The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is the world's largest gathering of women technologists. It is produced by the Anita Borg Institute and presented in partnership with ACM.
Here is the report on our visit to GHC 2015.We had a Girls who Code summer camp in 2015 and will have it again.
Twenty-five Newark students graduated from a computer coding camp at NJIT -- one that taught them invaluable technical skills while also introducing them to college life.
Here is the report on NJIT Website.The CRA-W Grad Cohort program, initiated in 2004, is generously funded by sponsors from industry, academia, the National Science Foundation, and the computing community. Grad Cohort aims to increase the ranks of senior women in computing-related studies and research by building and mentoring nationwide communities of women through their graduate studies.
Link to CRA-W 2015Women in Tech Creating the Future
The CRA-W Grad Cohort program, initiated in 2004, is generously funded by sponsors from industry, academia, the National Science Foundation, and the computing community. Grad Cohort aims to increase the ranks of senior women in computing-related studies and research by building and mentoring nationwide communities of women through their graduate studies.
Link to CRA-W WebsiteThe NCWIT Summit convenes hundreds of change leaders from our community of educators, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and social scientists who receive research, ideas, and action items for increasing girls’ and women’s participation in computing.
Link to NCWIT WebsiteTapia Conferences is to bring together undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers, and professionals in computing from all backgrounds and ethnicities
Link to Tapia Conference WebsiteThe Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is the world's largest gathering of women technologists. It is produced by the Anita Borg Institute and presented in partnership with ACM.
Krupali Patel
I attended the Grace Hopper Conference 2016 through NJIT as a BRAID ambassador. I have been active as a student assistant for outreach programs to high school students that aim to inspire female, and diversity students to take up careers in computing for the past 1.5 years. Interacting and attending talks of dignitaries like Linda Sax and the CEO of Anita Borg Institute gave impetus to the initiative I have been working upon for the past 1.5 years. I also attended workshops that aim to improve technical resumes, and give you insights of high demand jobs like Big Data, Cloud Computing, etc. I found this information very valuable as it was from people who were pioneers in the field they presented about. Having the opportunity to interact with different people in the same field opened my eyes to diversity. I also took the opportunity to attend the career fair, which helped me a lot with my interviewing skills and to build important industry contacts. At the closing note, I was honored to be a part of the largest diversity celebration of computing professionals and students. And I look forward to being a part of the conference even in the future.
Kalyani Shirwalkar
Participating in Grace Hopper Conference 2016 was an amazing experience. Never thought I would get a chance to have an experience of such huge conference at this level. All the speeches were amazing. The career fair was so huge and we could find all the big companies there. Having an opportunity to meet representatives from these companies and discuss with them the career opportunities is beyond words. Also, hearing from the speakers from the industry was amazing. It was an opportunity to learn about new technologies. The workshops helped us develop professionally. Overall it was an amazing opportunity. This helped me gain an insight of the evolving technologies and also helped an overall development of my public speaking, communication, networking and professional skills. I hope my peers, juniors and I get the opportunity to attend the next Grace Hopper Conference.
Sneha Savalgi
I am excited and proud to visit 2016 Grace Hopper Conference because nowhere else could we find so many women technologist and software engineers coming together to talk about technology, research and what it’s like to work as a woman in technology. The conference was undoubtedly overwhelming and awesome! In the workshops and sessions, I discovered just how much we are not alone in the challenges we face in recruiting, retaining and advancing women in technology. The BRAID Research-New Insights on Introductory Computer Science Course Students session’s speakers Linda J. Sax, Prof of UCLA and Kate Lehman, PhD candidate UCLA shared the insights on gender gap and percentage of female students in the CS courses. It was amazing to meet Telle Whiteney, President and CEO of the Anita Borg Institute and talk with her.
I enjoyed Advocates & Allies: Engaging more men in Institutional session by Professor Sharon Mason from Rochester Institute of Technology. She suggested interesting points on how men can promote gender equality. I also attended lots of coding challenges by GE, D.E. Shaw & Co. and technical workshops on Big Data, database and data mining. I got opportunities to interact with Techie Giants like Twitter, Amazon, GE, Yahoo representatives by attending their networking and dinner sessions. Attending the GHC 2016, was like to be at the right place and with the right people. Whether you are student, professor, engineer or professionals, we all are connected. The conference gave me opportunities to attend the career fair, network with industry people and interview calls from Walmart, Thomson Reuters, Bank of America and many more. Finally, I want to thank BRAID and NJIT for supporting me to attend this amazing event! My key-take away from these amazing 3 days: #OurTimeToLead #GirlPower #RespectDiversity #BeInspired #GHC2016.
Raiha Khan
1. Summarize your experiences at Grace Hopper in 100 words or less.
My first time at Grace Hopper was incredibly inspiring and more rewarding than I could have ever imagined. Being surrounded by 14,000 females in the realm of computing has certainly re-energized my passion for code. In Houston I managed to connect with a multitude of women from all over the world working to harness data for social good, which is an application of data science that I am deeply passionate about. After interviewing with several companies at GHC, I am set to work as a Technology Summer Intern in the data analytics department at New York Life this summer!
2. What was your favorite workshop, tech node, panel, or other event that you attended at Grace Hopper and why?
My favorite event was a tech node called “Data Science for Human Rights” that was chaired by members of Thomson Reuters Labs and the West Big Data Innovation Hub at UC Berkeley. Here I met a lot of people from all student/professional levels who were motivated to learn more about how they can apply data science to causes such as human trafficking, gender inequality, and public healthcare.
3. Please tell us which companies you got a chance to interview with!
I interviewed with Verizon, Ericcson, New York Life, Bank of America, and Travelers Insurance.
4. Please tell us which companies have offered you an internship/job so far! I received job offers from Nationwide and New York Life. I have accepted to work at New York Life over the summer!
5. What advice would you like to give to future GHC attendees?
Make an effort to not wear heels. SERIOUSLY. Also for those of you who haven’t attended a large conference before, please bring a sweater, cardigan, or blazer to wear every day because as warm as it may be outside, it is freezing in the convention center!
Besides that, remember to make a list of companies before you attend the career expo and to note down one thing about each company that you research, so that you have something relevant to bring up once you speak to recruiters at the expo. Know your resume inside out so that you can elaborate on it when recruiters read your resume. Finally, don’t be shy to introduce yourself to professionals you encounter in your field of interest; just walk up to them and introduce yourself as a student, shake their hand, tell them you would like to know more about the work they are doing, and smile!
-W stands for Women. ☺
Krupali Patel,
Kalyani Shirwalkar,
Sandra Ponganthara,
Sheetal Sahita,
Aishwarya Bose
Sneha Savalgi
The conference was outside of Tucson, AZ, in the desert, with a view of the city. Well, of course we were in a hotel in the desert, and it wasn't a total "sand only desert." But still, pretty deserty. Most of the green you see in the picture is either a cactus or it is watered by the hotel.
When I arrived people told me it is 104 degrees. But it's dry heat, it's not so bad.
I replied... GREAT.... I love it warm. But honestly, after half an hour this got too much even for me.
Telle Whitney. CEO and President of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and
Technology. Co-Founder of the Grace Hopper Conference.
Without her, "none of this" would exist.
Imagine this for a moment. Somebody has an idea. And some 20 years later 15,000
people do something (go to a conference) because of your idea.
This is what you (and I) should strive for.
You have no time? Here is the standard answer: Gandhi, Newton, Washington,
Churchill, Einstein,... also had only 24 hours a day. But look what they made
out of these 24 hours.
We're at the dinner reception.
Lucy Sanders below. She made the NCWIT conference series happen. With help from Telle and Bobby Schnabel.
If you're wondering why the picture is so blurry... Well I had a little accident with my phone and some chocolate cake. This is literally a sweet picture. :)
And now the one and only Margot Lee Shetterly, author of the book Hidden Figures.
Please don't tell me you did not see the movie. Hidden Figures was the most amazing movie I've seen in year.
Margot was keynote speaker.
Well, hopefully it will go on.
This is reconstructed from memory with the help of an attendance list.
Sorry if I made a mistake.
There are some people I am still confusing after three years.
Front Row:
Roshni Kasad, Cait Rogan, Maria Klawe, Telle Whitney, Sandeep Gupta, Burkhard Englert
Row 2:
Sajal Das, Jennifer Blaney, Jess Erickson, Boots Cassel, James Geller, Sherri Sanders, Ethan Munson, Dana Vandecoevering, Courtney Lach, Maggie Eppstein, Bill Hsu, Michael Scott
Row 3:
Kate Lehman, Susan Rodger, Barrett Bryant, Brit Toven-Lindsey, Juan Gilbert, Ann Gates, Debra Richardson, Bettina Kemme, Matthew Dwyer, Melissa O'Neill, Stephen Linton
A couple of important people are not in the picture. Because they were flying out early.
Richard Tapia