First Grad Cohort for Women Turkey is Postponed!

First Grad Cohort for Women, Turkey is postponed to a date when travel and getting together will be safe due to the situation regarding the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and the precautions taken. We are going to inform you.

Take care and stay healthy and safe.

Beykoz Kundura, İstanbul

FIRST GRAD COHORT FOR WOMEN TURKEY

ACM-W Ankara is happy to announce that we have joined our forces with inzva to jointly hold the First Grad Cohort for Women – Turkey (GCWT) event, to empower the female graduate students (MS or PhD) studying at a Turkish university in our community.

ACM is the premier organization of computer scientists and  ACM-W  supports, celebrates, and advocates internationally for the full engagement of women in all aspects of the computing field, providing a wide range of programs and services to ACM members and working in the larger community to advance the contributions of technical women. inzva is a hacker community based in Istanbul, Turkey established in 2017. Focused on Algorithm and Artificial Intelligence, inzva works to cultivate the talents of Turkish students through a series of events ranging from year-long study groups to camps.

Grad Cohort will take place in Beykoz Kundura, where we will be welcoming over 40 talented women, bringing together experienced women in field together with students, in search of answers to their questions about the challenges, they are or may be facing in the future, related to their academic and/or professional lives including selecting and developing a research topic, building an outstanding career, and achieving a healthy work-life balance. 

All female graduate students, studying in a Turkish university in the computer science field or a directly related field (e.g. Computer Engineering, Computer Technology and Information Systems, Informatics, Software Engineering, Information Systems Engineering, Computer Teacher Educations etc.) are welcome to apply.

APPLICATION

The applications we already received will be kept to be considered when the time comes and the application system will be opened for new applications.

Application Requirements

• The applicant must provide the following information, all in a single PDF file:  
  • A CV of maximum 2 pages.
  • A statement of interest of at most one page, summarizing why you would like to attend Grad Cohort for Women – Turkey and how you will benefit from it. 
  • The university email address of one academic reference (preferably, the applicant’s thesis advisor). Please note that the recommendation letter should be sent by the referee to the email address acmwankara@gmail.com, with the subject line reading ‘Recommendation for GCWT’ by the application deadline. The recommendation letter should summarize your academic accomplishments and how you will benefit from GCWT. 
  • Students in the second year of their study and beyond can also submit a poster abstract summarizing their current research, which they intend to present at the event. Please include the abstract as the last page in your application file.
  • Please write your full name in the application form’s Title field.
  • The keywords field of the application form should contain the following information in the given order: 
    • Your field of study (e.g. Computer Science, Computer Engineering etc.)
    • Your degree of study (PhD or MS)
    • Your year of study in your current degree program (e.g. first year, second year, etc.)
• The email address used to register for EasyChair by the applicant must be the student’s current university email account.
• The applications will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers, who are professionals in the field of computing. Application outcomes will be announced by March 16, 2020.

POSTERS

Students in their second year of study and beyond can also submit a poster abstract on their research during the application on EasyChair.. The abstract should be a 150-200 word summary of the student’s research, which will form the basis for the poster to be presented during the event. Accepted posters will need to be printed by the student in size A0, orientation portrait and brought to the event for presentation during the poster sessions.

TRAVEL SUPPORT AND ACCOMMODATION

BEV Foundation will reimburse accepted non-Istanbul resident students’ travel expenses determined individually based on their region of residency, and on condition that their travel support request is approved by the scholarship committee. Please select the appropriate option on the application form if you will be requesting travel support to attend the event, and remember that the fact that you apply does not mean that you are guaranteed to receive the support. 

Note that your application’s outcome will not be affected by whether you request travel support or not, the decisions for the two will be made separately.

Accommodation and meals will be provided by BEV Foundation.

VENUE

Located in a historical factory building in Beykoz Kundura, near the sea with amazing views of the Bosphorus, and a green, comforting environment, inzva is designed for comfort and productivity. 

Suitable for camps, study groups, cohorts and other events, the space offers a commodious area with minimalist design. 

HOW TO GET HERE

Located inside a historical factory building, we offer a quiet, peaceful and inspiring environment for all community members to work, stay and socialize. There are many ways to get to Beykoz Kundura, see them here.

We are located exactly here = 41.141310, 29.078505

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

FAQ

You can see the FAQs here.

CONTACT

If you have any questions about GCWT’20 and the application process, please feel free to send an email to

All participants have to abide by inzva CODE OF CONDUCT and ACM Conferences CODE OF CONDUCT.

A BEV Foundation project inzva is a non-profit hacker community organizing study and project groups as well as camps in the fields of AI and Algorithm; and gathering CS students, academics and professionals in Turkey.

All personal data you shared in this form will solely be used to determine the participants of the event and to inform the venue provider, and will be deleted as soon as we carry out our legal obligations. Therefore, by sending this form, you accept having your personal data processed and transferred to third parties that are providing services for the event (i.e. venue and transportation providers).

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