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ACM SIGCOMM 2024 Networking Networking Women Event (N2Women’24)

The 14th N2Women event at SIGCOMM’24 aims to foster professional networking among women in computer networking and related research fields in which women are traditionally underrepresented.

Its goal is to:

The workshop welcomes women, but also underrepresented minorities of any gender identity, students, and men who share the same research interests and face the same career hurdles.

EVERYONE is welcome to attend the panel and networking event!

We hope you join us for N2Women event, including panel discussions on careers in networking and mentorship sessions.

N2Women Panel Discussion & Networking

We are delighted to announce our excellent panelists:

Marilia Curado

Marilia Curado

Full Professor

Marilia Curado is Full Professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering of the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Her research interests include resource allocation and management of computer networks, resilience and energy efficiency in beyond 5G networks, and Internet of Things.

Radhika Mittal

Radhika Mittal

Assistant Professor

Radhika Mittal is an assistant professor in the ECE department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). She works in the area of computer systems and networking, focusing on system and network resource management across different contexts.

Arzani Behnaz

Arzani Behnaz

Principal Researcher

Arzani Behnaz is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research. She leads large research efforts that make significant contributions to the field of network management, focusing on automating network management and exploring different aspects of this space.

Grace Liu

Grace Liu

Assistant Professor

Guyue Liu is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Peking University. She has served on the program committees of several top networking and systems conferences and co-chaired the SIGCOMM'24 and OSDI'21 Artifact Evaluation Committees.

Our panelists will share their experiences about how they adapt to a new research environment quickly and establish connections with researchers from different institutions.

Please sign up for the events via this link: https://forms.gle/VmWPfL42Pw1Bv3D57

Participation and Travel Grants

N2Women is pleased to provide travel grants to its annual event and encourages participants to apply. The travel grants will be given to applicants who actively participate in the N2Women event by either volunteering for a conference or serving as a mentor. Priority will be given to applicants who are women, under-represented groups in their country of residence, and people with disabilities.

How to apply?

N2Women runs a joint travel-grant applications process with SIGCOMM’24. Please refer to SIGCOMM'24 travel grant page at https://conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2024/cf-travelgrant/ for information about how to apply, the format of the application, and the selection criteria. Make sure to mention in your application that you are planning to attend N2Women as a mentor or a mentee. You can indicate whether you are contributing to a conference in some way or serving as a mentor/mentee.

N2Women Organizers: