Topic: Diversity

Beyond the El Capitan headlines, SC24 provided an opportunity for Livermore staff to reach the international HPC community.

High school students from Livermore and Tracy recently visited LLNL bringing participants from the two cities’ Girls Who Code programs together on-site for group activities and tours.

LLNL is participating in the 36th annual Supercomputing Conference (SC24) in Atlanta on November 17–22, 2024.

When Patrick Craig joined LLNL in April 2021, he welcomed the opportunity to engage with employee resource groups (ERGs) he identifies with and reconnect with his own identities.

With over 90 people in attendance, including those attending online and in person, the WiDS Livermore conference was once again successful in facilitating the exchange of information and fresh ideas.

Computer scientist Mark Miller works on developing scientific visualization and analysis tools. In recent years, he has become a leader in inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability within Computing.

The Lab is hosting two related WiDS events: First is a datathon on February 28, then the annual regional conference on March 13. These hybrid events are free and open to everyone.

Bradley Rodrigues has been a member of the Livermore Information Technology’s (LivIT) deployment team since August 2022. Despite not being able to hear or speak, he has found that his IT background and expertise have helped him navigate the workplace.

Lawrence Livermore is celebrating nearly a decade of bringing the Girls Who Code program to local middle and high schools. Since standing up the effort in 2016, more than 900 students have participated in the clubs, and the offerings continue to expand.

LLNL welcomed more than 145 students from the Bay Area to ‘STEM Day at the Lab’ on October 6. STEM Day is a biannual daylong interactive event focused on STEM activities for students (grades 5-8) from underserved or disadvantaged communities.

Tammy Dahlgren has worked on a diverse variety of projects at the Lab, including supervisory control systems for the National Ignition Facility, animal disease modeling, mass hierarchical storage systems, RADIUSS, and more.

LLNL’s archives recount the contributions of women who developed code during the Lab's early decades.

Ferrari leads a group of developers and quality assurance personnel who support software that runs 24/7/365.

Women data scientists, Lab employees, and other attendees interested in the field gathered at the Livermore Valley Open Campus for the annual Livermore Women in Data Science (WiDS) regional event held in conjunction with the global WiDS conference.

LLNL’s archives provide a glimpse into the career and contributions of a computing pioneer.

Tony Baylis, LLNL Office of Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Programs director and SC23 inclusivity co-chair, has devoted more than three decades to building partnerships and collaborations that exemplify the tenets of DEI.

Register by February 27 for this free, hybrid Women in Data Science event. Everyone is welcome.

An LLNL Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Carol Woodward consults on a diverse array of projects at the Lab and beyond. “It’s nice because it means I can work at the same place and not just do one thing for a long time,” she says.

Software developer Lauren Morita is improving an application for tracking and managing radioactive hazardous waste. In the APAC networking group, she also helps enhance employees’ work experience.

LLNL participates in the CMD-IT/ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference (Tapia2022) on September 7–10.

UX designer Bianca Toledo helps make government applications more human-centric, user-friendly, and aesthetically pleasing. She joined the Lab in 2019 to find meaning in her work.

Computing’s newest internship program focuses on DevOps methodologies. The inaugural class of 2021 built a persistent data services provisioning application that will soon assist real Livermore Computing users.

Many LLNL women and allies attend Grace Hopper Celebration every year to learn, to network, and to be inspired.

More than 100 LLNL staff and students gathered virtually for the first session of a new career panel series inspired by the annual Women in Data Science conference and sponsored by the Data Science Institute.

Jorge Castro Morales likes having different responsibilities at work. He says, “I’m honored to be working with a diverse team of multidisciplinary experts to resolve very complex problems on a daily basis.”