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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.

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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.

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Vivienne Sze

Associate Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Research Statement

Vivienne Sze is an Associate Professor at MIT in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. Her research interests include energy-aware signal processing algorithms, and low-power circuit and system design for portable multimedia applications, including computer vision, deep learning, autonomous navigation, and video coding. Prior to joining MIT, she was a Member of Technical Staff in the R&D Center at TI, where she designed low-power algorithms and architectures for video coding. She also represented TI in the JCT-VC committee during the development of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), which received a Primetime Emmy Engineering Award. She is a co-editor of the book entitled “High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC): Algorithms and Architectures” (Springer, 2014).

Prof. Sze is a recipient or co-recipient of the 2011 Jin-Au Kong Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Prize in Electrical Engineering at MIT, the 2017 CICC Outstanding Invited Paper Award, the 2017 Qualcomm Faculty Award, the 2016 IEEE Micro Top Picks Award, the 2016 Google Faculty Research Award, the 2016 AFOSR Young Investigator Award, the 2016 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, the 2014 DARPA Young Faculty Award, the 2008 A-SSCC Outstanding Design Award and the 2007 DAC/ISSCC Student Design Contest Award.

Interests

Accelerator-Based, Application-Specific and Reconfigurable Architecture, Iot, Mobile and Embedded Architecture
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Reena Panda

CPU Performance Architect
Apple
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Research Statement

I work as a performance architect in the CPU design team at Apple. Prior to joining Apple, I have completed my PhD in computer architecture from University of Texas at Austin. My research interests include computer architecture and benchmarking, hardware/software co-design, machine learning accelerators.

Interests

Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
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Yasuko Eckert

Sr. Member of Technical Staff
AMD Research
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Research Statement

Yasuko Eckert is a Sr. Member of Technical Staff at AMD Research and an IEEE Senior Member. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007 and 2011, respectively. She received her B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004. Her research interests include SoC- and package-level architectural optimizations, 3D integration, energy-efficient computing, and microarchitecture designs. She is currently serving as the Tutorial/Workshop Co-chair of the 51st International Symposium on Microarchitecture, as well as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Multi-Scale Computing Systems (TMSCS). She has served on the Technical Program Committees of MICRO, HPCA, PACT, ISLPED, and ICCD. She holds more than 25 U.S. patents.

Interests

Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications, Datacenter-Scale Computing, Effects Of Circuits Or Technology On Architecture, Multiprocessor Systems, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
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Sneha D. Goenka

Postdoc
Stanford University
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Research Statement

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.

Interests

Accelerator-Based, Application-Specific and Reconfigurable Architecture, Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications
We regularly organize a social gathering of women at the start of major architecture conferences (ISCA, HPCA, ASPLOS and MICRO).  These meet ups help newcomers to our conferences become better integrated in the community and reduce some of the pressure and intimidation they might feel at their first conference.  They provide great networking opportunities.  We hope to see you at the next one!
Would you like to attend a SIGARCH-sponsored event, but cannot because the cost of child-care is prohibitive? SIGARCH provides funds for a limited number of grants that support child care for members that would like to participate in a SIGARCH-sponsored event but are unable to do so without this support. SIGARCH provides financial assistance to subsidize a variety of child-care options. View details here.
Annually, we provide a brochure of upcoming female graduates in computer architecture. The goal of this brochure is to bring greater visibility to women on the job market and to celebrate their success as PhD students.

2018-2019 Candidates
2019 Candidates

Check out our WICARCH YouTube channel which features recorded technical talks by members of the WICARCH community.

Initiatives

We organize various initiatives to better connect women in computer architecture.

Join Our Mailing List

Our mailing list is maintained through ACM.  You can join in 3 easy steps:

1. Join SIGARCH/SIGMICRO (you don’t need to be a full ACM member — you can join a SIG only which is pretty cheap!)

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2. Update your gender in your myACM account (create/activate account as needed)

Student members: if you log into myACM, you should see a “My Student Profile” on the left menu.  This is where you can specify gender.
Professional members: if you log into myACM, you should see a “My Professional and Technical Interest Profile” on the left menu you.  This is where you can specify gender.
3. Accept to receive emails from ACM:
In myACM, under “My Contact Information”, “Email Policy”, “Current preference” should have the box “Please send me ACM Announcements via email” checked.

Join Our Slack Channel

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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