By Adriana Wilde As one of the Communications Chairs for the Association for Computing Machinery’s Council on Women in Computing (ACM-W), I am very vocal about our mission, and sometimes get asked how to become a member. In fact, a while ago, I wrote about becoming a Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery and why […]

By Fawzia Kara-Isitt “Nothing was planned.” It is perhaps not the answer many expect from a woman who would go on to build a career across consulting, telecommunications, banking, fintech, and national-scale digital transformation and payments leadership, but for Shaista, that honesty is precisely the point. Her journey into technology was not mapped out through […]

Rosanne English came to her current role through a non-traditional route. Rosanne’s undergraduate degree was in Pure Mathematics at the University of Glasgow. Upon graduation, she began working as an accountant and completed professional qualifications in this before realising it did not align with her goals. Rosanne then decided to take a leap of faith […]

Building Belonging in Computing, One Connection at a Time Written by Asegul “Ace” Hulus We’re excited to welcome you back to the global ACM-W Chapter Tour! Our destination today is the Oregon State University (OSU) ACM-W Student Chapter in Corvallis, Oregon. Established in 2016, OSU ACM-W has grown into a thriving chapter focused on mentorship, […]

by Cigdem Sengul At ACM-W, storytelling has always been central to our mission of amplifying voices and connecting a global community of women in computing. Recently, our website editor, Bethany Ahluwahlia, and I undertook a project to preserve our newsletter history. My responsibility involved five years of newsletters, spanning June 2008 to January 2014, which […]

ACM-W would like to announce Dr Maria Christakis as this year’s recipient of the ACM-W Rising Star Award! The ACM-W Rising Star Award recognises a woman whose early-career research has had a significant impact on the computing discipline. Maria Christakis is a professor at TU Wien, where she leads the Software Engineering research unit. Her […]

By Cigdem Sengul Are you wondering how diversity and inclusion shape the future of computing? This month’s Voices of ACM-W conversation with Dr Shaundra Daily, a celebrated computing education researcher, offers powerful insights into how our field can become more equitable, welcoming, and impactful not only for women but for everyone. Inspired by the IWD […]

An unconventional journey into the world of computing and academia By Fawzia Kara-Isitt Some journeys into computing follow a clear and structured path. Others emerge through curiosity, circumstance, and a willingness to seize opportunities as they arise — then applying one’s core strengths and passions to shape the path forward. Sometimes, the most powerful journeys […]

By Jessica Yauney This month, we are catching up with Dr Joslenne Peña, who attended the CHI 2016 on an ACM-W scholarship. Dr Peña is now an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Macalester College, working at the intersection of computing education and human-computer interaction. In her research, she explores the use of informal learning […]

Building Community Through Technical Excellence and Empowerment By Asegul “Ace” Hulus Welcome back to the global ACM-W Chapter Tour! We are visiting the ACM-W BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus (BPDC) Student Chapter in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today, a lively community where technical expertise and impactful mentorship go together. This chapter’s cohesive blend of experiential […]

By Arati Dixit, Chair, Regional Activities Committee, ACM-W Global Leadership Team Since the start of the year, I’ve been meeting committed local leaders across the ACM-W Asia-Pacific and India regions and celebrating their work. Here are the highlights of three important events that ran in the past few months in our regions. ACM-W Asia Pacific […]

From left to right, top row:Angela Bonifati, Pei Cao, Sheelagh Carpendale,Cristina Conati.
Second row: Nandita Dukkipati, Zi Helen Huang, Athina Markopoulou, Sylvia Ratnasamy.
Third row: Cynthia Rudin, Kate Starbird, Stephanie Weirich, Rebecca N. Wright.
Fourth row: Li Xiong

By Cigdem Sengul Voices of ACM-W is a global conversation series created to amplify the lived experiences of women in computing. Launched as part of ACM-W’s programming, the series goes beyond CVs and formal achievements to explore the stories behind the work, focusing on the turning points, barriers, communities, and values that shape careers in […]

By Fawzia Zehra Kara-Isitt Sometimes a story finds you before you go looking for it. When ACM-W Communications Chair Çiğdem Şengül first encountered Chinenye Anikwenze’s writing, it wasn’t through a polished tech profile or a conference keynote. It was through an opinion piece on an online news channel called ‘The Cable’ that popped up on […]

By Jessica Yauney As part of the ACM-W Above and Beyond Project, we are excited to feature Mansi Agarwal, who works at the intersection of computer vision, multimodal AI, and robotics. At Amazon, she led the end-to-end development and calibration of a large-scale multi-sensor AI system deployed across hundreds of stations. She’s deeply passionate about embodied […]

By Elakkiya R WiCoDE26, the ACM-W Asia-Pacific Celebration of Women in Computing (Dubai Buddies Edition 2026), was successfully organized on February 16–17, 2026, at BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus by the ACM-W Dubai Professional Chapter in collaboration with ACM-W Asia Pacific. The event was conceptualized and led by Prof Elakkiya Rajasekar, Chair of the ACM-W Dubai […]