We are preparing for the eighth round of the Women in Music Information Retrieval (WiMIR) mentoring program, to begin in February 2024. We kindly invite previous and new mentors and mentees to sign up for the upcoming round through the signup forms linked below.
The WiMIR mentoring program connects women, trans, and non-binary students, postdocs, early-stage researchers, industry employees, and faculty to more senior women and allies in MIR who are dedicated to increasing opportunities for underrepresented community members. Mentors will share their experiences and offer guidance to support mentees in achieving and exceeding their goals and aspirations. By connecting individuals of different backgrounds and expertise, this program strengthens networks within the MIR community, both in academia and industry.
Time commitment: four remote meetings between February and the end of August 2023.
Who is eligible?
- Women, trans, and non-binary undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, early-stage researchers, industry employees, and faculty may sign up as mentees.
- Members of other underrepresented groups may sign up as mentees, pending the availability of mentors. This includes people of any gender who belong to a group that is underrepresented either at large in the ISMIR community (e.g., the Global South) or in the MIR community in your own country (e.g., an ethnic or racial group).
- Graduate students, industry employees, researchers, and faculty of any gender may sign up as mentors.
- Those who meet the criteria for both mentor and mentee roles are welcome to sign up as both.
Sign up to GET a mentor: https://forms.gle/bqcevqrtpTnaAkPJ7
Sign up to BE a mentor: https://forms.gle/hktTmSrJC1UFGwhY7
Mentor/mentee matches will be announced in February 2024. If you want to join the program after the deadline, please fill out the form or email us.
More information on the program: https://wimir.wordpress.com/mentoring-program/
Questions? Email wimir-m…@ismir.net
WiMIR mentoring 2024 organizers:
- Francesca Ronchini
- Yun-Ning (Amy) Hung
- Michael Mandel
- Zafar Rafii
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