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Last week USENIX held its first Women in Advanced Computing Summit (WiAC '12) as part of its Federated Conferences Week. Videos from the event will be on our site soon. Meanwhile, here is a list of 30 recommended links.

Women in Advanced Computing Recommended Links Roundup:

1. Strategies for a Successful Career in Computing: Máirín Duffy participated in the first USENIX Women in Advanced Computing Summit, which was held June 12, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts. She shares her (extremely thorough) notes from the event.
2. 100 Women Leaders in STEM: STEMconnector unveils the cover of its 100 Women Leaders in STEM.
3. Why aren't there more women in tech? Wrong question: This CNET article suggests we re-engineer the industry's male-dominated culture.
4. Observations From a Python Workshop: Serge Wroclawski offers a first-hand observation of the single-sex programming classroom and how the dynamic of male attendees/instructors can change the learning atmosphere.
5. Silicon Valley’s Brogrammer Problem: Mother Jones warns recruiters, "A bros-only atmosphere will hurt no one more than the startups that foster it."
6. What are the disadvantages of being a female in a male-dominated CS/engineering university?: Contributors chime in with thoughtful responses, such as, "When you land a great job, some people will tell you that your gender probably helped." Sound familiar?
7. Engineering entrepreneur calls for stepped-up efforts to mentor women in technical fields: "Karen Purcell, author of Unlocking Your Brilliance: Smart Strategies for Women to Thrive in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, argues that a lack of focus on encouraging women to enter science, technology, engineering, and math fields is a significant reason for what she says is lagging U.S. performance in fields that call for technical skills."
8. CNN's 10 Most Powerful Women in Tech: The author notes that eight out of ten are mothers.
9. NY Looks to Encourage Young Women for a Future in Tech: Microsoft’s DigiGirlz Day conference in NY emphasizes the importance of technology to girls.
10. Susan Buck empowers women in tech: "Susan Buck advises parents to get their girls involved in technology at an early age."
11. Women in tech: It's time to drop the old stereotypes: "A career in technology can be as varied, exciting and glamorous as you want it to be – and that’s not just for men."
12. Video Interview with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg: Sheryl Sandberg on being a geek, a successful working mom, and getting more women a seat at the power table.
13. Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders: TED Talk video
14. Google's Marissa Mayer: "I Really Hope More Women Enter The Field": Mayer talks to BuzzFeed Shift about gender inequality in her field an how to avoid burnout on the job.
15. Overcoming My Biggest Roadblock, Myself: Video of Google's Sabrina Farmer speaking at the USENIX Women in Advanced Computing Summit 2012.
16. Female Developers By the Numbers: Forbes runs the numbers on women in tech.
17. Evelyn Graham advises women to "Keep on Trying": In an interview with Ken Hess, the founder and President of Presynct Technologies, Inc. says women should develop people skills, build relationships, network, and treat people respectfully.
18. Dreamwidth Diversity Statement: Excerpt, "We welcome people of any gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, size, nationality, sexual orientation, ability level, neurotype, religion, elder status, family structure, culture, subculture, political opinion, identity, and self-identification. We welcome activists, artists, bloggers, crafters, dilettantes, musicians, photographers, readers, writers, ordinary people, extraordinary people, and everyone in between." Have you ever seen a better diversity statement? I haven't.
19. Why Girls Don't Want Careers In Tech: Belinda Parmar, Chairperson of Lady Geek, thinks the problem is largely one of perception.
20. 27 Female Founders In Tech To Follow On Twitter: In this 2011 list, Huffington Post rounds up some tech women who Tweet.
21. Geekwire's Geek of the Week: Julia Ferraioli, DocuSign evangelist: Ferraioli offers advice for her fellow geeks and her thoughts on the future of technology.
22. End the macho culture that turns women off science: "We are wasting an enormous pool of talent by not encouraging women to enter and stay in this discipline."
23. Want a smarter team? Just add women: Harvard Business Review (HBR) reports on a 2011 study by the two academics who aimed to find a reliable measurement of group intelligence.
24. What We Learned From Wienergate: "... Men and women are different. And we're not just talking anatomy."
25. Women in Tech: What’s Different?: This (pdf) article explains some ways women work and what that means to their roles in technical work.
26. NYT-“MEN invented the internet”: Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin offers this eloquent response to a New York Times article, saying, "What a steaming turd of an opening line in David Streitfeld's otherwise serviceable New York Times piece about the Ellen Pao/Kleiner Perkins sexual harassment lawsuit, and gender discrimination in Silicon Valley." (P.S. I love Xeni.)
27. Want more women in tech? Get more women leaders in tech: Karen Purcell asks, "Have you taken inventory of your coworkers recently? And have you noticed the lack of women, and specifically women in leadership roles within the science, technology, engineering and math (or STEM) fields? Why is that?"
28. Where the Tech is She?: "Portland’s software industry is booming. So where are all the women?"
29. Sexual Harassment at Technical Conferences: A Big No-No: Tim O'Reilly addresses the topic of sexual harassment prior to the OSCON 2011 event in Portland.
30. Can Women Succeed in the Tech Sector?: Infographic look at triumphs and barriers for tech women.

(Big thanks to everyone who contributed to this list, including Julie Miller, Carolyn Rowland, and Nicole Forsgren Velasquez.)

Do you have additions to this list? Let us know in the comments.