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The Super(computing)heroes BoF goes SC24!

Earlier this year we had teamed up with other Women in HPC members to organize a Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) session named “Super(computing)heroes” for ISC24. It was fun and insightful, and panelists and participants really enjoyed it – so we’re doing it again at SC24!

Embracing the Challenges and Opportunities Women Face in HPC

This blog post summarises the insightful panel discussion that took place during the Birds of a Feather (BoF) session „Super(computing)heroes“ at ISC24 on 14 May 2024. The session featured a panel of distinguished women in high-performance computing (HPC) who shared their experiences, challenges, and visions for the future of HPC. The motivation of this panel session was to inspire and empower, in particular, young women in HPC by providing role models, challenging stereotypes, and celebrating successes. By joining this session, participants could engage with accomplished women in HPC, fostering an inclusive and supportive environment. Below are the main points and aspects of HPC that were discussed. The session attendees had the choice of questions, steering the discussion to the topics of their highest interest.

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Our esteemed colleague Brian has been in the HPC field for quite a while now. In case you’re reading this, Brian, I’m not calling you old! Only experienced 😉 He’s seen many things (in his own words), and lately, he felt particularly annoyed by a picture taken at the International Supercomputing Conference 2022 of our JSC delegation.

He builds, she cooks?! – The Gender Dimension in Artificial Intelligence

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2024, our network JuWinHPC organised some events with the friendly support of the FZJ’s Equal Opportunities Bureau (BfC) and the Equal Opportunities Officer. The first big bang was a thought-provoking, engaging presentation by our colleague Carolin Penke titled “What could possibly go wrong – Dangers of recent AI advancements from a diversity perspective”. Afterwards, we discussed the “Gender Dimension in AI” with about 30 participants in the room, while the entire session was also followed by another about ten colleagues online.

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We’ve been quiet lately while making plans for 2024

Our blog has been quiet lately, perhaps quieter than we would like. But behind the scenes we were busy bees, making general plans for the year to come and organizing activities for the next weeks and months. Now it’s finally time to open the curtain a tiny bit and give you a glimpse of what we have in the pipeline.

Giving a keynote about “Breaking Barriers and Shaping the Future” – Winning allies in the community

End of May an email from the WHPC team reached our chapter, asking if any of us would be interested to give a talk about “Women in HPC: Breaking Barriers and Shaping the Future” at the Supercomputing Day 2024, which is a side event of the large “Nexus2050” tech event in Luxembourg. How could we say no to such an opportunity?

Fostering the discourse about gender aspects in AI technologies

For International Women’s Day 2024, we organized an event revolving around issues concerning women and other marginalized groups in the rapidly developing AI landscape. This included a talk and an open discussion. The interest was huge and you can read up on it in our blog post.

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