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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.
Natalie Enright Jerger
Professor
University of Toronto
Personal URL
Natalie Enright Jerger is the Canada Research Chair in Computer Architecture and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. She is currently serving as the Director of the Division of Engineering Scinece at the University of Toronto. Prior to joining the University of Toronto, she received her MSEE and PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004 and 2008, respectively. She received her Bachelor's degree from Purdue University in 2002. She is a recipient of the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researcher Award in 2012, the 2014 Ontario Professional Engineers Young Engineer Medal recipient and the 2015 Borg Early Career Award winner. She served as the program co-chair of the 7th Network-on-Chip Symposium, as the program chair of the 20th International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture and as program co-chair for the International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems in 2023. She is currently serving as the ACM SIGARCH Chair. Her current research explores on-chip networks, approximate computing, IoT architectures and machine learning acceleration. She is also passionate about increasing the representation of women in computing, particular in computer architecture. She is the former chair of the organizing committee for the Women in Computer Architecture group (WICARCH). In 2017, she co-authored the second edition of the Computer Architecture Synthesis Lecture on On-Chip Networks with Li-Shiuan Peh and Tushar Krishna. Her research has been supported by NSERC, Intel, CFI, AMD and Qualcomm.
Architecture Modeling and Simulation Methodologies, Interconnection Network, Router and Network Interface Architecture, Iot, Mobile and Embedded Architecture, Multiprocessor Systems, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
Kelly Shaw
Professor
Williams College
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Broadly speaking, I'm interested in computer architecture, particularly parallel systems. Prior work has included workload characterization of parallel applications and memory systems in traditional multiprocessor systems and GPUs and correctness in IoT systems.
Expanding undergraduate research, Iot, Mobile and Embedded Architecture, Multiprocessor Systems, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
Jishen Zhao
Assistant Professor
UCSD
Personal URL
I am an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at University of California, San Diego. My research spans and stretches the boundary between computer architecture and system software, with an emphasis on memory and storage systems and domain-specific acceleration. I am particularly interested in architecting emerging memory technologies (e.g., nonvolatile memories and 3D-stacked memory) into future data centers and edge computing systems that execute various applications, e.g., machine learning, big-data analytics, smart home, and smart transportation. I am also interested in developing deep learning to help computer systems design and programming.
Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications, Iot, Mobile and Embedded Architecture, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
Shaizeen Aga
Researcher
AMD Research
Personal URL
Shaizeen is a Researcher at AMD Research. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2013 and 2017, respectively. Her research interests include design of novel near-data computing solutions and techniques to reduce data movement in heterogeneous systems. She has received several awards and honors for her research including winning the best demo award at the 2016 Center for Future Architectures Research (CFAR) Annual Research Review which showcased nearly 50 projects in computer architecture related topics from several leading institutions. Her work during her undergraduate days won 1st place in Parallel Computing at Imagine Cup 2009, a worldwide student technical competition organized by Microsoft.
Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems ArchitectureInitiatives
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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