ICMC 2016 best paper’s award to Lauren Hayes – Facebook
ICMC 2016 best paper’s award given to Lauren Hayes for the paper “Sound, Electronics and Music: an evaluation of early embodied education”. The members of the 2016 Paper Award Panel are: Rebecca Fiebrink (Chair), Meg Schedel, Stefania Serafin, Tae Hong Park, Matthew Blessing. Find out more at http://www.icmc2016.com/program/PaperTrack/s45.html
Science Museum under fire over exhibit asking if brains are pink or blue – The Guardian
An interactive exhibit at the Science Museum in London causes controversy because it presents a number of questions that try to measure whether a person’s brain is more male (blue) or female (pink). Find out more at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/14/science-museum-under-fire-exhibit-brains-pink-blue-gender-stereotypes
Every Person Behind This Music Festival Is A Woman. Here’s Why That Matters – Huffingtonpost.com
TogetherFest is a forthcoming festival in San Francisco, in which everyone from artists to the sound engineers will be women. The aim is to take action on the issue of sexism within the music industry and the lack of women who control the music business. Find out more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/every-person-behind-togetherfest-music-festival-is-a-woman_us_57d1afbde4b06a74c9f37e3c
Uni to pioneer ‘name-blind’ application process for UCAS – University of Huddersfield
Four English universities will take part in the ‘name-blind’ application process for UCAS with the aim at ensuring ethnic fairness in the admissions process. The names of the applicants will be masked during the selection process to ensure unbiased decisions. Find out more at http://www.hud.ac.uk/news/2016/september/unitopioneername-blindapplicationprocessforucas.php
Raising her noise: The Voices Absent in New Music – Internationales-MusikInstitut.de
The composer Ashley Fure’s revises the misrepresentation of women in the 70 years of the Darmstadt’s biannual International Summer Course for New Music from archival data. Find out more at http://www.internationales-musikinstitut.de/en/news/blog2016-en/2492-blog-raising-noise.html
Artificial Intelligence has a ‘Sea of Dudes’ Problem – Bloomberg.com
Improving gender diversity in AI includes questioning the language and data sets created by a male-dominated field. Some women in the field are working on the next generation by mentoring girls and making more visible their own work. Find out more at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/Readings/2016-06-23/artificial-intelligence-has-a-sea-of-dudes-problem
Six Women Make the Cut for Elite Conducting Course – Slipped Disc
Out of 156 applicants, six women have been selected for the elite Dallas Opera’s course: Elizabeth Askren (USA), Mihaela Cesa-Goje (Romania), Alexandra Cravero (France), Tianyi Lu (New Zealand), Chaowen Ting (Taiwan), and Zoe Zeniodi (Greece). Find out more at http://slippedisc.com/2016/06/six-women-make-the-cut-for-elite-conducting-course/
Gender Equity Conversations Move to Phase of Action – Daily Digest
From conversations among female students, faculty, and staff on gender-related Georgia Tech campus issues, a set of recommendations has been started to be implemented.. This includes promoting gender equity and celebrating the contribution of women in the community. Find out more at http://www.news.gatech.edu/2016/05/05/gender-equity-conversations-move-phase-action