The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) has selected Ph.D student, Rrezarta Krasniqi, of the UNT Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, as a finalist for the 2023 Aspirations in Computing Collegiate Award. This award honors the outstanding technical accomplishments of 47 post-secondary, collegiate women, genderqueer, and nonbinary students at all levels. Conferred annually, the Award recognizes technical projects that demonstrate a high level of creativity and potential impact. Rrezarta Krasniqui is being recognized for her research entitled, "A Three-Pronged Approach for Detecting Highly Impactful Quality Concerns in Source Code.” Rrezarta Krasniqi is guided by faculty advisor, Dr. Hyunsook Do.
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The NCWIT Collegiate Award is sponsored by Qualcomm and Amazon.
About NCWIT: The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is a non-profit community of nearly 1500 universities, companies, non-profits, and government organizations nationwide working to increase women’s participation in computing and technology from K–12 and higher education through industry and entrepreneurial careers. NCWIT convenes, equips, and unites change leader organizations nationwide to increase the influential and meaningful participation of girls and women — at the intersections of race/ethnicity, class, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, and other historically marginalized identities — in the field of computing, particularly in terms of innovation and development. Find out more at www.ncwit.org.
About Aspirations in Computing: NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) is a sweeping national talent development initiative for women, genderqueer, and non-binary in computing, from kindergarten through graduate school and beyond. Aspirations in Computing provides year-round, high-touch, structured engagement, recognition, opportunities and encouragement, as well as lifelong peer and professional networks for thousands of technically inclined young people. Since 2007, the Aspirations in Computing Community has welcomed over 22,000 talented women, genderqueer, and non-binary students from around the country.