Don't forget to attend the GWiCS seminar tomorrow! Dr Tiffany Vlaar (Tiffany Vlaar) will be discussing her work empowering women and non-binary people in STEM research! ⏰Starting 2pm to Room 423 of the Sir Alwyn Williams Building.

Our first GWiCS Seminar of the academic year was a big success and was followed by some great discussion on how we might better engage female and non-binary undergraduate students in academia. Thanks so much to Tiffany Vlaar for the great talk and see you all next time!

Why AI is W.E.I.R.D.(Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic—a concept from psychology) and why it shouldn’t be.🌍🌎🌏 Very proud of our new paper outlining challenges & opportunities in developing AI for everyone, with everyone, by everyone. arxiv.org/pdf/2410.16315

The Ladies of Code (Ladies of Code) monthly meetup is tonight at 6:15pm with Mo McRoberts as a speaker from the BBC in the Sir Alwyn Williams Building, check out the meetup page here! meetup.com/ladies-of-code…

PhD position opportunity to work an interdisciplinary team at the University of Glasgow in AI tools to uncover critical host-virus interactions... Exciting 🙌. If not for you, please share with anyone you think might be interested 👌. Thanks 👍

Coming soon! The first GWiCS seminar in collaboration with the 50 Years of UofG Computing Upwards program! Come along on Nov 27th 1pm in SAWB 423 to learn how Prof Simone Stumpf and Dr Matthew Barr manage time, people and projects in the hectic world of academia!

Reminder! Our next GWiCS Seminar is tomorrow at 1pm, see you all there!

⭐ The WiML Workshop 2024 program is live at tinyurl.com/wimlprogram! ⭐ Join us at NeurIPS for inspiring talks, engaging mentorship roundtables, networking sessions, and amazing food! If you plan to attend, fill out the participation form here!: docs.google.com/forms/d/1olp3a….

Another fantastic seminar, with lots of great learnings and very lively discussion. Thanks to our wonderful speakers Simone Stumpf and Matthew Barr and to the attendees. See you in the new year!

We would like to celebrate International Women’s Day by using this opportunity to thank all the women who have shared their advice, expertise and stories with the GWiCS community over the last year! More news to follow soon regarding our next seminar!

Exciting times, the next GWiCS Seminar is coming soon! Next week on Wednesday at 3pm Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas Hirskyj-Douglas and Dr Xianghua Sharon) Ding will talk to us about their experiences establishing new groups as research leaders. Come join us in SAWB room 423 or on Zoom!

Seminar is tomorrow, see you there!

Thanks so much to our two speakers for an excellent seminar about starting new research groups. Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas and Sharon Ding provided fantastic advice and introspective reflections on their experiences.

UPDATE: This seminar is now on June 4th! We are hosting a watch party of a fantastic plenary talk by Dr Anne Cori. `SIR or MADAM' is a thorough and highly digestible dive into the ways that privilege and demographic factors shape academic careers. There will also be snacks!

The next GWiCS event is tomorrow at 3pm in the Sir Alwyn Williams Building. See you there for an excellent talk, snacks and discussion!

Another GWiCS event is coming up next Monday! Dr Sara Jabbari from the University of Birmingham School of Mathematics is here to share their efforts improving the experiences of minority staff and students in their institution! Join on Mon 16th 11am in SAWB 423, or on Teams!

Our last GWiCS event of the academic year is today!! At 5pm we will be live-watching an upcoming ACM Tech Talk by Felienne Herman on how the history of programming languages, gender, feminism and CS came to be so male dominated. Snacks and drinks included!

Our first GWiCS event of the term is here! We will host the #IamRemarkable workshop, ran by Michelle McPhie from Morgan Stanley , which discusses the importance of self promotion! The workshop takes place Wed 10th 3pm in SAWB 422, sign up here: tinyurl.com/yndzht9s

The GWiCS seminar returns! Join us on Wed 22nd at 3 pm for a double billing. Despoina Sampatakou and Effie Koursari, both of whom made the jump from industry to academia, will share their experiences and learnings!