Our
Mission
Women in Computer Architecture (WICARCH) is designed to create a community for women studying and working in the field of computer architecture. Our goal is to promote women in computer architecture and increase visibility for their research and development contributions. We welcome participation from all women including students, post docs, industry researchers and developers and faculty members. To be listed in our directory, please click here.
Profiles of WICArch
The mission of this section is to profile women in computer architecture across many walks of our field, from [junior, senior] x [industry, academia].
If you would like to be profiled, would like to nominate someone to be profiled, or would like to write a profile, please let us know by wicarch-chair@acm.org
Mengjia Yan

Dr. Mengjia Yan is undoubtedly one of the most delightful people you will ever meet – smart, positive, exceedingly wise beyond her years, and the kind of person who can turn a frown upside down. She was paired with me as a mentee at ISCA 2018, but I genuinely think that it is I who have benefited from the relationship. These days, she is a new assistant professor at MIT, having recently completed her PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2019.
WICArch Directory
We actively maintain a list of women working in the field of computer architecture. The goal of this list is many-fold. First, the list services as a resource for program chairs and conference organizers to identify women to serve in key technical roles such as keynote, panels and program committees. Second, the list is designed to foster community and help women connect with other women in computer architecture. This list can be used by current and potential graduate students to find advisors and mentors. Four profiles, selected randomly, are shown below. We encourage you to browse the full directory.

Naveena
Graduate Student
University at Buffalo
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I am a 2nd year PhD. student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University at Buffalo. I am working under Dr. Ramalingam Sridhar. My research aims at improving the performance and energy efficiency of systems used for data intensive Machine Learning applications.
Accelerator-Based, Application-Specific and Reconfigurable Architecture, Iot, Mobile and Embedded Architecture, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
Noa Zilberman
Associate Professor
University of Oxford
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Noa Zilberman is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford Engineering Science Department, where she leads the Computing Infrastructure Group. Her research focuses on scalable, sustainable and resilient computing infrastructure, combining aspects of computer networks, computer architecture, reconfigurable hardware and systems.
Accelerator-Based, Application-Specific and Reconfigurable Architecture, Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications, Datacenter-Scale Computing, Evaluation and Measurement Of Real Systems, Interconnection Network, Router and Network Interface Architecture
Deval Shah
Ph.D. Candidate
University of British Columbia
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I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia, advised by Prof. Tor Aamodt. My Ph.D. thesis is on Energy-Efficient Acceleration for Autonomous Robotics. I have worked on algorithm-hardware co-optimization for robot perception and planning. My primary research area is Computer Architecture, and I have been focusing on building better computing platforms for deep learning and robotics tasks.
Before joining PhD, I worked in Qualcomm as a part of the VLSI Design Team. I received my master's in Microelectronics and VLSI from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and I received a Silver Medal and Best Thesis Award for my academic performance and research contributions.
I am currently in the Job market and actively looking for research positions!
Accelerator-Based, Application-Specific and Reconfigurable Architecture
Wen Wang
PhD Student
Yale University
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I am Wen Wang, a final-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Yale University, working with Prof. Jakub Szefer. I am interested in post-quantum cryptography and hardware security. My research focuses on designing secure, flexible and efficient hardware/software architectures for different families of post-quantum cryptography targeting new-generation heterogeneous computing platforms.
Accelerator-Based, Application-Specific and Reconfigurable Architecture, Iot, Mobile and Embedded ArchitectureInitiatives
We organize various initiatives to better connect women in computer architecture.
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