Title :
Women in computer science: where have we been and where are we going?
Author :
Camp, Tracy ; Gurer, Denise
Author_Institution :
Colorado Sch. of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
Abstract :
We discuss the historical and current perspectives on women in computer science and the recent downward trend of women´s participation in this field. We then present results from a survey that asked respondents their views on why women´s participation in the field of computing is decreasing, what we can do to reverse this trend, and what they predict the future holds for women in computing. We conclude with a description of ACM-W (Association for Computing Machinery´s Committee on Women in Computing) and its on-going projects
Keywords :
computer science; employment; gender issues; history; professional aspects; ACM Committee on Women in Computing; ACM-W; computer science; future predictions; gender issues; historical perspectives; survey; women computer scientists; Computer science; Computer vision; Employee welfare; History; Mathematical programming; Mathematics; NIST; Pipelines; Programming profession; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Technology and Society, 1999. Women and Technology: Historical, Societal, and Professional Perspectives. Proceedings. 1999 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
New Brunswick, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5617-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISTAS.1999.787339
