International Women’s Day at King’s Informatics Department

International Women’s Day (IWD) is aimed at breaking down social barriers and creating a gender equal world. On IWD on March 8 the world comes together to celebrate women’s achievements and reinforce a commitment to women’s equality.

At King’s Informatics department we held a networking lunch that did just that! We celebrated women in STEM, networked and exchanged ideas. This event was part of the EDI activities of the events being organized by the Women in Science at Informatics (WiS@Informatics), and it was also the first in-person event this year, with over 60 attendees. During the lunch a short presentation introducing the rest of the events that are being organized this semester was held.

These events include a seminar by Sinem Gur who spoke about her life as a Software Engineer at Google. She graduated from Sabanci University in 2016 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering. She worked in a number of technology companies in Istanbul for a couple of years, before moving to London to pursue her career at Google. Sinem’s focus revolves around using her skills to help rightful merchants to manage their online profiles on Google Maps and prevent abusive users from harming the product.

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