The Watson Forum is a series of (informal) interviews that seek to highlight contributions of women in the areas of numerical modelling, simulation, and programming in the context of STEM, in particular Maths, Physics, Earth Sciences and Engineering.
The Watson Forum is aimed at motivating young ladies to embark in numerical and modelling topics, and to project STEM role models to the world! Many of the interviewees have hybrid careers that combine modelling with other activities, such as experimental and field work. The videos are collected, edited, and uploaded onto a youtube channel: YouTube Channel: .
During the interview the modellers are asked a variation of these three questions:
- Describe your work as a modeller / Why are models important in your work / Why is modelling a useful tool in your work?
- What are the advantages of modelling / pursuing a modelling career / what does a model/modelling allow you to do?
- If you could send yourself a message to your teenage self, what career advice would you give yourself?
In the context of the Watson Forum, modelling is any activity that pertains to building any type of models (mathematical, geometric, computational, numerical, geological) to understand natural or manmade processes. This may include quantification, interpretation, prediction, simulation, visualisation, imitation, inspection, simplification, and many other activities related to understanding the world around us.
By highlighting the work of women in the simulation arena (in both industry and academia) we hope to increase the impact of their work, while encouraging others to pursue such careers. The Watson Forum is a project driven by Dr Adriana Paluszny (apaluszn@imperial.ac.uk). PhD student Haifa Al Salmi is a volunteer of the project and is currently the current guest editor. The 8th season of the Watson Forum is now available.
Season 1 - "I made it"
(ICL Earth)(ICL Earth)
(ICL Earth)
(ICL Earth) (ICL Earth)(ICL, now Stanford)Season 2 - "I am changing the world" (ICL, now Nottingham)(ICL Math)(ICL Bio Eng) (ICL, now Birmingham)
(Leeds)
(ICL Earth)Season 3 - "This could be me"
(PennState, BakerHughes)
(ENPC, GATech)
(UNLP, ICL Earth)
(ICL Earth)
(Oklahoma State U, ICL)
(GeoMar)
(UPC, ICL Earth)
Season 4 - "This is me"
(ETHZ)
(Technion)
(ParisENSTA) (KIT, Bergen)
(Purdue University)
(Natural History Museum)
(ICL Earth)
Season 5 - "Trust yourself"
(Grantham Institute, ICL Physics)
(ICL Earth)
(ICL Physics)
(ICL Earth)
(ICL Earth) (Wintershall)
(ICL)
Season 6 - "My future in my hands"
(ICL Physics)
(ICL Civil, Orsted)
(ICL Comp Sci)
(ICL Aero)
(Grantham Institute, ICL)
Season 7 - "I am STEM"
(ICL Earth) (ICL Earth)
(ICL Medicine)
(ICL Earth)
Season 8
(UCL Chemical Engineering)
(ICL Medicine)
