Women in MICCAI
Mission Statement
The mission of the Women in MICCAI (WiM) is to strengthen and widen the representation of female scientists in the MICCAI community by pursuing policies that encourage more female participation in the field and ensure fair and equitable career promotion for female faculty and students - policies that assist in overcoming implicit gender bias within the community. WiM’s activities include: the coordination with the organizers of the annual MICCAI conferences, the organization of networking events within the community particularly at the MICCAI conference on an annual basis, the development and maintenance of online discussion and promotion platforms (e.g. Twitter Facebook, LinkedIn, Googlegroups), and interfacing and advising the MICCAI board on related matters.
History
The first of a series of informal, hour-long, networking events for female scientists within the community were held at MICCAI 2015 and at ISBI 2016. Several successful workshops for Women at CVPR and Women in Machine Learning were (WiML) were recently held. Based on the discussions and issues raised at those events, a group of faculty members in the community (Tal Arbel, Parvin Mousavi, Ipek Oguz, Gozde Unal) proposed to create a “Women in MICCAI (WiM) Committee”. Dr. Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood, Fellow IBM, joined as an executive member from industry. The WiM committee was approved by the MICCAI board in October 2016. The executives of the committee change over time with founding and previous board members remaining involved as advisors. Membership is open to everyone.
WiM follows the MICCAI Code of Conduct
Contact Us
Women in MICCAI invites you to be part of our vibrant online Slack community The online community welcomes everyone in the MICCAI community to connect with peers, share experiences, and discuss topics relevant to supporting women in science, career development, mentorship, and research in medical image computing. Members can also stay up to date on WiM events, webinars, and awards.
You can contact us by email: womeninmiccai@gmail.com
Follow us on LinkedIn and X (Twitter)
Google Group for Email newsletters:
https://groups.google.com/g/women-in-miccai
women-in-miccai@googlegroups.com
Discord online community
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