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Hava Dedić, a Software Engineering student at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), International University of Sarajevo, was awarded the ACM-W Scholarship for Attendance of Research Conferences by the Association for Computing Machinery’s Council on Women in Computing (ACM-W). Established in 2013, the ACM-W Scholarship supports women in computer science and related programs …

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Tea Dedić, CSE student, was featured in the ACM Scholar Spotlights series by ACM-W Europe following her participation in womENcourage 2025 in Brașov, Romania. Tea received the 2025 ACM-W scholarship to attend the conference. In her spotlight, Tea shared her experience presenting a poster on promoting gender equality in cybersecurity through education and mentorship, participating …

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On November 7, 2024, the Sarajevo ACM-W Professional Chapter organized the third edition of its annual cybersecurity awareness event at the International University of Sarajevo, marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The event was organized in collaboration with MIBO Komunikacije Sarajevo and Cisco Systems. The event was open to all genders. The event featured talks on the …

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Soundharya Parashuram, CSE student, was featured in the ACM Scholar Spotlights series by ACM-W Europe following her participation in womENcourage 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Soundharya received the 2024 ACM-W scholarship to attend the conference. At womENcourage 2024, Soundharya co-presented a poster on academic career perception of bachelor students in computer science, contributing to the chapter’s …

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On October 30, 2023, the Sarajevo ACM-W Professional Chapter organized the second edition of its annual cybersecurity awareness event at the International University of Sarajevo, marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The event was organized in collaboration with MIBO Komunikacije Sarajevo and Cisco Systems Internetworking d.o.o. Sarajevo. The event was open to all genders. Resad Rovcanin from …

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On April 26-27, 2023, the Sarajevo ACM-W Professional Chapter organized Girls in ICT Sarajevo 2023 at the International University of Sarajevo, marking the International Day of Girls in ICT. This was the second edition of the event. The event was open to all genders. The two-day program included panel discussions, technical workshops in various IT …

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The Sarajevo ACM-W Professional Chapter celebrated International Women’s Day 2023 by organizing two workshops at the International University of Sarajevo: a robotics workshop and a web development workshop. The workshops were open to all genders. The workshops provided hands-on experience for participants, covering basic robotics concepts and web development fundamentals. International Women’s Day is an …

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On December 23, 2022, the Sarajevo ACM-W Professional Chapter organized a Robotics for Kids workshop at the International University of Sarajevo. The workshop was open to all genders. The workshop was designed and led by students Ilma Kliko, Fahira Delalić, Fikreta Turanović, and Nurdžihana Šahinović. Participants were children aged 6 to 14, introduced to the …

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On October 18, 2022, the Sarajevo ACM-W Professional Chapter organized its first cybersecurity awareness event at the International University of Sarajevo, marking Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The hybrid event brought together representatives from Cisco Systems, MIBO Komunikacije, and Deloitte from Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as online participants from Spain, Portugal, and Azerbaijan. The event was …

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Amal Mersni, Chapter Chair, was featured in the ACM-W Europe October 2022 newsletter as part of the chapter spotlight series. In her feature, she shared her journey of establishing the Sarajevo ACM-W Professional Chapter, the first ACM-W professional chapter in Bosnia and Herzegovina, after moving from Ukraine to Bosnia and Herzegovina. She described being inspired …

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