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DEHRADUN: The Association of Computing Machinery – Women (ACM-W) in University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, honoured women in computing at the National conference 2016 of ACM-W India held here today.

Women honoured at ACM-W national conference in Doon

Participants at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies in Dehradun on Wednesday. Tribune photo



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Dehradun, October 12

The Association of Computing Machinery – Women (ACM-W) in University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, honoured women in computing at the National conference 2016 of ACM-W India held here today.

With over 164 active chapters across the globe, the Association for Computing Machinery-Women supports, celebrates, and internationally advocates inclusive engagement of women in all aspects of the computing field.

The association provides wide range of programmes and services to ACM members towards promoting contributions of technical women working in the larger global community.

Arun Dhand, Director- Media Affairs of the university, said the ACM –W student chapter in UPES was founded in April 2015 and was a sister body of the UPES-ACM student chapter. UPES ACM-W is a unique blend of aspiration, hard work and a productive working structure. The chapter emphasises on technological awareness and has since its inception been very active in disseminating information on contemporary technological advancements in the domain of computing. It was an outcome of the dedicated hard work and commitment of the team that within a year of its foundation the chapter got selected by ACM-W to host the national conference in UPES, he added.

Dr Margaret Burnett from Oregon State University shared her thoughts ‘Research Experience for undergraduates’, ‘Womenomics’ and ‘Gender Inclusive Software’.

Divya K Konoor of IBM India, eminent speaker on the occasion, aired her views on the topic of “Open Stack and Cloud Platforms”.

The celebrations saw participation of students of several institutes from across the country, including DAIICT, Ahmedabad, IIIT Vadodara, Thapar University, Patiala.

Some of the spirited contests and competitions included “Lady Ada - National Level Programming contest”, “Panel discussions”,” Poster WIP (Work in Progress) presentations”, “Hands on coding workshop in Python by IIT Bombay” etc.

Dr Sheila Anand, chairperson ACM-W India, Dr Arati Dixit, Vice-Chairperson ACM-W India and Dr Neelu Ahuja, Dr Nilima and Dr Rashmi Sharma from “Centre of Information Technology” in UPES were present on the occasion.

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