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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.
Sneha D. Goenka
Postdoc
Stanford University
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I am an incoming Assistant Professor in the ECE department of Princeton University. Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Stanford Medicine with Prof. Euan Ashley. I completed my Ph.D. in the Electrical Engineering department at Stanford University where I was advised by Prof. Mark Horowitz. I conduct research at the intersection of computer architecture and systems, and, computational genomics for clinical and evolutionary applications.
Previously, I received a Dual Degree (B. Tech. and M. Tech.) in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2017 along with the Akshay Dhoke Memorial Award.
I am a trained classical dancer with a Master's in Dance in Bharat Natyam from the Art Society, Mumbai.
Accelerator-Based, Application-Specific and Reconfigurable Architecture, Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications
Shivani Shah
Research Scholar
International Institute of Information Technology, Banglore
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I am Shivani Shah, completed my Bachelor of Technology majoring in Information and Communication Technology from School of Engineering and Applied Science, Ahmedabad University. Currently, I am Research Scholar at IIIT Banglore. During my graduation, I have done a few projects such as 'Implementation of 8-bit MIPS processor on FPGA' (Coding Language: Verilog, Tool: Xilinx). I did my final year project on designing ‘Reduced Hardware Hybrid Branch Predictor’ at Ahmedabad University. Control Block is one of the major parts of any computer architecture, I focused on designing hybrid hardware, a combination of 1-bit predictor and 2-bit predictor, but hardware only of 2-bit predictor which drastically optimized the hardware requirements without compromising processor speed. So right now I have done instruction-level parallelism.
Instruction, Thread and Data-Level Parallelism
Christina Giannoula
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Toronto
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Dana Vantrease
Engineer
MatX
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Dana Vantrease specializes in hw and sw solutions for custom AI silicon. She has worked on such systems at Amazon Web Services (Inferentia, Trainium), Qualcomm (NPU), and MatX.
Accelerator-Based, Application-Specific and Reconfigurable Architecture, Architectural Support For Programming Languages Or Software Development, Architecture For Emerging Technologies and ApplicationsInitiatives
We organize various initiatives to better connect women in computer architecture.
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We offer an informal mentoring program through our slack channel (wicarch.slack.com). Women at all career stages are encouraged to join. The mentoring program provides an easy way to connect with other women and receive advice on a wide range of career and personal issues.
If you need assistance in joining our mailing list or slack channel, please send email to wicarch-chair@acm.org.
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