2020 Minerva Informatics Equality Award
Department of Computer Science, University College London, United Kingdom, is the winner of the fifth edition of the Minerva Informatics Equality Award for their gender equality initiatives and policies supporting the transition of female PhD and Postdoctoral Researchers into Faculty positions. The Award was presented during the 16th European Computer Science Summit (ECSS 2020) held online in October 2020. The Award celebrates successful initiatives that have had a measurable impact on the careers of women within the institution. Read the winning Award submission.
About the 2020 Minerva Informatics Equality Award
The Award is sponsored by Google and carries a prize of 5,000 EUR.
The Award is given to a Department or Faculty to be used for further work on promoting gender equality. To be eligible, nominated institutions must be located in one of the member or candidate member countries of the Council of Europe, or Israel. Institutions associated with members of the WIRE Working Group and of the Award Committee are not eligible.
The Award Committee reviews and evaluates each proposal. It reserves the right to split the prize between at most two different proposals.
Award Committee
- Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Chalmers University of Technology and Mälardalen University, Sweden (Chair)
- Ivona Brandic, TU Wien, Austria
- Sylvia Ilieva, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria
- Dympna O'Sullivan, TU Dublin, Ireland
- Olaf Owe, University of Oslo, Norway
- Alexander Serebrenik, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Click here for the 2020 Call for submissions.