An Interview with Stefania Serafin
Interview by Anna Xambó, Anna Weisling, and Takumi Ogata May 15, 2017 Photo (above): Stefania in her home town Venice. A few words about Stefania: Stefania Serafin is Professor in sound for multimodal environments at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, where she pioneered the media technology program Medialogy. Her research areas include sound modeling, multimodal interfaces, and […]
The Global Women in STEM Leadership Summit 2018
The article discusses an upcoming leadership summit aimed toward providing women in STEM with helpful tools in order to realize their potential. The summit will run for two days and offers female graduate students opportunities for networking and career advancement. Dates: March 19-20, 2018, Atlanta, GA, USA Read more here
Why Aren’t There More Women Working in Audio? – The Atlantic
This article discusses how to bring more women in audio. It presents the work of relevant female audio engineers and producers, as well as initiatives to bring more women in audio. This includes the organization SoundGirls.org and the related camp “Sound Camp”, which aims at encouraging girls to professional careers in audio. Read more here […]
Measuring Up – MIT Technology Review
This article presents the work of Nancy Hopkins, an American molecular biologist and Professor of Biology at MIT. The article explains her efforts during her career as a women in STEM and the efforts in her institution MIT to bring more women into the STEM fields. Read more here
Sorry, Google Memo Man: Women Were in Tech Long Before You – The Guardian
This article counter-argues the controversial manifesto written by James Damore on women in tech role by giving historical evidence that women were the original computer programmers. Read more here
How Women Mentors Make a Difference in Engineering – The Atlantic
This article presents research on the importance of women mentors for female engineering undergraduates. Preserving belonging and confidence appear to be critical aspects for a successful engineering career. Read more here
An Interview with Yuxi (Annie) Zhang
Interview by Amruta Vidwans, Léa Ikkache, and Anna Xambó Mar 13, 2017 A few words about Yuxi (Annie) Zhang: Yuxi (Annie) Zhang is a Software Engineer at Pandora and a Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology (GTCMT) alum. She specializes in software programming, robotic musicianship, machine learning, optimization, digital signal processing and violin. Annie Zhang […]
Women of Robotics – Georgia Tech Daily Digest
Ten Georgia Tech women in robotics are highlighted in this article, in a field that is moving slowly towards parity: Kalesha Bullard, Sonia Chernova, Vivian Chu, Brittney English, Karen Feigh, Tesca Fitzgerald, Ayanna Howard, Karen Liu, María Santos, and Britney Schmidt. Read more here
Ayah Bdeir Explains Why 8 is a Critical Age for Girls – littleBits
In this video, Ayah Bdeir, founder and CEO of littleBits, explains why girls by the age of 8 lose interest in STEM. She also describes that littleBits is successful attracting both girls and boys because it is a gender-neutral product. Watch the video here
Hidden Histories and Programmed Inequalities: Two Upcoming Lectures – Boolean Libraries
Two forthcoming lectures in Oxford on hidden histories of British women in computing and gender imbalance. Dates: May 15 / June 1, 2017 Read more here