tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20226719561150452372024-03-13T09:03:26.100-07:00Women in BioinformaticsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03732715550284382112noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022671956115045237.post-64628269393623329352015-09-09T07:35:00.002-07:002015-09-09T07:35:15.545-07:00ACM-BCB Women in Bio-informatics Panel 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2px;">As a woman working in biomedical informatics (BMI), what are the </span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2px;">top three factors </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2px;">you consider important for a productive career?</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2px;">What are the emerging topics in BMI? How do you choose which directions/collaborators/projects to follow?</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2px;">If you are in academia: how do you successfully secure (external) funding? Also, how do you balance research vs. teaching vs. service?</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2px;">What would you do differently in your early career if you had a do-over?</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2px;">How important to career development is willingness to change institutions?</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2px;">How can more women attain leadership roles in BMI?</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2px;">Do you have a mentor in your career? Do you want to serve as a mentor for young women in biomedical informatics? Are there mentorship programs which help prepare students for different careers?</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2px;">Beyond science, what are the essential skills students or post-docs should acquire to pursue research in BMI?</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2px;">Are there different skill sets required for industry versus academic positions? How competitive are positions in industry versus academia?</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2px;">What are the steps towards success in industry or academic careers?</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2px;">How do you balance work and family as a professional woman working in biomedical informatics?</span></li>
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The panel will be from <b>12-1.30 pm on Friday, September 11, 2015</b></div>
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Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610264395981054116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022671956115045237.post-73370604376578316442015-09-09T07:11:00.000-07:002015-09-09T07:31:07.672-07:00ACM-BCB 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM BCB) is the flagship conference of the ACM SIGBio. 2015 is the conference's sixth year, building upon the success of the first five meetings in Niagara Falls, Chicago, Orlando, Washington DC, and Newport Beach. Since 2013, they have incorporated the new area of Health Informatics in BCB and we look forward to its continual growth.</div>
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<b>ACM BCB 2015 will be held in Atlanta GA during September 9–12, 2015.</b> The conference offers a forum for premier interdisciplinary research linking computer science, mathematics, statistics, biology, bioinformatics, biomedical informatics, and health informatics. The past few decades have seen tremendous growth in the scale and complexity of biological and medical data. This conference serves to showcase leading-edge research on new technologies and techniques for gathering, processing, analyzing, and modeling these big data for a variety of scientific, clinical, and healthcare applications, from bench to bedside.</div>
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ACM BCB 2015 welcomes original submissions that have not been published or under review. Examples of relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following:</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03732715550284382112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022671956115045237.post-1521753926219695472014-10-16T09:04:00.001-07:002014-10-16T09:05:43.691-07:00ACM-W Connections, October 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><i><span style="color: navy; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">ACM-W Connections </span></i></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b> </b></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> October, 2014</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Welcome from the ACM-W Chair</span></b></div>
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Welcome to the <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1235_com_zimbra_url" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://drupal.women.hosting.acm.org/ACM-W-Connections-2014-10" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">October issue of ACM-W Connections</a></span>. And what an exciting month it has been since our September issue! This issue includes a write-up about the ACM-W Celebration event in Goa, India. We have a very interesting article about the “applauds project” at Lawrence Livermore Lab, a project that should be replicable elsewhere. We also have a report from a group of very committed high school students in Mason, Ohio, who put together a summer camp for middle school girls.</div>
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I’ve just come home from the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Amazingly, I have now attended 13 of the 14 GHCs that have taken place, including the very first one in 1994. As some of you reading this already know, the conference was huge this year! There were 8000 attendees, over 2800 students from 441 schools, and attendees from 67 countries. The exhibition hall was a beehive of activity and we had a lot of traffic in the joint ACM/ACM-W/ACM CCECC/CSTA booth, making lots of great contacts amongst our various constituencies.</div>
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We have some very exciting news that I announced first at the Hopper conference. ACM-W is working with Mentornet with a goal of getting at least half of all undergraduate women CS students in the U.S. mentored via the Mentornet platform. Microsoft Research is supporting this effort by providing funding to Mentornet and encouraging their staff to sign up to be mentors (though we fully expect that mentors from many many companies will eventually be needed). We will be sending our ACM-W student chapters information on how to join and sign up for a mentor. If you know of an ACM-W chapter that has lapsed, encourage them to sign back up so that they don’t miss out on this opportunity.</div>
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In a last note about the Hopper Conference, I would be remiss if I did not address the uproar about the remarks made by Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. In case you missed it, in response to a question asked by Maria Klawe (president of Harvey Mudd College and member of Microsoft’s Board of directors), Nadella said that women should not ask for pay raises (in truth, he said nobody should ask for raises, but Maria’s question was specifically about women). He said he trusted in the review system, and that if someone’s work is good it would eventually be rewarded. As you can imagine, the conference and the web lit up, followed soon thereafter by all other forms of media as well.</div>
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Here are my thoughts on this matter:</div>
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1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span>As a result of the ruckus, the Grace Hopper Celebration and the situation for women in computing got more press and more visibility than ever before. That’s a very good outcome.</div>
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2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span>The situation provided a great opportunity for people to talk about the fact that meritocracy does not work when there is implicit bias. Nadella may think that the Microsoft review process is fair and unbiased, but given that women in tech in the U.S. earn only $0.86 for every $1.00 earned by men, he should seriously research what the actual numbers are for Microsoft, and then adjust salaries accordingly.</div>
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3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span>This incident provided a very valuable lesson for the students at the conference. The companies recruiting at Hopper are trying very hard to improve their diversity statistics. The conference gives them access to a lot of women job candidates, and they treat the students very well (fancy swag, food, private events, interview booths, raffles, etc.). It would be easy for the students to be deluded into thinking that everything is great now in the tech world and women are always well treated. Nadella’s comments serve as a reminder that women entering the field still have to be prepared to advocate for themselves when they negotiate starting salaries and subsequent raises.</div>
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4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span>I don’t doubt for a minute that Nadella, along with many other tech CEOs right now, considers himself a strong advocate for women in computing. He is noteworthy for being the first tech CEO of that level to come to Hopper, and he spent a lot of time there. He still has some things to learn, as do many people in this field. As we know, there are many hearts and minds that need to be changed, and more to be learned by even some of our best allies.</div>
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Thanks, as always, for supporting ACM-W and women in computing. We still have a ways to go in our efforts.</div>
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~Valerie Barr, ACM-W Chair</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span>Applauding Livermore Women in Computing</h5>
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A new project of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Women's Association recognizes the technical and administrative of women at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Read more this project and women it recognizes <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1236_com_zimbra_url" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://drupal.women.hosting.acm.org/ACMW-Webpage/Newsletters/Articles/2014-10-applauds_project_girill.pdf" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span>Research Focus: Learning Game Design Characteristics through the Study of Flow and the Elemental Tetrad in the World of Warcraft & Minecraft. By Dr. Quiana Bradshaw, DCS</h5>
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Dr. Quiana Bradshaw researches the design of education games. Learn more about her latest work read the full article <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1237_com_zimbra_url" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://drupal.women.hosting.acm.org/ACMW-Webpage/Newsletters/Articles/2014-10-Bradshaw-Quiana.pdf" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span>Introduction to Computing Summer Camp. By Jessica Xiang and Sara Xiang</h5>
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The AspireIT Middle School Outreach Program by the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) introduces middle school girls to computer science through innovative curriculum lead by near-peer high school and college students. For more information about this program, read the full article <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1238_com_zimbra_url" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://drupal.women.hosting.acm.org/ACMW-Webpage/Newsletters/Articles/2014-10-Xiang_summer_camp.pdf" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;">The ACM-W Chapters project leaders met many chapter leaders at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. O</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ne woman </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">told us to give Zarina (at ACM Headquarters in New York City) a big hug for all of the help with setting up her chapter. Remember that ACM @NYC can give you one-on-one help in chartering a chapter, in writing the brief annual report, etc. In fact, there is a wonderful one-on-one webinar for all new chapters. For more information, email </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1239_com_zimbra_email" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma;"><a href="mailto:chartering@acm.org" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">chartering@acm.org</a></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">All India Celebrations of Women in computing conference at Goa University on 26th September.</span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">See details in </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1240_com_zimbra_url" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://drupal.women.hosting.acm.org/ACM-W-Connections-2014-10" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">October issue of ACM-W Connections</span></a></span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Announcements</span></b></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 3rd Annual International Women’s Hackathon at Grace Hopper and Around the World on <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1241_com_zimbra_date" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer;">Oct. 11, 2014</span>.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Microsoft Research is accepting applications for the 2015 Microsoft Research Graduate Women's Scholarship Program.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Would you like to contribute an article to the ACM-W Newsletter? With a distribution list reaching thousands of ACM-W members, contributing to the newsletter is a wonderful opportunity to share ideas and information across a wide audience. Submit a proposal for an article <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1242_com_zimbra_url" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://women.acm.org/submit" style="color: darkblue; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://women.acm.org/submit</a></span>.</span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03732715550284382112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022671956115045237.post-39344218647732551082014-08-07T08:03:00.001-07:002014-10-16T08:56:42.524-07:00Women in Bioinformatics Panel at ACM-BCB 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Announcing the Women in Bioinformatics panel at ACM-BCB 2014! There was a great discussion at last year's conference, and this year promises to be even better.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">As a woman working in biomedical informatics (BMI), what are the </span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">top three factors </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">you consider important for a productive career?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">What are the emerging topics in BMI? How do you choose which directions/collaborators/projects to follow?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">If you are in academia: how do you successfully secure (external) funding? Also, how do you balance research vs. teaching vs. service?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">What would you do differently in your early career if you had a do-over?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">How important to career development is willingness to change institutions?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">How can more women attain leadership roles in BMI?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">Do you have a mentor in your career? Do you want to serve as a mentor for young women in biomedical informatics? Are there mentorship programs which help prepare students for different careers?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">Beyond science, what are the essential skills students or post-docs should acquire to pursue research in BMI?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">Are there different skill sets required for industry versus academic positions? How competitive are positions in industry versus academia?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">What are the steps towards success in industry or academic careers?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.2000007629395px;">How do you balance work and family as a professional woman working in biomedical informatics?</span></li>
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The panel will be from <b>12-1pm on Monday, September 22, 2014</b> at the ACM-BCB conference in Newport Beach, CA. Please visit the conference website for more information: <a href="http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/ACM-BCB2014/index.html">http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/ACM-BCB2014/index.html</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03732715550284382112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022671956115045237.post-49247824614679635462013-02-25T12:52:00.000-08:002014-10-16T08:56:58.475-07:00Join us on LinkedIn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Women-in-Bioinformatics-4872415?gid=4872415&trk=group-name"><b><span style="color: blue;">Join our LinkedIn group: Women in Bioinformatics</span></b></a><br />
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For those of you unfamiliar with Linkedin, Linkedin is a social networking site for people holding and seeking professional occupations. LinkedIn allows members to network and maintain those contacts online through <i>Connections. </i>Members may post their resumes, design a candidate profile, be notified of job postings from companies they <i>follow</i>, and can save jobs they would like to apply for. Likewise, employers may search for members and view their profiles. More importantly employers can see <i>mutual connections</i> that they and the member might share, allowing the employer to discover which of his/her existing contacts can introduce them.<br />
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The LinkedIn Women in Bioinformatics group will allow group members to be <i>connected</i>, share information on relevant job postings and other news, and most importantly it will build a strong specialized network among women working in bioinformatics and computational biology. Employers will be able to<i> </i>use the search engine to search for 'Women in Bioinformatics', and as a member your profile/resume will be available for display. Ultimately, this makes you more accessible to employers/network contacts via LinkedIn and moreover via popular search engines. </div>
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