ACM-W Scholars 2023

Jyotshna Rajput
  • MS Student
    Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
    Attended Genome Informatics 2023
    2023, New York, New York, United States
I am grateful for the invaluable support provided by the ACM-W scholarship, which helped me to attend and present my research at the Genome Informatics conference held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York, USA, from December 6 to December 9, 2023. This conference is a flagship event organized by the esteemed Cold Spring […]
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María José Chavolla
I had the privilege of attending the Latin American Regional Meeting (LARIM) of the International Astronomical Union in Montevideo, Uruguay. This marked my second time presenting my research and a significant milestone as my debut in an international conference of such prominence. I presented my research that I have been working during my undergraduate degree […]
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Mouna Dhaouadi
This December, I had the chance to attend ESEC/FSE 2023 in San Francisco, California, US. Not only did I attend different talks and sessions, but also, I had the privilege of presenting my research work at the Student Research Competition (SRC). The first-round of the SRC was a poster session. This was my first-ever experience […]
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Shivani Kumar
  • PHD Student
    Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi)
    Attended EMNLP 2023
    2023, Singapore, Singapore
I had a wonderful experience at EMNLP 2023. I got to meet a lot of legends in the field including Prof Chistopher Manning. Felt like a dream come true. Had some intriguing talks with fellow researchers and also enjoyed my oral presentation session. I would like to thank ACM-W for supporting me. Their support made […]
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Hellina Hailu Nigatu
  • PHD Student
    UC Berkeley
    Attended EMNLP 2023
    2023, Singapore, Singapore
Attending EMNLP 2023 in Singapore allowed me to meet some of my collaborators in-person for the first time. I was also able to present two posters and moderate a Fireside chat. Additionally, I got to meet new people and potential collaborators and learn a lot from other researchers and their work. I also got to […]
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Barbara Sienkiewicz
I recently attended the “15th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2023)” in Qatar, held from December 4th to 7th, 2023. The conference aimed to unite professionals in the robotics field to discuss human-robot collaboration in various environments. At the conference, I presented two pieces of my research: one as an on-stage presentation and another […]
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Lipin Guo
AJCAI 2023 was my first academic conference as a master’s student. It was a pleasure to share my work to a diverse group of academics from various universities and immerse myself in cutting-edge discussions on Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, and Robust AI. The ACM-W scholarship, graciously awarded to me for the AJCAI 2023, paved […]
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Selma Ndapeua Omagano Auala
The experience was nothing short of amazing. At the AfriCHI 2023 conference, I delved deep into the realm of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with African context and truly learned a lot. I was privileged to not only learn about HCI in depth but also to facilitate a workshop on Co-designing with Children. The interaction and insights […]
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Marina Shimchenko
  • PHD Student
    Uppsala University
    Attended SPLASH'23
    2023, Cascais, Portugal
Attending SPLASH’23 through the ACM-W scholarship was a significant step in my academic journey. Presenting at the MPLR’23 conference was my first in-person experience at an international academic event. Interacting with professionals from both industry and academia opened doors to potential collaborations and job prospects. Engaging with sessions focusing on diversity was insightful. Connecting with […]
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Debjani Mazumder
I thoroughly enjoyed my time at CIKM 2023, as it provided me with invaluable insights into a collection of applications. The conference showcased an extensive range of cutting-edge machine learning applications, offering a remarkable platform to explore the diverse ways in which machine learning can positively impact society and address various challenges. Moreover, the delightful […]
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Aakriti Upadhyay
Attending this conference was a valuable opportunity to expand my professional network and learn from fellow academics and industry professionals. My engagement through oral presentations, keynote talks, workshop sessions, and demonstration forums allowed me to immerse myself in a world of knowledge and inspiration. Presenting my work to a diverse audience and participating in a […]
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Suman Raj
I am pursuing a Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. I feel extremely delighted that my work got accepted at the 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference of Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Late Breaking Results, held in Detroit, Michigan, USA, from 1st – 5th October 2023. IROS is one of the largest and […]
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Frances Gillis-Webber
My area of interest is multilingual ontologies and ontology localisation. The conference, Language, Data and Knowledge (LDK), is very relevant to my research topic. This year I had a paper accepted at the main conference. LDK was held as a hybrid conference, and initially I had just intended to join online as my conference funds […]
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Krishna Mallick
I am expressing my deepest gratitude for the scholarship that ACM provided me to attend the 8th International Workshop on Boolean functions and their Applications BFA- 2023 held during Sept 03-08, 2023 at Fleischer’s Hotel, Voss, Norway. ACM’s support played a pivotal role in making this incredible experience of the conference in Norway possible for […]
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Beatriz Pereira de Souza
  • Undergraduate Student
    Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
    Attended ACM SIGMETRICS 2023
    2023, Orlando, Florida, United States
I am very grateful to the ACM-W Scholarship Committee for providing me with the opportunity to receive a scholarship that enabled my participation in ACM SIGMETRICS 2023, held in Orlando, FL, USA. This event marked my debut in the realm of academic conferences, where I had the privilege of presenting my research at the ACM […]
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Shreya Shukla
I am grateful to the ACM-W Scholarship Committee for their generous support towards my travel to the 17th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR) 2023 held in San José, California. This was my first conference as an undergraduate student, and it was an invaluable opportunity for me to learn and grow as a […]
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Manaswini Piduguralla
The opportunity to attend and present my work at the Euro-Par 2023 conference, made possible by the ACM-W scholarship, was a remarkable and enriching experience. One of the most rewarding aspects of the conference was the chance to interact with some of the brightest minds and pioneers in my field. Discussing my research with these […]
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Sowmya Yellapragada
As a student volunteer at PASC, my experience was both enriching and inspiring. I had the privilege to contribute to the seamless operation of the event while engaging with leading experts in different fields of Computer Science. Assisting attendees, guiding them through the conference’s diverse sessions, and facilitating networking opportunities allowed me to witness firsthand […]
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Shivangi Bithel
  • MS Student
    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi)
    Attended SIGIR 2023
    2023, Taipei, Taiwan
SIGIR 2023 was my first A* conference experience. Being a master’s student, it was really helpful for me to know the people working in my field. I made amazing connections there and understood the importance of pursuing a PhD degree. The conference had people from around the globe working on different areas of Information retrieval […]
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Gabriela Vega
Hello. I’m Gabriela Vega, an electrical engineering undergraduate at the Peruvian University of Applied Science in Peru, attending CHI 2023 in Hamburg was an overwhelming and amazing experience that I will cherish forever. Being my first in-person CHI conference, it exceeded all my expectations and left me with a profound sense of gratitude and inspiration. […]
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Maram Assi
Participating in ICSE 2023 was an exhilarating journey. A journey that stimulated my intellectual growth and acted as a catalyst for my next steps. ICSE 2023 was a hub of knowledge. Each conversation, presentation and talk expanded my understanding of Software Engineering and pushed the boundaries of my own perspectives. Yet, it wasn’t just that! […]
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Anjali Gupta
It was a very nice experience. I met with a few professors whose research area was quite inclined with mine and with whom I can pursue my post doc. Few new project ideas also came to mind while visiting the poster sessions. I made a few more friends across the world and spent my evenings […]
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Ye Zhu
I was attending the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2023), which is one of the top conferences in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, as first author in Kigali, Rwanda from 28th April to 5th May.
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Isabel Almaguer
CHI 2023 was my first year attending the event. I attended as practitioner in the space of UX and as an attendee, not having anything to present myself. Most of the individuals I interacted with were pursing graduate degrees and were speaking on their research; I found that the conference gives a lot of room […]
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Grace Carrie Ferguson
  • MS Student
    McGill University
    Attended CHI 2023
    2023, Hamburg, Germany
I had a wonderful time at CHI 2023! It was held at the congress centre in beautiful Hamburg, Germany. I attended many interesting paper talks and caught up with many old friends. The highlight of my CHI experience was attending a workshop on online toxicity, which is my research focus. At this workshop I connected […]
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Zaidat Ibrahim
  • PHD Student
    Indiana University Bloomington
    Attended CHI 2023
    2023, Hamburg, Germany
I attended CHI 2023 at Hamburg Germany, where I got the opportunity to present my work at the WISH Symposium at CHI 2023. The Workgroup on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH) connects and fosters engagement and collaborative discourse amongst academic and industry researchers across human-computer interaction, medical informatics, health informatics, digital health, and beyond with […]
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Aurora Macías Ojeda
My journey for ICSA 2023 started in 2020. I received the ACM-W Scholarship to attend ICSA 2020 in Salvador, Brazil. However, all the events went virtual due to the pandemic – with the uncertainty if they could be celebrated in-person again anytime. 3 years passed, and I finally could go to L’Aquila, Italy. Apart from […]
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Silvia Pagliarini
I won the ACM Scholarship thinking about attending a conference in 2020. With Covid standing in the middle, I could not use the scholarship until now. Many things have changes. From being a third year PhD student at Inria Bordeaux, I first became a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA, and then a machine learning ingeneer at […]
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Melissa Chen
Thanks to the ACM-W Scholarship award, I was able to attend the 2023 SIGCSE Technical Symposium in Toronto, Canada. It was really exciting to be able to attend the conference, meet researchers and practitioners in computing education, and hear about exciting new research. I learned a lot from attending the paper and poster sessions, got […]
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Frederike Oetker
  • PHD Student
    University of Amsterdam
    Attended NetSciX
    2023, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Participating in the NetSciX 2023 conference in Argentina was a great way for me to connect with relevant researchers in my field in Latin America. Since I developed a framework to transform mixed data inputs (both quantitatively and qualitatively) for creating an Agent Based Model, it is important to get as much feedback and input […]
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