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Spatial Women (SpatialW) aims to actively network with female researchers in computer science and spatial science, work with conference organizers to hold networking and educational events at various conferences, and offer career development mentoring and invited talks from senior researchers in related field in academia and industry.


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Networking

SpatialW works with conference organizers to hold networking and educational events at various conferences, and maintains SpatialW mailing list to share valuable announcements.

Career Development Mentoring / Invited Talk

SpatialW connects with female senior researchers in academia and industry to offer career development mentoring.

Events

Nov. 2024

DEI event @ ACM SIGSPATIAL '24

We co-organized the DEI event at ACM SIGSPATIAL '24 with the DEI conference co-chairs, involving 44 participants, including students, 3 organizers, 10 mentors assigned in advance, and researchers from academia, industry, and national labs. We hosted a lunchtime event on Day 1, where mentors shared their experiences with junior researchers and answered their questions.

Nov. 2023

Networking session for underrepresented groups @ ACM SIGSPATIAL '23

We organized the second networking event at the ACM SIGSPATIAL '23 with 17 participants and three invited mentors, Prof. Li Xiong, Dr. Lexie Yang, and Prof. Christine Bassem. We learned valuable networking strategies and heard about mentors' career development experiences and their Ph.D. lives.


Apr. 2023

Networking session for underrepresented groups @ SIAM SDM '23

We organized a unique networking event aimed at promoting diversity in computer science. Dr. Diane Oyen from Los Alamos National Laboratory gave an invited talk and shared her insights on career development. We had the opportunity to connect with researchers from diverse backgrounds and build meaningful professional relationships while supporting diversity in the field.


Mar. 2023

Invited Talk @ Thomas Jefferson Science and Technology High School

We gave a talk entitled "A Roadmap to Becoming a Computer Scientist" to an audience of 30 individuals at the Computer Club.


Nov. 2022

Women @ ACM SIGSPATIAL '22

We had the first networking event for female graduate students at ACM SIGSPATIAL '22, gathering at the public lounge at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront hotel. We shared our experiences as female researchers from various computer science and geospatial communities.

Board of Directors

SpatialW Board of Directors are responsible to keep connections among SpatialW members, hold networking and educational events, and promote SpatialW widely in spatial science and computer science related fields. There are several positions available as below.

Jina Kim

General Chair, Webmaster

Min Namgung

General Chair

Leeje Jang

Recruitment Chair

Sofia Kirsanova

Publicity Chair

Publicity Chair

Shang-Ling (Kate) Hsu

Sponsorship Chair

SpatialW Members

Mariana Duarte

Univ. Libre de Bruxelles

Ketevan Gallagher

Univ. of Toronto

Jiawei Wei

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Haoran Wang

National Univ. of Singapore

Rowan Converse

Univ. of New Mexico

Merve Polat Kayali

Univ. of Glasgow

Betty Heller-Kaikov

Technical Univ. of Munich

Haley Anne Schwartz

Univ. of Barcelona

Emma Von Hoene

George Mason Univ.

Hrishikes Singh Yadav

Manipal Institute of Technology

Blair Mirka

Univ. of New Mexico

Emily Hou

Wellesley College

Kimberly Hsueh

Wellesley College

Daniela MariƱo Castro

Univ. of Zurich

Sidi Wu

ETH Zurich

Iveel Tsogsuren

Google

Annika Bonerath

University of Bonn

Hui Zhang

Univ. of Copenhagen

Victoria Grace Ann

Singapore Management Univ.

Qian Cao

Univ. of Georgia

Theresa Chen

Univ. of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Shang-Ling Hsu

Univ. of Southern California

Sofia Kirsanova

Univ. of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Ruochen Kong

Emory Univ.

Areeg Mostafa

Univ. of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Jiyoon Pyo

Univ. of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Zhuocheng Shang

Univ. of Riverside

Ana Uribe

Univ. of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Jiaman Wu

Univ. of California, Berkeley

Nemin Wu

Univ. of Georgia

Dr. Fatme Hachem

Univ. of Milan

Dr. Yoohyung Joo

Yonsei University

Dr. Yao Sun

Technical Univ. of Munich

Prof. Negin Alisoltani

Univ. Gustave Eiffel, Paris

Prof. Taylor Anderson

George Mason Univ.

Prof. Christine Bassem

Wellesley College

Prof. Flora Salim

Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney

Sophie Metzger

Apple