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Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas @ilyena.com · 26/02/2026

What if we designed tech for sleep needs? Our upcoming ACM TEI paper explores a smart pillow that controls audio via hugging & squeezing. Co-design with 16 participants showed that sleep onset is its own design context. ilyenahirskyjdouglas.wordpress.com/... @teiconsortium.bsky.social

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Thanks so much to everybody who attended our latest GWiCS workshop on journal editing and reviewing! And of course a very special thanks to our lovely speakers Andrew Dunn and our very own Fani Deligianni for their insights. See you all next time!

Fani, Andrew and Catherine smiling together.

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Getting involved in journal reviewing and editing can be invaluable! Come find out how at the Glasgow Women in Computing Science workshop on Wed 25th 1pm in SAWB 422. | The session is guided by Senior Publishing and Associate Editors from @royalsociety.org Open Science!

A flyer containing the same event information as the post while also giving more details about the workshop, such as the biographies of the two speakers, Andrew Dunn and Fani Deligianni

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Thanks to everybody who attended the latest GWiCS seminar and a special thank you to our fantastic speakers Fani and Lina! See you all next time 💙

The two GWiCS speakers, Fani and Lina, and the other GWiCS organisers posing infront of the projector screen.

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Save the date! The next GWiCS seminar takes place at 2pm, Wed February 4th. Lina Mohjazi will provide advice and assurance for researchers considering a postgraduate path, then Fani Deligianni will lead a discussion on the mission of GWiCS and its future!

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

The GWiCS seminar returns! Join us on Wed 22nd at 3pm in SAWB 422 for a double billing. Despoina Sampatakou and Effie Koursari, both of whom made the jump from industry to academia, will share their experiences and learnings!

Poster for the talks listing both the talk titles: Bridging Industry and Academia: Travelling Between Realms and Bridging Expertise and Leadership: Engineering a Path to Global Impact

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Our first GWiCS event of the academic year is here! We will be hosting the #IamRemarkable workshop, ran by Michelle McPhie from Morgan Stanley, which discussing the importance of self promotion in life! The workshop takes place Wed Sep 10th 3pm in SAWB 422, sign up here: tinyurl.com/yndzht9s

Poster for the event featuring information in the post

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Reminder, this is today at 5pm BST! See y'all there :)

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Our last GWiCS event of the academic year! Next Thursday @ 5pm we will be live-watching an upcoming ACM Tech Talk by Felienne Herman on how the history of programming languages, gender, feminism and CS came to be male dominated. SAWB 422 @uofglasgow.bsky.social CS Snacks and drinks included!

Poster advertising a GWiCS Live Watch Part on Thur 26th June at 5pm at SAWB 422 and on Zoom. The title of the talk is Programming for All: A Feminist Case Study for Language Design, by Prof Felienne Herman

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Another GWiCS event is coming up next Monday! Dr Sara Jabbari from the University of Birmingham School of Mathematics is here to share their efforts improving the experiences of minority staff and students in their institution! Come along on Mon 16th 11am in SAWB 423, or join on Teams!

Advert for the Glasgow Women in Computing Science Seminar, given by Dr Sara Jabbari, a Reader from the University of Birmingham School of Mathematics. The talk is on 'Improving Minoritised Staff and Student Experiences'.

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The next GWiCS event is tomorrow at 3pm in the Sir Alwyn Williams. See you there for an excellent talk, snacks and discussion!

Poster for a GWiCS Watch Party on Wed 21st May at 3pm in SAWB 423 or on Zoom. The watch party is for the talk SIR or MADAM by Dr Anne Cori about how academic privilege underpins academic careers.

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

UPDATE: This seminar is now on June 4th! We are hosting a watch party of a fantastic plenary talk by Dr Anne Cori. `SIR or MADAM' is a thorough and highly digestible dive into the ways that privilege and demographic factors shape academic careers. There will also be snacks and discussion!

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Save the date! Wednesday 21st at 3pm in SAWB 423 we are hosting a watch party of a fantastic plenary talk by Dr Anne Cori. `SIR or MADAM' is a thorough and highly digestible dive into the ways that privilege and demographic factors shape academic careers. There will also be snacks and discussion!

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Thanks so much to our two speakers for an excellent seminar about starting new research groups. @ilyena.bsky.social and Sharon Ding provided fantastic advice and introspective reflections on their experiences.

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Exciting times, the next GWiCS Seminar is coming soon! Next week on Wednesday at 3pm Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas @ilyena.bsky.social and Dr Xianghua (Sharon) Ding will talk to us about their experiences establishing new groups as research leaders. Come join us in SAWB room 423 or on Zoom!

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

We would like to celebrate #InternationalWomen’sDay by using this opportunity to thank all the women who have shared their advice, expertise and stories with the GWiCS community over the last year! More news to follow soon regarding our next seminar!

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Another fantastic seminar, with lots of great learnings and very lively discussion. Thanks to our wonderful speakers Simone Stumpf and @matthewbarr.co.uk and to the attendees. See you in the new year!

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Reminder! Our next GWiCS Seminar is tomorrow at 1pm, see you all there!

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Glasgow Women in Computer Science @gwics.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

It's the first GWiCS seminar advertised via BlueSky and our first collaboration seminar with the @uofgcompsci.bsky.social Upwards program! Come along on Nov 27th 1pm in SAWB 423 to learn how Simone Stumpf and @matthewbarr.co.uk manage time, people and projects in the hectic world of academia!

Poster with the following text:
GWiCS x Upwards Seminar
Wed 27th November 1pm SAWB 423/Zoom
Effective Time, People and Project Management
Two esteemed academics from the School of Computing Science
discuss their approach to managing their projects, teams and
demanding schedules, as well as how they assign their time in order to
keep all their projects moving steadily and sustainably.
Professor Simone Stumpf leads the Glasgow Interactive Systems
Section (GIST) and is the Principle Investigator on the PHAWM project,
bringing AI Auditing to people without technical backgrounds. Dr
Matthew Barr leads the Education and Practice (EAP) section and is
the founder of the Ada Scotland Festival, which improves gender
balance in Computing Science education across Scotland.

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