursuing a master’s degree in informatics at the University of Oslo. In this blog post, she shares her journey into computing, her master’s research on gender biases in software engineering teamwork, and how attending  womENcourage™ has inspired her to advocate for gender equality in tech.

Announcements

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.

Students
Early Career
Mid Career
Late Career
Area-Specific, typically Mid to Late Career

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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