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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.
Anshu Gupta
PhD Student
University of California, San Diego
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I am a PhD student at the University of California, San Diego, majoring in Computer Science and Engineering. My research interests lie in the intersection of Computer Architecture and Computational Genomics. I am a part of Turakhia Lab under the supervision of Professor Yatish Turakhia, where I work on solving computational challenges and developing efficient hardware for genomic data analysis. I completed my undergraduate in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from IIEST Shibpur, West Bengal, India.
As a computer science researcher specializing in computational genomics, I am dedicated to advancing the field through the development of optimized hardware+software accelerated tools. My research focuses on devising fully automated and scalable methods to accelerate error-prone phylogenetic estimation techniques. By doing so, I aim to contribute significantly to evolutionary biology studies and help unravel the complexities of the tree of life. In parallel, I am engaged in a fascinating project leveraging an HLS-based framework to accelerate dynamic programming-based algorithms, mainly focusing on sequence alignment algorithms. This project aims to help bioinformaticians customize their algorithms and port on FPGA with less effort, bringing significant advancements in computational genomics research.
Accelerator-Based, Application-Specific and Reconfigurable Architecture, Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications, Multiprocessor Systems, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
Reena Panda
CPU Performance Architect
Apple
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I work as a performance architect in the CPU design team at Apple. Prior to joining Apple, I have completed my PhD in computer architecture from University of Texas at Austin. My research interests include computer architecture and benchmarking, hardware/software co-design, machine learning accelerators.
Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
Diman
Postdoc Researcher
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Labs
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I'm Diman Zad-Tootaghaj, I am a postdoc/researcher at Hewlett Packard Labs in Palo Alto, California. I work on Software-Defined Network solutions in Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN).
I earned my PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. Prior to Penn State, I got my B.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, Iran. During my PhD, I was working in the Institute for Networking and Security Research (INSR) and Network Sciences Research Group (NSRG) under supervision of Prof. Thomas La Porta (advisor), Dr. Ting He (co-advisor), and Dr. Novella Bartolini.
My research area is computer networks, stochastic analysis, operating system, and parallel computing. I graduated from Sharif University of technology, with MSc. in Electrical Engineering.
I'm on the N2Women board as a Website Co-chair.
Architecture Modeling and Simulation Methodologies, Datacenter-Scale Computing, Dependable Architecture, Interconnection Network, Router and Network Interface Architecture
Qiuyun Llull
Member of Technical Staff
VMware
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Qiuyun Llull joined VMware in 2017, working on the performance of next-generation Software-defined Data Center. She is broadly interested in system and architecture for emerging applications, such as data analytics, machine learning, IoT, and autonomous driving. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Duke University in 2017, working with Prof. Benjamin Lee. Her doctoral research applies microeconomic models to manage resources in large-scale data centers; her dissertation received Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Duke ECE department. Her recent publication (Amdahl's law in the Datacenter Era: A Market for Fair Processor Allocation) won the Best Paper Award at HPCA 2018. Before coming to the United States, she obtained her M.S. degree from University Paris Sud, France and B.Eng. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications, Architecture Modeling and Simulation Methodologies, Datacenter-Scale Computing, 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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