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.
Eun Jung (EJ)
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
Personal URL
EJ Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Computer Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, where she has been since 2003. She received the BS degree in computer science from the Korea
AdvancedInstitute of Science and Technology, Korea, in 1989, the MS degree in computer science from the Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea, in
1994, and the PhD degree in computer science and engineering from the Pennsylvania
State University in 2003. Her research interests
include computer architecture, approximation computing, parallel/distributed systems, low-power design, secure computing, and performance evaluation.
Megan Wachs
VP of Engineering
SiFive
Personal URL
Currently serving as SiFive's VP of Hardware Engineering. Passionate about getting more women into the open source community. R & D interests include Chip Generators, Cryptographic Hardware, shared memory protocols, accelerating custom ASIC Design. Earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University (w/ Prof. Mark Horowitz) and her undergraduate degree in Engineering from Brown University.
Architectural Support For Programming Languages Or Software Development, Architectural Support For Security Or Virtualization
Xiaochen Guo
Assistant Professor
Lehigh University
Personal URL
Dr. Guo is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lehigh University. Dr. Guo received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Rochester in 2015, and B.S. degree from Beihang University in 2009. Dr. Guo's research interests are in the broad area of computer architecture, with an emphasis on leveraging emerging technologies to build energy-efficient architectures. She received the IBM Ph.D. Fellowship twice. Dr. Guo is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Computing Sciences Research Pathways Fellowship.
Architectural Support For Programming Languages Or Software Development, Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
Dina G. Mahmoud
Assistant Professor
The American Univeristy in Cairo
Personal URL
I am an assistant professor at the department of computer science and Engineering at AUC. Before that, I did my Ph.D. studies as a CYD doctoral fellow at EPFL. I was working with Dr. Mirjana Stojilovic at the Parallel Systems Architecture (PARSA) laboratory led by Professor Babak Falsafi.
My research interests are focused on field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) security. In particular, I look at the possible remote attacks on FPGAs. Furthermore, I am interested in the security of heterogeneous CPU-FPGA systems. I investigate possible attacks on and across system components. The goal is to find the vulnerabilities and design lightweight and effective countermeasures.
I am grateful to have received the CYD Doctoral Fellowship, the Google Generation Scholarship, and the EPFL EDIC Fellowship.
Accelerator-Based, Application-Specific and Reconfigurable Architecture, Architectural Support For Security Or VirtualizationInitiatives
We organize various initiatives to better connect women in computer architecture.
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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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