Women In Technology - Friday Links - 26/04/2024
Hi all,
We hope this mail finds you very well enjoying the weekend and having left all work puzzles behind:)
Why do I love IT?
Every year, on the fourth Thursday of April, International Girls in ICT Day is celebrated to raise awareness about the need for more representation of women in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. This year we celebrated with three inspiring women from CERN's IT:
(More) Inspiring women
What do women hold? [...] The work of the world. And the work of being human. The memories. And the troubles. And the sorrows and the triumphs. Men do as well but not quite in the same way [...]
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jMNKrHRswQw?app=desktop
Monuments to knowledge
If your friends and family still don't get what we are doing at CERN:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCmwCkNY85g
FPGA Developers Forum 2024
For the FPGA developers, the first FPGA Developers Forum is taking place in June 11-13 at CERN and aims at creating an open community to share experience on FPGA design.
Information and registrations: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1381060/
Sexual Harassment Awareness Day in Swiss universities
The Switzerland-wide Harassment Awareness Day, launched this week, 25 April 2024, and aims to help build a harassment-free university environment.
https://universities-against-harassment.ch/en/
Carl Sagan: a song for a Sunday morning
But if we're all alone in space It'd be an awful waste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab9pSh0pm-s
Getting started with AI
General principles that make modern AI systems work and a step-by-step tutorial, by the CERN micro club:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0f61b5Ads4
Cl!mate Fresk
WIT is organising a Cl!mate Fresk this coming Tuesday. While the event is already complete, you may find facts and actions on CERN's environmental protection, in the indico page of the event:
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1397796/
Wishing you all a great weekend,
Eva for WIT-communications
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About the Women in Technology (WIT) Community: The aim of this community is to provide an environment in which women are not in the minority when interacting with technology. Our objectives are: to encourage women to play the role of expert; to provide a supportive learning environment; and to build a network between the Women in Technology here at CERN. WIT welcomes members from all genders and all technical fields. Visit cern.ch/wit