ACM-W Europe March Newsletter

ACM Celebration of Women in Computing key dates announced!

The first deadline for womENcourage 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia is for Poster Abstracts which are due May 1.

Mark these dates on your calendar. Get your poster abstract ready.

Poster abstracts due May 1, 2018
Notification of accepted posters June 8, 2018
Scholarship applications due June 15, 2018

Registrations Open June 15, 2018

Final poster abstracts due June 30, 2018
Notification of scholarship acceptance July 15, 2018
End of Early Registration Aug 30, 2018

Poster pdf due Sept 1 , 2018
End of Online Registration Sept 25, 2018

Be sure to follow ACM-W Europe and womENcourage on social media so that you stay informed.

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CHI 2018 Diversity Champion Awards nomination

Deadline March 17, 2018

Apply here

The CHI 2018 Diversity Champion awards are presented to individuals in recognition of their efforts to promote diversity and inclusion within ACM SIGCHI communities and the field of human-computer interaction. This award celebrates and honours individuals for their innovative and committed efforts towards social equity through affirmative action in their respective professions. All nominees must demonstrate a strong dedication to social equity initiatives, regularly advocate for the full inclusion of people of marginalized identities, and continually strive to innovate effective methods to bring diversity to ACM SIGCHI communities and HCI as a field. This award will be hosted at the Diversity and Inclusion Lunch at CHI 2018.

ACM Celebrations of Women in Computing

Coming ACM Celebration in Spain: April 19-20 2018

For the third time, Informatics For All (Informática Para Tod@s, IPT) is happening! Join us this April in Madrid to celebrate Spanish-speaking women in computing. All genders invited, from or living anywhere. We will listen to role models in the field and mingle. Very inspiring speakers of all ages will not only share their work and advice but also their drive and their enthusiasm.

How can you participate? Registration is free and will open on now! Would you like to share your work? You still have a chance to submit your poster. The deadline is March 11 and we have a guide for you if you are unsure of how to create your submission. Besides original work, it is possible to submit already published work or project ideas if you would like to look for collaborators during the event.

What if you can’t afford to attend? There are travel grants available to support your trip. And if you need a certificate of attendance, it is possible to get one after the event. Check all info at ipt.acm.org.

Above all, IPT is a networking event. It was created by a group of volunteers who wanted to give more visibility to the achievements of women in the Spanish-speaking world. Our group has done nothing but grow since we started in 2016. This year, we’d love to meet YOU! Grab your ticket here and drop us a line for any questions to info@ipt.acm.org. Social media user? Check our Facebook and Twitter!

Ada’s Legacy to be celebrated again in Azerbaijan: April 14, 2018

For the third year in a row Azerbaijan ACM/ACM-W Chapter partners with ADA University to host the ACM Celebration of Women in Computing in Baku. This now annual celebration, titled Ada’s Legacy, started back in 2016 with Reyyan Ayfer, founding Chair of ACM-W Europe kicking off motivational speeches from leading local women in computing. The program in 2017 included the screening of BBC documentary Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing, subtitled in Azerbaijani. The guest of honour was Prof. Jennifer Widom, Dean of the Stanford School of Engineering, who run short courses on data analysis, machine learning and visualisation as part of the Big Data Weekend event.

Over the past years, Ada’s Legacy attracted participants, women and men alike, from academia, industry and government sector. Apart from celebrating the role of women in computing, it also promotes ACM’s womEncourage conference and encourages the participation of an increased number of students. Last September seven female computing students from Azerbaijan joined young professionals from all over Europe in Barcelona. This year’s celebration aims to increase participation and poster applications from female researchers.

Following is a list of Future European Celebrations as listed on the ACM-W Celebrations website.

ACM-W UK Inspire April 20, 2018, Leicester, UK

Ada’s Legacy April 14, 2018, Baku, Azerbaijan

ENTER April 25-26 2018 Belgrade, Serbia

IPT Spring 2018 Madrid, Spain

WeEdR Spring 2018 Limassol, Spain

womENcourage 2018 October 3-5 2018 Belgrade, Serbia

All Celebrations are expected to join Celebrations Facebook page

Contact Wendy Powley (wendy@cs.queensu.ca) for any inquiries about Celebration support and funding.

ACM Award and Advanced Grades of Membership Deadlines

Celebrating Accomplishments of ACM Women in Europe

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.

Following the mission of ACM-W to foster women participation in the field of computing, ACM-W Europe invites the community to welcome and recognize accomplishments of ACM Women in Europe who made significant contributions through their technical and professional excellence.

Advanced Grades of Membership Deadlines:

ACM Fellow – 7 September 2018

Distinguished Members – 1 August 2018

Senior Members – 3 June 2018

Nominations are due 15 January 2019 for the following ACM Awards:

A.M. Turing Award –major contributions of lasting importance to computing

ACM Prize in Computing – (previously ACM-Infosys Foundation Award): early to mid-career fundamental innovative contribution in computing that, through its depth, impact and broad implications, exemplifies the greatest achievements in the discipline.

Distinguished Service Award – service contributions to the computing community at large

Grace Murray Hopper Award – outstanding young computer professional, based on a single recent major technical or service contribution

Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award – theoretical accomplishments that have had significant impact on practice

Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award – advancing new teaching methodologies, curriculum development in computing, or significant contributions to ACM’s educational mission

Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics – recognizes an individual or group who has made a significant contribution through the use of computing technology. The presentation of this award alternates with the ACM Policy Award

ACM – AAAI Allen Newell Award – career contributions with the breadth or that bridge computer science and other disciplines

Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award – outstanding contributions to ACM, in both value and degree

Software System Award – developing a software system that has had a lasting influence

ACM Athena Lecturer Award – celebrates women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to Computer Science; please note: nominations for the Athena Lecturer Award are now open to all (prior to 2016 only SIG Leaders could submit nominations)

Please refer to the ACM Awards website at https://awards.acm.org/award_nominations.cfm for:

nomination process (“How to Nominate” and the online nomination form), members of the 2017 Award Committees
listing of past award recipients and their citations.

For SIG-specific Awards, please visit https://www.acm.org/special-interest-groups/sig-awards.

Thank you for joining us in recognizing accomplishments of ACM Women in Europe and ensuring they are nominated for ACM Awards they deserve.

ACM-W Europe Website https://europe.acm.org/acm-w-europe.html

ACM-W Europe Blog https://acmwe.acm.org/

ACM-W Europe Facebook https://www.facebook.com/acmweurope/

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ACM-W Celebrating Technology Leaders Webinar Series
By highlighting successful technical women who are leading diverse careers in the technology industry, ACM-W’s webinar series, “Celebrating Technology Leaders,” aims to inform students and early-career professionals about the multitude of career options open to them.
Register now for Episode 10, "Blockchain Technology: What's the Big Deal?" taking place July 20, 12 pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) with Bushra Anjum hosting a panel of experts on the subject: Lisa Calkins (HalfBlast Studios); Tatiana Zander (Ericsson); and Aneet Anjum (Digiwrite). Blockchain technology is a mysterious topic for many. Is it a network? A database? A cryptography algorithm? Is it the same as cryptocurrency? We aim to demystify blockchain technology, talk about the core concepts, and learn how to differentiate blockchain hype from reality. We will also explore what problems are good candidates to be solved with this emerging technology.

Blockchain technology is a mysterious topic for many. Is it a network? A database? A cryptography algorithm? Is it the same as cryptocurrency? In this episode of "ACM-W Celebrating Technology Leaders," we aim to demystify blockchain technology with the help of leading women technologists in the fiel...

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Call for Expressions of Interest for womENcourage 2024
EoI submission deadline: 10 November 2022 23:59 AoE
Notification of a successful EoI: by 28 November 2022
Full Proposal deadline: 26 January 2023 23:59 AoE
Notification of a successful Proposal: by 1 March 2023

ACM-W Europe Celebrations of Women in Computing womENcourage is one ACM-W Celebration which is organized by ACM-W Europe. womENcourage brings together women in the computing profession and related technical fields to exchange knowledge and experience and provide special support for women who are pur...

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Blog – Telling Our Stories: Giulia Sellitto
Each year we meet incredible women at womENcourage™ celebrations. We ask womENcourage participants to tell their stories in blog posts. We continue 2022 with Giulia Sellitto, who is a PhD student at the University of Salerno, Italy. She is interested in Software Engineering and she presented a poster at womENcourage 2021.
"In September 2021, I was a volunteer at the 8th ACM Celebration of Women in Computing: womENcourage 2021. It has been a wonderful adventure! I had the opportunity to meet a lot of people, be helpful and enjoy the event from close up. I feel like everyone should seize the chance to volunteer at these celebrations, and here are some reasons why.”
Read why you should join us at womENcourage from Giulia on our blog.

Telling Our Stories – Giulia Sellitto Each year we meet incredible women at womENcourage™ celebrations. We ask womENcourage participants to tell their stories in blog posts. We continue 2022 Giulia Sellitto, who is a PhD student at the University of Salerno, Italy. She is interested in Software ...

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June #newsletter is out! - This May we celebrated the 10th Anniversary of ACM-W Europe. This journey has been one of growth and friendship as we build our member network. Our celebration focuses on our valued members. It is our members that have volunteered to support each other, and network together to promote women in all aspects of the computing field. This month, we are highlighting Amal Mersni, who is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, at the International University of Sarajevo. She founded the first ACM-Women Professional Chapter in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo ACM-W. Read more ->

ACM-W Europe June 2022 Newsletter In this issue: ACM-W Europe 10-year Anniversary womENcourage – Celebration of Women in Computing Call for Expressions of Interest for 2024 2022 in Larnaka, Cyprus – Keynote speakers announced Blog – Telling Our Stories: Giulia Sellitto ACM-W Europe Social M...

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Registrations are now live for the Google Summer Insights series, for both technical and non-technical students! This program is committed to showcasing representation in the tech industry, and helping you to prepare for your future career. Learn more at

Whether you're preparing for your first internship or pivoting to your next opportunity, Google Careers OnAir will help you connect, learn, and grow. Register for upcoming livestreams, watch previously-aired events on demand, and let us help you get one step closer to your future.

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It is great that we can announce one more keynote speaker of #womENcourage 2022! Dr Madeline Balaam will talk about "Invention from outside the mainstream". More information can be found here.

Keynote 1 Prof. Sophia Ananiadou The University of Manchester Talk Title: Emotion detection from social media for mental health applications Summary of talk: Recently emotion detection approaches have been used to understand conditions that affect a person’s thinking, feelings, mood, and behaviour...

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