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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

by Lisa Hsu on February 5, 2020

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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Neethu Bal

PhD Student
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
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Research Statement

I'm a doctoral student at the Chalmers University of Technology advised by Prof. Ioannis Sourdis. Formerly, I was a Researcher advised by Prof. Onur Mutlu at ETH Zürich, and Research Assistant to Prof. Trevor E. Carlson at the National University of Singapore. I obtained my engineering master's and bachelor's degrees in 2015 and 2013 respectively from BITS Pilani.

My recent work focuses on exploring near-data computing in the context of GPGPUs and 3D-DRAM architectures. Previously, I have worked on designing and building simulation infrastructures, energy-efficient cache memory architectures, and cache coherence protocols.

Interests

Architecture Modeling and Simulation Methodologies, Multiprocessor Systems, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
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Tamara Lehman

PhD student
Duke University
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Research Statement

Tamara Silbergleit Lehman is a 5th year PhD candidate at Duke university. Her thesis work focuses on reducing overheads of secure memory. More broadly, her research interests lie on the intersection of computer architecture and security. She is also interested in memory systems, simulation methodologies and emerging technologies. Tamara has a Bachelor's degree from University of Florida in Industrial Engineering and a Masters degree in Computer Engineering from Duke University. Her latest publication on understanding metadata access patterns in secure memory at ISPASS 2018 won the best paper award. Her earlier work on developing a safe speculation mechanism for secure memory published in MICRO 2016 got an honorable mention in Micro Top Picks.

Interests

Architectural Support For Security Or Virtualization, Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications, Architecture Modeling and Simulation Methodologies, Datacenter-Scale Computing, Evaluation and Measurement Of Real Systems, Multiprocessor Systems, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
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Ruppel

PhD Candidate
Carnegie Mellon University
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Research Statement

I am a PhD candidate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Carnegie Mellon and a member of the ABSTRACT research group led by Professor Brandon Lucia. My research interests include computer architecture and hardware/software codesign for resource constrained, embedded devices. My current research focuses on programming and execution models for intermittently powered, energy harvesting devices.

Interests

Architectural Support For Programming Languages Or Software Development, Evaluation and Measurement Of Real Systems, Iot, Mobile and Embedded Architecture
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Rujia Wang

Assistant Professor
Illinois Institute of Technology
Personal URL

Research Statement

Rujia Wang joined Illinois Institute of Technology in Fall 2018. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S degree from Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Pittsburgh and her B.E. from Zhejiang University. Her research experience spans across multiple areas in computer engineering, including novel memory architecture, secure computing architecture, system reliability, and high-performance computing, and her work has been published in top conferences in computer architecture area.

Interests

Architectural Support For Security Or Virtualization, Dependable Architecture, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture

Full Directory // List Yourself // Update Profile

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!)

SIGARCH   |   SIGMICRO

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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