Upcoming Events
NVIDIA x GCL CAREER ROUNDTABLE
NVIDIA and GirlsComputingLeague are collaborating to host a virtual career roundtable with female engineers and technical executives: apply here! An excellent networking opportunity for minority-identifying college students!
Career Roundtable Application Deadline
February 17th
Career Roundtable
February 24th, 6-7pm EST
2021 Workshops
Workshops – 2021
All the current and future workshops from in 2021
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GCL Scholars November – 2021
Math in Computer Science
Workshop Dates: November 7th, 14th, 21st from 7 – 8 PM EST
Difficulty: ★☆☆
Engagement: ★★☆
Target Audience: Any
Teacher: Isabela Ortiz
The role of Maths in CS can sometimes sound scary, however, in this workshop, we’ll discover that the simplest operations can make huge things.
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Scratch High-Level Programming Language
Workshop Dates: Nov.29 and 30th at 4-5 pm EDT
Difficulty: ★☆☆
Engagement: ★☆☆
Target Audience: Elementary – Middle School
Teacher: Basilia Oferbia
In these sessions, you will learn how to be a scratch coding wiz! Firstly, we will go over what the scratch coding language is. Secondly, we will create our own games! Lastly, we will have a fun competition day.
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GCL Scholars October- 2021
Intro to Front-End Development
Workshop Dates: October 1st and 2nd 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM KST
Difficulty: ★★☆
Engagement: ★★☆
Target Audience: High School and Up
Teacher: Berkeley C
In this workshop, you will learn about basic web development. We will be going over how to make your own online portfolio which you can share after the workshop! Learning HTML/CSS can be simple and easy, hope to see you there!
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Intro to Python
Workshop Dates: October 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th from 4 – 6 PM EST
Difficulty: ★☆☆
Engagement: ★★☆
Target Audience (but not restricted to): Elementary – Middle Schoolers
Teacher: Nandana Kulasekhar
Python is a computer language that everyone can learn and a great way to get into the world of computer programming! These sessions will teach students the basics of python, the types of variables, and the different data types in python as well as how we can use them in everyday life!
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Intro to Polymers
Workshop Dates: October 1st and 8th from 2 – 3 PM CST
Difficulty: ★★☆
Engagement: ★★★
Target Audience: Middle – High School
Teacher: Allison Peterson
Polymers are a useful chemical made up of many repeating units. They make up many plastic materials that we all use everyday! There are also polymers that occur naturally in nature. In this workshop, we will cover the basic structure and characteristics of polymers, examples of common polymers, and how they are affecting the world today.
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GCL Scholars September – 2021
R and Data Science Workshop
Difficulty: ★★☆
Engagement: ★★☆
Target Audience: Elementary – Middle School
Teacher: Samin Charepoo
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GCL Scholars August – 2021
Discovering the World of Algorithms
Difficulty: ★☆☆
Engagement: ★☆☆
Target Audience: Any
Teacher: Isabela Ortiz Rodriguez
Programming has never been as difficult as we were told. It is our own world, but designed by ourselves on a computer. In this workshop we’ll learn the meaning of a confusing word called “algorithm”, which is just a series of steps. A series of steps as simple as the one we use when baking something. To learn, we’ll go over other interesting contents that will help us to understand better.
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What the Heck is a Career in Tech?
Difficulty: ★☆☆
Engagement: ★☆☆
Target Audience: Any
Teacher: Selma Chamime
Curious about what kinds of jobs there are in the tech field? What kind of experiences do you need to apply to different tech jobs? We will discuss the careers and focuses of various jobs in the tech industry. It is a broad and diverse field that needs people of all skill sets and interests, not just coding and math skills.
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Eye Health and its Relation to Genetics and Habit
Difficulty: ★☆☆
Engagement: ★★☆
Target Audience: Middle Schoolers
Teacher: Swathi Badrinarayanan
Our eyes are often thought of as the most powerful cameras in the world, but are they really? Many of us suffer from refractive eye issues: myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, etc. In this workshop, we will go over how these eye issues develop, their relation to genetics and our habits, how they are diagnosed (including new methods to do with Artificial Intelligence!), and preventive measures (including vision therapy!).
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GCL Scholars July – 2021
Careers in Tech
Difficulty: ★☆☆
Engagement: ★★☆
Target Audience (but not restricted to): Middle – High Schoolers
Teacher: Berkeley C
This workshop is to help excite and inform everyone about the vast world of computer science! We will be talking about high school opportunities, building up a good college resume, different Computer Science careers, and ANYTHING else you’d want to talk about. This workshop will be based on your wants and curiosities, so sit back and watch or come in with a few questions you’d like to ask. In the following sessions for this workshop we will also focus on what it is like being a woman in a professional CS environment and college advice. We will be exploring different opportunities under the umbrella of tech and talk about the college experience as well. Hope to see you there!
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Introduction to R and Programming Overview
Difficulty: ★☆☆
Engagement: ★☆☆
Target Audience: Any
Teacher: Woomy Michel
Are you interested in math? How about tech? What about both 
? During this interactive session, I will inform participants of the various careers and opportunities that exist within math and technology. I hope to provide students with helpful tips on how to succeed in industries and combat imposter syndrome in the workspace. For the second half of my workshop, I will be hosting a beginner-friendly crash course on R and Python programming, where participants will learn how to write simple, yet fun commands in either language.
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Cybersecurity
Difficulty: ★☆☆
Engagement: ★★☆
Target Audience (but not restricted to): Elementary – Middle Schoolers
Teacher: Ayesha Nadeem
In this interactive workshop, students will learn about cybersecurity as a term and as a profession. They will walk away with a better understanding of vulnerable devices, common cyber threats, browser fingerprinting. Website security, tracking and fingerprinting, passphrases, and passwords’ strength will also be covered using fun short clips and activities.
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Ethics of AI: How to get Empowered, Not Overpowered, by AI
Difficulty: ★☆☆
Engagement: ★★☆
Target Audience: Any
Teacher: Sujay Sundar
With a world being completely revolutionized through the use of Artificial Intelligence, there have been many concerns of AI being used unnecessarily or unethically. There have also been many conspiracy theories related to how AI might evolve to become human-like and adopt the same negative qualities humans have and many doubts have risen through critical thinking. Will there be a robot takeover? Will AI leverage data against us? Will privacy still be a priority? Or will biased algorithms still be used in hospitals or banks? This workshop will be an interactive session to completely let out what you are thinking about the future of AI and how it might align/not align with your moral principles. No technical knowledge or AI experience is required as this will be a round-table discussion, rather than a lesson or lecture.
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GCL Scholars August – 2021
Previous Workshops
Workshops – 2019 & 2020
All the previous workshops conducted in 2019 and 2020
GCL 2020 Virtual Series
A joint webinar covering the basics of resources, strategies, and tips for getting into competitive math and programming.
August 8, 2020
Competitive Math and Programming
Competition math and coding turn STEM subjects into much more.
August 8, 2020
Machine Learning Workshop
An informative set of 8 sessions across 4 weeks that introduces the basic concepts of Machine Learning and Deep Learning through interactive sessions.
July 11, 2020
Robotics Webinar
A 2-hour long webinar discussing the basics of FTC/FLL, including building, programming, outreach, project guidelines, and more.
October 31st, November 7th, November 14th
App Development Series
Ready to become the future of our world? Well, come and join us for a fun and interactive 3 weeks to build various apps and learn about the process of app development!
Previous Events
Events – 2019
All the previous events conducted in 2019 and 2020
September, 2019
InnovateGCL @ CapitalOne
Held at the brand new Capital One headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, InnovateGCL at Capital One is an 8-hour co-ed collegiate competition in which students from across the country from all disciplines can come together to apply innovative technologies to develop novel solutions to real-world problems!
May 18th, 2019
GirlsComputingLeague 2019 Gala
GirlsComputingLeague will be hosting it’s first annual Donor Appreciation Gala for both present and future donors. The event will be held at the beautiful Smithsonian Castle in DC and will serve as an excellent networking event for any technologist. We hope to see you there!
October 2019
GCL Global Coding Relay
GirlsComputingLeague is hosting its first global coding relay event for participants across the world. Unlike local events, the relay will start in a specific timeline and run for 4-6 hours in that region, the progress for participants in the first timezone will be passed onto the second and will continue around the globe. Join this spectacular event and compete with participants and developers to plan, design, and code the next greatest innovation!
Canceled Due To COVID-19
GCL Harvard AInnovation Business Summit
In an effort to expand our reach to more students and more ideas across the nation, GirlsComputingLeague attempted to work with Harvard University to host its first AInnovation Business Summit. This all-day event was going to be a competition for students to bring their best business technology start-up ideas, along with an educational workshop component to help student shape their concepts into reality!
September 19th, 2020
GCL AI Business Innovation Summit
In an effort to expand our reach to more students and more ideas, GirlsComputingLeague will be holding the AInnovation Business Summit this summer on September 19th. This virtual event will both serve as a competition and a learning event for students in middle and high school!
Previous Workshops
Events – 2017 & 2018
All the previous events conducted in 2017 and 2018
GCL AI Summit
A joint webinar covering the basics of resources, strategies, and tips for getting into competitive math and programming.
2018
GCL AI Summit
We are educating the next generation of AI Technologists, Innovators, and Leaders. AI is our future and has the potential to impact every part of our lives.
2017
GCL AI Summit
We are educating the next generation of AI Technologists, Innovators, and Leaders. AI is our future and has the potential to impact every part of our lives.
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