Above and Beyond

ACM-W scholarships provide support for women undergraduate and graduate students in computer science and related programs to attend computing research conferences.

The Above and Beyond Project aims to follow up on the historical scholarship data since its inception in 2006 to do a longitudinal assessment of the impact of the scholarship on the educational trajectory and career path of our scholars.

Featured Recipients

  • ACM-W Above and Beyond: Dr. Rosanne English’s Journey

    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

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  • ACM-W Above and Beyond: Dr. Joslenne Peña’s Journey

    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

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  • ACM-W Above and Beyond: Mansi Agarwal’s Journey

    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

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