Women Rock IT
One woman’s career journey from student to cybersecurity professional
This guest post was written by Samantha Symonds, Cisco Cybersecurity expert in RTP, and a recent speaker in our Women Rock-IT series. To hear more from Samantha, click here: I started out thinking I would be a lawyer. Unfortunately, my all-girls high school offered no technical courses, so…
How Women-Rock IT Empowers Women to Pursue STEM
This guest post was written by Emma Reid, global marketing manager, Cisco Networking Academy Corporate Affairs, Asia Pacific & Japan at Cisco and recent winner of the ARN Women in IT Awards. In 2014, experts across Asia Pacific recognized a troubling trend — a growing number of female students…
A Lifelong Journey of Education and Science
This post is written by guest blogger Maha Achour. Achour is the founder and CEO of Metawave. She has a PhD in theoretical physics from MIT. Achour is a global thought leader on the millimeter wave and the future of autonomous driving and wireless communications. To hear more from Achour please joi…
How Innovations in Indonesian Aquaculture Reduce Wastewater and Increase Yield
This post was written by guest blogger Azellia Alma Shafira. Alma Shafira is a final year business student who loves to explore new things. She has won several medals in equestria, led the press organization both in high school and university, co-founded a creative house called BikinBareng Creative,…
Data, Privacy and You: How To Manage Data Privacy and Teach It to Children
Last week I was humbled by the opportunity to share my career and my love for the Privacy world with more than 3500 students as part of the Women Rock IT series. Prepping for the presentation was a good moment to sit back and reflect about my professional journey so far and the connection between wh…
Captaining Shark-Detecting Drones in Australia
This post was written by guest blogger Jackie Dujmovic, CEO of Hover, UAV, a drone systems management business that is fundamental to some of the largest civil drone programs in the world. Her unwavering passion for marine conservation got Hover UAV involved with the NSW state government for trial t…
How a Research-Driven Approach to Drones Can Help Us Save Lives
This post was written by guest blogger Gemma Alcock. Gemma is an award-winning innovator and respected thought-leader in the use of drones for emergency response and public safety. Gemma was recently selected in a prestigious competition as the woman making the most difference in drones for search a…
Why Empowering Female Designers Can Improve Health Outcomes
This post was written by guest blogger Dr. Ramanujam who is the Robert W. Carr Professor of Biomedical Engineering, a faculty member in the Global Health Institute and Dept. Pharmacology and Cell Biology and the founding director of the Center of Global Women’s Health Technologies at Duke University…
The Life Changing Potential of Artificial Intelligence
This blog post was guest-written by Annie O’Rourke, CEO of Digital Workforce Australia and 89 Degrees East. She will be guest speaking about ‘Addressing real world problems with Artificial Intelligence’ session of the Women Rock-IT series on 17 October. To sign up for this or other webinars in the s…
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