ACM-W Scholars 2021

Maren Wessel-Berg

  • MS Student
    Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    Attended SC21
    2021, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Attending SC21 in St. Louis was my first experience at a conference. SC21 was this year’s International Conference for High Performance Computing (HPC), Networking, Storage, and Analysis. As a Master’s student considering a PhD, attending a conference relevant to my field of interest was a great motivation and inspiration. I attended several presentations that broadened […]
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Dhvani Vora

The workshop was an incredible experience. I learned about a lot of the advances in the field of genome editing- from basic research, technology improvement as well as therapeutic application potentials. I also had the opportunity to present my work in the form of a poster and was also selected to present my work as […]
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Sasha Hussain

I had an amazing experience where I got to learn more about the field of Cybersecurity and network with women who are established in the field. I got to meet fellow undergrads who are continuing to navigate the arena. I got a resume review and career advice, along with internship opportunities.
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Hetvi Jethwani

GECCO-2021 was the first conference I’ve ever presented at, and it is an experience I’ll always cherish- I am grateful to the ACM-W Scholarship and Google for enabling me to attend it! In spite of it being online-only, it was a lot of fun. The talks I attended were very accessible and everyone was receptive […]
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Giorgia Nadizar

Thanks to ACM-W I got the invaluable chance of attending Gecco 2021. Even though the conference was online only, I really had a blast and cherished every second. Having the opportunity to attend fascinating paper presentations and tutorials in the field of Evolutionary Computation has really been eye-opening to me. Not only have I learnt […]
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