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AU's Women in Computing (AU_WIC) was founded in the Fall 2010 and is sponsored by the Computer Science & Software Engineering Department at Auburn University. Our aim is to facilitate communication within the department regarding recruiting and internship events, academic panels, technical workshops, company visits, programming contests, student activities, stipends, grants,scholarships, and all o
01/10/2020
People of ACM: Nicki Washington A People of ACM interview with Nicki Washington, associate professor of Computer Science at Winthrop University and Scholarships Co-chair for the 2019 ACM Richard A. Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing
01/08/2020
Why Have So Few Women Won the Most Important Award in Computing? Just 4 percent of the Turing Award’s winners have been women. That lack of recognition has consequences.
12/14/2019
100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 and beyond Meet the women working relentlessly to save humanity from the dark side of AI
11/30/2019
At the dawn of Australian computing, 72 women had a crucial job you've never heard of Women have a rich and deep history working in computing in Australia, but their stories have often been overlooked.
11/05/2019
Straighten up and fly right: Rethinking intersectionality in HCI research | ACM Interactions If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression. & #...
10/16/2019
30 women in robotics you need to know about – 2019 | Robohub 30 women in robotics you need to know about – 2019
09/14/2019
Notable Women in Computing Cards After our successful Kickstarter closed, we received dozens of requests for the Notable Women in Computing Playing Card Deck, from teachers, Dads, and women in computing. Every deck contributes to …
07/18/2019
Human Computers: The Women of NASA Their calculations would chart the course of many ground-breaking space missions, yet their stories remain mostly unknown. Get the story behind the women mathematicians, engineers and scientists working at NASA.
07/16/2019
As we celebrate the U.S. going to the moon 50 years ago...
Her Code Got Humans on the Moon—And Invented Software Itself Instead of just supporting her husband’s career, Margaret Hamilton invented the modern concept of software.
04/16/2019
Closing the gender gap in the tech industry Despite efforts from companies and universities, the number of women majoring in computer science is declining. A non-profit is trying to change that by offering coding lessons to girls as early as kindergarten
03/12/2019
Elizabeth Holberton — Inventor of Breakpoints Our second pioneer is no other than Elizabeth “Betty” Holberton, one of the six original programmers of the ENIAC.
02/28/2019
reports on the computer science gender gap on the next edition of 60 Minutes, Sunday, March 3 at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
Non-profit teaching computer science to girls from kindergarten up