Fostering the discourse about gender aspects in AI technologies

by  | 9. Dezember 2024

By Carolin Penke

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.

In fact, the interest was so enormous, that we were invited at multiple occasions to present this important topic and create spaces for an open exchange and discussions. This included  (a) a World Café at the Helmholtz AI conference 2024 HAICON24 and (b) a talk at the public-facing event series “Wissenschaft Online” of Forschungszentrum Jülich. A recording of this event can be found here.

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Embracing the Challenges and Opportunities Women Face in HPC

by  | 27. Juni 2024

By Karina Pešatová

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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