WiCS aims to bring together women and men who support the advancement of womxn in computer science in academia and in industry.
We support and encourage prospective computer science majors and provide direction and assistance to current computer science students.
Our network connects womxn undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs and faculty to a social community, mentorship, professional opportunities and each other.
Feb 19, 2020
On Februaru 19th, WiCS hosted a panel of speakers to help students decide whether or not they should go to graduae school. The speakers included Xiao Lim, Alicia Thilani Singham Goodwin, Emily Allaway, and Brenda Yang. They talked about their experiences and discussed the pros and...
Nov 21, 2019
On November 25th, WiCS hosted a lunch with Professor Bauer. Discussion topics included his research in Natural Language Processing (a class he has taught at Columbia many times), as well as the Computer Science curriculum at Columbia and how it can be improved to add more...
Nov 21, 2019
On October 17th, WiCS hosted a panel of 5 Bloomberg engineers, who shared their experiences of working at Bloomberg. They particularly emphasized Bloomberg philanthropy and the focus of the company on giving back to society. They also elaborated on the corporate structure, which is extremely flat...
We organize tours, tech talks and (of course) lunches at the offices of the best companies in Manhattan. If your company would like to set up a site visit with us,
send us a note.
We welcome any collaborative event, from tech talks to study breaks! If you would like to sponsor an event on Columbia's campus to connect students with opportunities at your company, raise awareness about the cool things you're doing, hold mock interview sessions or just have coffee and cupcakes with us, let us know.
Every year in early April, we host a networking dinner for Columbia women in computer science, alumni, and corporate guests. We would be happy to have you too, whether as a sponsor or an invited guest!
WiCS hosts a number of academic and social events throughout the school year, including lunches with faculty, study breaks, and mentorship activities. We also try to send as many students as possible to the Grace Hopper Conference. If you are interested in sponsoring one of these events or providing scholarships to Grace Hopper, definitely get in touch!
Do you have a job you would like to broadcast to our members? Please visit our LinkedIn group and post the job as a discussion.
President
CC 2021
Vice President
CC 2022
Operations Chair
CC 2022
Co-Treasurer
SEAS 2022
Co-Treasurer
CC 2021
Publicity Chair
SEAS 2021
Publicity Chair
CC 2023
Social Media Chair
CC 2021
Corporate Chair
SEAS 2021
Corporate Chair
CC 2021
Corporate Chair
CC 2021
Corporate Chair
SEAS 2022
Academic Chair
PhD
Academic Chair
BC 2021
Academic Chair
PhD
Academic Chair
SEAS 2022
Academic Chair
SEAS 2023
Community Chair
BC 2021
Community Chair
BC 2022
Diversity Chair
BC 2022
Diversity Chair
CC 2021
Diversity Chair
BC 2022
Diversity Chair
SEAS 2022
Community Chair
CC 2021
Community Chair
CC 2021
Publicity Chair
SEAS 2023
Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of CS
CS Department Chair & Director of the Speech Lab
Associate Professor of CS
Director of the Cryptography Lab
Henry and Gertrude Rothschild Professor of CS
Director of the Institute for Data Sciences & Engineering
The WiCS Board holds Weekly Meetings to plan and discuss upcoming events and programs.