About WIE
IEEE Women In Engineering at Robotics and Automation Society (WIE-RAS)
The Women in Engineering - RAS (WIE-RAS) group was formed by the Member Activities Board (MAB) to inspire, engage and advance women in Robotics and Automation. The WIE committee organizes a series of periodic events and activities to promote the visibility of women leaders and to inspire young girls who want to get involved in engineering.
The WIE Column in the Robotics and Automation Magazine is a periodic publication that presents women's stories by means of reports and interviews. Articles can be found through IEEE IEEE Xplore®. Proposals for articles, interviews or reports can be submitted at any time by sending an abstract to the WIE committee chair, Karinne Ramirez Amaro at karinne@chalmers.se.
The WIE committee corganizes a WIE Luncheon as well as other workshops and social events. The WIE committee organizes the traditional WIE Luncheon ("Birds of a Feather") during ICRA, IROS and CASE. The event is an important opportunity to foster discussion on the role of women in robotics and automation, inspire girls and promote collaborations and initiatives to advance women leadership. One or more guest speakers share their experiences and histories as women in engineering, and young female researchers have the chance to network and speak with senior faculty members around a free lunch. Guest Speakers at our previous Women Luncheons have included:
Takako Hashimoto IEEE WIE Past Chair |
Jessica Hodgins Disney Research |
Allison Okamura Stanford University IEEE Fellow |
Robin Murphy Texas A&M University IEEE Fellow |
Nancy Amato Texas A&M University IEEE Fellow |
Lynne Parker University of Tennessee IEEE Fellow |
Melonee Wise Robot Development at Willow Garage |
Leslie Pack Kaelbling Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Maria Pia Fanti University Polytechnic of Bari IEEE Fellow |
Barbara Mazzolai Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia |
Sabine Hauert University of Bristol |
Hong Qiao Chinese Academy of Science IEEE Fellow |
Manuela M. Veloso Carnegie Mellon University |
Jing Xiao Worcester Polytechnic Institute IEEE Fellow |
Laura Margheri Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia |
Other workshops and social events are periodically organized at other robotics conferences (i.e. RSS) and at the WIE International Leadership Conference.
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