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.

Hai “Helen” Li
Associate Professor
Duke University
Personal URL
Hai “Helen” Li is currently Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Duke University, USA. She received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Tsinghua University, China, and the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, USA. Her current research interests include memory design and architecture, neuromorphic architecture for brain-inspired computing systems, and architecture/circuit/device cross-layer optimization for low power and high performance. Dr. Li is a distinguished member of ACM, a distinguished speaker of ACM (2017-2020), and a distinguished lecture of IEEE CAS society (2018-2019).
Accelerator-Based, Application-Specific and Reconfigurable Architecture, Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications, Effects Of Circuits Or Technology On Architecture, Iot, Mobile and Embedded Architecture, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
Mahita
CPU performance architect
Google, NCSU
Personal URL
I am passionate about research and teaching. I want to gain expertise in the field of multi-core architecture and improve coherency and synchronization methods which are crucial for performance in the cutting edge computing applications. I recently gradauted and my research proposed multi-word atomics and its implementation in hardware to assist lock-free programs that are otherwise extremely difficult to program. I am currently working as a CPU architect at Google's CPU team. Additionally, I strongly believe that diversity is instrumental in finding innovative solutions and am committed to making computing a more inclusive world.
Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications, Architecture Modeling and Simulation Methodologies
Laura Pozzi
Professor
USI Lugano
Personal URL
I am a Professor in the Informatics Faculty at USI Lugano, Switzerland.
I am interested in the interaction between compiler and architecture design, particularly in the field of embedded systems.
My research efforts have mostly revolved around the automation of embedded processor customization, and the definition of innovative reconfigurable fabrics --- again both in terms of how to architect them, and how to compile onto them. Recently, I have also become interested in Approximate Computing, in particular in how to approximate generic gate-level circuits automatically.
Accelerator-Based, Application-Specific and Reconfigurable Architecture, Iot, Mobile and Embedded Architecture
Monitha Davuluri
Graduate Student
California State University, Northridge
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Initiatives
We organize various initiatives to better connect women in computer architecture.
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