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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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Qiuyun Llull

Member of Technical Staff
VMware
Personal URL

Research Statement

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

Interests

Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications, Architecture Modeling and Simulation Methodologies, Datacenter-Scale Computing, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
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Samira Khan

Assistent Professor
University of Virginia
Personal URL

Research Statement

Samira Khan is an assistant professor at the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on Computer Architecture and Computer systems, especially building new systems by rethinking the traditional abstractions and redesigning system layers to adopt new technologies and enable future applications. Her group, Shiftlab thrives for "Paradigm Shift", and named after Thomas Kuhn's famous book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions".

Interests

Architecture For Emerging Technologies and Applications, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
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Gnanambikai Krishnakumar

Ph.D. candidate
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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Research Statement

I'm a Ph.D. candidate at Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, advised by Prof. Chester Rebeiro. My research interests are broadly in the area of secure systems design, with a specific focus on micro-architecture level solutions against various attacks against cryptographic implementations, such as cache side-channel attacks. I'm also interested in exploring the applications of AI to help in building a more secure framework. I was one among the 12 candidates across the world to present my research at Lenovo AI Innovation Challenge Event at SuperComputing Conference 2017, Denver, Colorado. I was also one of the three-member team from IIT Madras that won the First Place in the CSAW Embedded Security Challenge 2016. We designed a secure implementation of an OpenRISC processor to detect and prevent buffer overflow attacks.

Interests

Architectural Support For Security Or Virtualization, Processor, Memory, and Storage Systems Architecture
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Nadja Ramhöj Holtryd

PhD student
Chalmers University of Technology
Personal URL

Research Statement

I'm a PhD student at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. My current research focuses on scalable cache partitioning.

Interests

Multiprocessor Systems, 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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