ACM-W Scholars 2017

• MS Student
  Indiana University Bloomington
  Attended Supercomputing Conference
  2017, Denver, Colorado, United States

The Supercomputing Conference held at Denver, CO in November was a place where I found many enthusiastic people in the HPC world. I learnt about the options one has for a career in HPC in some of the best companies. I was also glad to meet some of the biggest vendors and engage in interesting […]

• PHD Student
  University of Florida
  Attended International Conference on Multimodal Interaction
  2017, Glasgow, United Kingdom

My conference experience provided valuable insights. I was able to practice my public speaking skills and gain experience presenting and answering questions in front of a research based audience. During the conference I met a lot of different people completing different types of research, which is valuable for networking as well as future collaboration opportunities. […]

• MS Student
  Vanderbilt University
  Attended ASSETS
  2017, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

ASSETS allowed me to see how my research interests work together to create the bigger field of accessibility. At ASSETS, I was able to accomplish my goals of 1) understanding accessibility on a larger scale, 2) extend my network of people who work in similar and very interesting areas, and 3) learn something new about […]

• PHD Student
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Attended Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
  2017, Portland, Oregon, United States

I attended CSCW, 2017 to present my paper titled “The Art and Science of Persuasion: Not all Crowdfunding Campaign Videos are the Same”. This was a wonderful experience for me to share my research findings with the CSCW community. I got to talk to many faculties and people from the industries about my work. These […]

• Undergraduate Student
  Indian Institute of Information Technology- Sri City
  Attended AAAI
  2017, San Francisco, California, United States

My encounter with the pioneers of AI at AAAI-2017! Albert Einstein rightly said that “The only source of knowledge is experience”, and at AAAI-2017, I’ve had the best experience of my entire life. This was the first time I attended a conference so awe-inspiring and plush. I must indeed thank the ACM-Women foundation for making […]