NYCWiC 2023 Recap
The ACM New York Celebration of Women in Computing (NYCWiC) took place on April 14 (Friday) and 15 (Saturday). The conference program was a mix of career guidance and cutting-edge topics from across Computer Science. The mission of NYCWiC is to “Promote the Academic, Social, and Professional Growth of Technical Women and Their Allies in New York State”, symbolically represented by the red chair.
Our lab was well-represented with five talks in a smorgasbord session on Friday afternoon (see below). This 10-minute session was composed and emceed by our lab manager Jesse Parent. This well-attended session served to engage the public and spark interest among a new generation of woman computer scientists. We also reconnected with a former lab intern (Samantha Carollo), who is ready to take on the computing world.
If you missed the conference, never fear. The Orthogonal Lab YouTube channel has got you covered, as the NYCWiC playlist features all of our contributions. Thank you to all contributors on the rich diversity of talks contributed to the session. Jesse Parent presented an introduction to the Society, Technology, and Ethics project, which is always open to new contributors. Ankit Grover and Aidan Tripodi presented “Ethical Implications of Programmatically Generated Content”. Bradly Alicea presented on “Impact of New Technologies on Open-source Projects”. Valeria Schnake presented a talk called “Law and Artificial Intelligence: privacy and gender”. Jennifer Jiang and Jesse Parent presented “Open Data, Open Science, and Diversity and Equity Initiatives (DEI)”.
