The HelloLLVM community was founded in May 2018, when technology enthusiasts working on LLVM research and development in the original HelloGCC community formed a new offline social group. By coincidence, in August of the same year, at the LLVM Developer Meeting in the Bay Area, the LLVM Foundation announced the first Women in Compilers and Tools Workshop. In the announcement post [1], Tanya Lattner of the LLVM Foundation described the goal of the WiCT Workshop:

This event aims to connect women in the field of compilers and tools and provide them with ideas and techniques to overcome barriers or enhance their careers. It also is open to anyone (not just women) who are interested in increasing diversity within the LLVM community, their workplace or university.

For years, HelloLLVM and partner communities have been committed to helping new forces — including women engineers — integrate into compiler technology faster and more solidly, and we strongly share the vision of the LLVM Foundation. In 2023, initiated by HelloLLVM community chair Dr. Ji Qiu and jointly with HelloGCC and other technology communities, we are launching the Nanpanjiang Project, dedicated to helping more women engineers achieve their personal career goals in compilers and systems software. Specifically, the Nanpanjiang Project hopes to provide the following support:

  1. Organize small training classes offering world-class compiler technology career skills training.
  2. Bring more women engineers into compiler and developer tool communities as contributors and maintainers through open source project contribution practice.
  3. Organize tech exchange events from time to time, giving outstanding women engineers in China the chance to meet face to face — or talk directly via voice — with leading figures at the global frontier.

The Nanpanjiang Project will run a series of compiler technology seminars and training classes, and plans to hold a kick-off meet-and-greet for the first cohort on the morning of April 15 (provisional). Veteran professionals from the industry will be invited to exchange ideas on technology and careers.

Five open slots are reserved for the first cohort — applications are welcome. There will be an interview and an orientation conversation after you apply. Each cohort runs for 6–12 months. Application details are as follows:

  1. Apply by email to "Ji Qiu <qiuji.odyssey@gmail.com>", and CC "Wei Wu <lazyparser@gmail.com>".
  2. Prefix the email subject with [Nanpanjiang Project] (Chinese: [南盘江计划]), and include name — city — university (or company) in the subject.
  3. Introduce yourself in the email body, covering: (a) the technical directions you are interested in; (b) the technical training you have completed or the knowledge you already have; (c) your expectations of the Nanpanjiang Project and what you hope to gain from it.
  4. The usual email reply time is two weeks. You will receive a reply whether or not you are accepted.

[1] https://blog.llvm.org/2018/08/2018-llvm-foundations-women-in.html