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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ACM-W Above and Beyond: Dr Raazia Sosan’s Journey
By Jessica Yauney Dr Raazia Sosan’s expertise spans computer graphics, visualization, high-performance computing, and remote sensing. She has been the focal person for multiple national research collaborations with SUPARCO and has led GPU-accelerated rendering and satellite image processing projects. She has published in international journals, co-authored a Springer Nature book (2025), and delivered numerous invited […]
ACM-W Above and Beyond: Aishwarya Naresh Reganti
This month’s scholar highlighted as part of the ACM-W Above and Beyond Project is Aishwarya Naresh Reganti, who has inspired her students to express their appreciation in a remarkable way: by organising a donation in Aishwarya’s honour, inspired by the support she once received through the ACM-W scholarship. We catch up with her below as […]
ACM-W Above and Beyond: Dr Shin Hwei Tan’s Journey
As part of the ACM-W Above and Beyond Project, we are excited to feature Shin Hwei Tan, who is the recipient of the 2025 ACM-W Rising Star Award. This feature is particularly special: we catch up with Dr Tan as we celebrate her remarkable journey—from an ACM-W scholarship recipient to an award-winning researcher and leader in […]