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Celebrating International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month

Happy (early) International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month from WHPC!   March is a time to celebrate women’s achievements, to educate and learn about women’s history, and to renew our collective commitment to advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion in every aspect of our work and lives. This March, we are unveiling our special edition…

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Finding Your People in High Performance Computing

Finding Your People in High Performance Computing We are so pleased to collaborate with the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) to help people connect with Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC). In their latest blog, EuroHPC features Valeria Ospina, who shares insights from her journey from physics to HPC. As a woman…

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Mentoring in the WHPC Community

Mentoring in the WHPC Community WHPC is once again kicking off a mentoring cohort, starting January 23, 2026 (see our mentoring page for more details). As always, we are in need of mentors to help strengthen our community and provide guidance to those facing challenges. If you are looking for a way to invest in…

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SC25 Reflections

The WHPC community once again came together for a week of connection, support, and fun at Supercomputing 2025. There were a number of formal and informal events, from our workshop and BoF, to diversity day and networking reception. Workshop Recap The WHPC workshop at SC25 had an awesome turnout with many coming together to align…

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Announcing the WHPC Travel Fellows for SC25

  Ayesha Shafiuddin and Malika Muradi have been selected as recipients of WHPC’s 2025 Travel Fellowships and will attend the WHPC@SC25 Workshop to present their research.   Celebrating our 2025 WHPC@SC25 Travel Fellowship Recipients The WHPC Travel Fellowships aim to empower rising talent in the high-performance computing (HPC) community by supporting their attendance at major…

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WHPC@SC25 Call for Submissions!

WHPC@SC25 Call for Submissions!   Exciting news! The Call for Participation for WHPC@SC25 is officially OPEN!   I’m so pleased to let you all know that submissions are now being accepted for our 23rd international Women in HPC workshop, which will take place at SC25 in St. Louis, Missouri this November! This year’s theme is…

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WHPC Chapters and Affiliates at ISC25

WHPC Chapters and Affiliates at ISC25! I’ve just returned from ISC25 in Hamburg, and I’m still buzzing with energy after such an incredible conference! One thing that really stood out to me was the increased engagement from the WHPC community. We offered more networking opportunities than ever – and you all showed up in full…

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WHPC Next Mentoring Cohort starting 14 July

With the current cohort winding down, we want to solicit applicants to the next cohort. https://womeninhpc.org/community/mentoring In particular, we want to encourage mentors to apply as they are always in short supply. If you have any doubts or questions about what it means to be a mentor, please email Jay Lofstead (lofsteadjaywork@gmail.com) and he will…

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WHPC@PEARC25 – Call for Participation

WHPC@PEARC25 – Call for Participation For the second year, WHPC will be holding a workshop at PEARC25 (Columbus, OH, USA). As with all our workshops and events, our goal is to cultivate competencies geared towards appreciating the value of a diverse workforce and establishing an inclusive environment that welcomes all Humans. This workshop, titled “WHPC:…

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WHPC Poster Authors Awarded Fellowships to Present at HPCKP25 in Barcelona

WHPC Poster Authors Awarded Fellowships to Present at HPCKP25 in Barcelona Safae Bourhnane and Sowmya Shree Awarded HPCKP25 Fellowships to Present at Annual HPC Meeting in Barcelona Safae Bourhnane, from the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) in Germany, and Sowmya Shree, from the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in India,…

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Women’s History Month

At WHPC, we’re committed to creating a community that empowers women and individuals from marginalised groups in High Performance Computing, AI and Quantum fields. This Women’s History Month, we are delighted to see several of our amazing volunteers being recognised in the SC Conference Series ‘Women Igniting Innovation in HPC’ initiative, led by Cristin Merritt,…

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