ACM-W Connections – December, 2014

Welcome from the ACM-W Chair Welcome to the December issue of ACM-W Connections. There’s quite a bit to read this month. I’ve collected together a number of announcements into one place. These include information from NCWIT, Codess, Microsoft about the Big Dream Movement, and a link to a video that Vint Cerf provided. We also […]


ACM-W Connections – November, 2014

Welcome from the ACM-W Chair Welcome to the November issue of ACM-W Connections. Our issue is a bit small this month, but well worth reading all the same: wonderful news about the new ACM-W chapter at Pacific University, a write-up about the poster competition winners from our ACM-W Celebrations of Women in Computing, and a […]


ACM-W Connections – October, 2014

Welcome from the ACM-W Chair Welcome to the October issue of ACM-W Connections. And what an exciting month it has been since our September issue! This issue includes a write-up about the ACM-W Celebration event in Goa, India. We have a very interesting article about the “applauds project” at Lawrence Livermore Lab, a project that […]


ACM-W Connections – September, 2014

Welcome from the ACM-W Chair Welcome to the September issue of ACM-W Connections. Before I say anything about this issue, I want to thank all of you for reading. I’ve received quite a number of positive comments about ACM-W Connections, and I appreciate any input and feedback you have. As you know (since we only […]


ACM-W Connections – August, 2014

Welcome from the ACM-W Chair – Valerie Barr, ACM-W Chair Welcome to the summer issue of ACM-W Connections. Our hard working communications team is taking a well-deserved break by putting out only one issue for both July and August. We really appreciate the incredible effort they have put in since we launched this newsletter in […]


ACM-W Connections. June, 2014

Welcome from the ACM-W Chair – Valerie Barr, ACM-W Chair Welcome to the June issue of ACM-W Connections. This month we feature research highlights from three researchers:Sarah Loos, one of our tireless ACM-W volunteers; Jasma Balaangameshwara; and Madhavi Vaidya. I think you’ll find their work very interesting. You can also read a summary of the […]


ACM-W Connections – May, 2014

Welcome from the ACM-W Chair – Valerie Barr, ACM-W Chair In addition to our usual updates (ACM-W India, scholarships, chapters), this issue of ACM-W Connections features two very interesting stories. Judith Hill, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has provided a very interesting piece about the rich opportunities afforded by working at a U.S. national lab […]


ACM-W Connections – April, 2014

Welcome from the ACM-W Chair – Valerie Barr, ACM-W Chair In this issue of ACM-W Connections, we have news about some exciting recent activities organized by ACM-W India and follow up information from the March 1 womENcourage Celebration of Women in Computing organized by ACM-W Europe. We have a report from the first Caribbean Celebration […]


ACM-W Connections – March, 2014

Welcome from the ACM-W Chair — Valerie Barr, ACM-W Chair Welcome to the third edition of ACM-W Connections! Thanks to a great team, and contributions from around the world, we are in our third month of this new communications vehicle. I hope you continue to find it a useful way to keep up-to-date with ACM-W […]


ACM-W Connections – February, 2014

Welcome from the ACM-W Chair Welcome to the second edition of our new ACM-W Connections! This month I want to mostly use my spot to address the two questions: who should join ACM-W and why? But before I do that, I have just a few quick announcements! I’m very happy to announce that ArabWIC (Arab […]


ACM-W Connections – January, 2014

Welcome from the ACM-W Chair Welcome to ACM-W-Connections, our updated newsletter. In each issue we will bring you updates about ACM-W programs (celebrations, scholarships and awards, and chapters) as well as contributed articles and announcements of upcoming events. In this first issue you’ll find news from India and Europe, and our regular AskJudy column, by […]