Growing up in India, Dr. Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer listened to her mother talk about her work as a physics professor who taught electronics, and it piqued her interest in engineering. She calls this a position of both privilege and good fortune, in that having a female role model so highly educated was not the norm. While at the time, the concept of education in India was seen … [Read more...] about WIE From Around the World: Applying Machine Learning to Health Care: Improving access for all
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WIE From Around the World: My Experience as the Chair of an IEEE WIE Affinity Group
I was appointed chair of the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group of the College of National University of Sciences and Technologies at the Pakistan Navy Engineering College (NUST-PNEC) on 5 June 2020 amid lockdown due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. It was a great honor for me to become the leader of an international Society where my leadership and team management … [Read more...] about WIE From Around the World: My Experience as the Chair of an IEEE WIE Affinity Group
Women to Watch: Boundless Energy
When Dr. Giovanna Oriti was asked to serve as general chair of the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) for 2021, she initially declined. “I’m a perfectionist, and I knew this role could be really stressful for me,” she recalls. Realizing she would be the first woman to hold this leadership role, however, Oriti changed her mind. “I saw I had a unique … [Read more...] about Women to Watch: Boundless Energy
