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Figure 5. Group photo after the event.
■ Her Excellency Sheikha Noora Humaid Al Nuaimi,
Director of AjmanX, Ajman Municipality, and planning
Department.
They are all in managerial positions with recognizable
achievements in their careers in the field of engineering
and technology.
The panelists provided examples of how to empower
women in technical roles. They all highlighted that
such a goal comes from strong self-motivation, and the
choose of the right circle of people around you. They
shared their personal experience during their postgraduate
research. Dr. Fotouh was a rising star: she provided
her practical strategy for being a mother with the
passion for research on power sector. Dr. Feda provided
a valuable experience for the young graduates about
time management. She engaged the audience a lot during
the session. Her Excellency Sheikha Noora shared
her PhD journey, and provided an interesting example
on how she is managing herself between research, work,
and family commitments.
This edition of the WiCAS event comes at the time
of celebrating the 25th anniversary of the IEEE Women
in Engineering. All speakers were very proud of the
women's achievements and mentioned that more accomplishments
must to come. Besides, the date of the
event coincided with the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
National Day celebration. All guests congratulated the
UAE researchers and professionals and, especially the
women in all research fields. At the end of the event,
all guest speakers received certificates of appreciation,
trophies and chocolates. All attendees enjoyed
the delicious buffet and received bluetooth speakers
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as WiCAS gift. After the event, all guests and organizers
went on a cruise trip.
Furthermore, two competitions that target female
researchers were announced. The " Best WiCAS Paper
Award " is one of them. All the ICECS papers with a female
first author were considered for such award, which
was eventually decided based on conference reviewers'
scores. For ICECS 2021, this award went to Patricia
Ucker Leleu da Costa, for her article titled " Boosting the
Efficiency of the Harmonics Elimination VLSI Architecture
by Arithmetic Approximations " . Additionally, another
award was assigned to the best female presenter.
A team of two judges, namely, Dr. Rida Gadhafi and Dr.
Alavikunhu Panthakkan, attended all the presentations
that were delivered by female researchers. For this
award, only in-presence presentations were accepted.
The winner of this competition was Marcel Khalifa, for
her paper titled " FiltPIM: In-Memory Filter for DNA Sequencing " .
The winner received a digital certificate and
CASS membership.
Many thanks to the Circuits and Systems society
that funded the event, and especially to Dr. Giulia Di
Capua, for her support, patience and guidance. Our
gratitude also goes to the team who shared with us
their WiCAS experiences, namely Dr. Erika Covi, Dr.
Nazila Fough, Dr. Zeinab Hijazi, and Dr. Suzanne Lancaster.
A special thanks to Dr. Fatma Taher, the ICECS
2021 General Chair, for her continuous support and
endless efforts to support and ensure the success of
the event.
Many thanks to Muna Darweesh, Fatma Taher and Giulia
Di Capua who contributed to this report.
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