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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Abbate, Janet
• Narasimhan, Shobhana
• Odeh, Sana
• Bedwei, Farida N
• Musse, Soraia Raupp
• Rieser, Verena

Titel

Women share highs and lows in computer science for Ada Lovelace Day

Ist Teil von

• Nature (London), 2023-10, Vol.622 (7982), p.238-241

Ort / Verlag

London: Nature Publishing Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Even before 'computing engines' were built, she recognized the potential of programming - "a new, a vast, and a powerful language... for the future useof analysis," she wrote in 1843 in her own additions to her translation of an article on an analytical engine. Computational science is often perceived as being more'woman friendly'than experimental science, because it is comparatively easy to work from home and so a good work-life balance seems achievable, yet the gender diversity hasn't improved all that much. especially in academia. When I lecture in the African School on Electronic Structure Methods and Applications workshop series, for example, I meet many students and researchers who are great scientists, but it is impossible for them to compete internationally with only a laptop. Since 2015,1 have been working to get a better grasp of the roles that social norms and institutional structures have in supporting or discouraging women in the Arab world from entering computing fields - including in academia, industry and start-up companies.