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Jocelyn Shen named finalist for 2023 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Collegiate Award

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by Sarah Beckmann

June 14, 2023

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Jocelyn Shen, a research assistant in the Personal Robots group, has been named a finalist for the 2023 National Center for Women + Information Technology (NCWIT) Aspirations in Computing Collegiate Award for the project titled: "Modeling Empathic Similarity In Personal Narratives."

The NCWIT Collegiate Award honors the outstanding technical accomplishments of 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. 

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