Engaging Women in Computer Science - Past, Present and Future

This short paper presents an informal, personal view of factors that may help - or prevent - women to embrace careers in computing. Based on the author's professional and personal experience, it mixes facts with conjectures on how we may work towards a more gender-diverse future, with the help...

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Main Author: Claudia Bauzer Medeiros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios en Informática 2019-08-01
Series:CLEI Electronic Journal
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Online Access:http://www.clei.org/cleiej/index.php/cleiej/article/view/467
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spelling doaj-c79570a749f443dbacc25085c46d1ba12020-11-25T02:57:42ZengCentro Latinoamericano de Estudios en InformáticaCLEI Electronic Journal0717-50002019-08-012221:11:310.19153/cleiej.22.2.1467Engaging Women in Computer Science - Past, Present and FutureClaudia Bauzer Medeiros0Instituto de Computaçao - Universidade Estadual de CampinasThis short paper presents an informal, personal view of factors that may help - or prevent - women to embrace careers in computing. Based on the author's professional and personal experience, it mixes facts with conjectures on how we may work towards a more gender-diverse future, with the help of scientific societies.http://www.clei.org/cleiej/index.php/cleiej/article/view/467computing careerprofessional experiencescientific societieswomen in computing
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Engaging Women in Computer Science - Past, Present and Future
CLEI Electronic Journal
computing career
professional experience
scientific societies
women in computing
author_facet Claudia Bauzer Medeiros
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title Engaging Women in Computer Science - Past, Present and Future
title_short Engaging Women in Computer Science - Past, Present and Future
title_full Engaging Women in Computer Science - Past, Present and Future
title_fullStr Engaging Women in Computer Science - Past, Present and Future
title_full_unstemmed Engaging Women in Computer Science - Past, Present and Future
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publisher Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios en Informática
series CLEI Electronic Journal
issn 0717-5000
publishDate 2019-08-01
description This short paper presents an informal, personal view of factors that may help - or prevent - women to embrace careers in computing. Based on the author's professional and personal experience, it mixes facts with conjectures on how we may work towards a more gender-diverse future, with the help of scientific societies.
topic computing career
professional experience
scientific societies
women in computing
url http://www.clei.org/cleiej/index.php/cleiej/article/view/467
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