WIC @ IU

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WIC _at_ IU CSIT Symposium Presentation
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A little bit about us

• Women in Computing _at_ IU is composed of
  professors, staff, graduate, and undergraduate
  women from
• Informatics
• http//www.informatics.indiana.edu
• School of Library Information Sciences
• http//www.slis.indiana.edu
• Computer Science
• http//www.cs.indiana.edu
• Technical women at IU

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Whats the problem?
J. M. Cohoon. Toward improving female retention
in the computer science major. Communications of
the ACM, 2001. Report on the Status of Women
Indiana University-Bloomington. Office for
Womens Affairs, 2002. Science and engineering
degrees, by race/ethnicity of recipients
1991-2000. http//www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf02329/sec
tb.htm, August 2002.
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How do we get women interested in computing?
Piled Higher Deeper by Jorge Cham http//www.phd
comics.com
CMU Roadshow. http//women.cs.cmu.edu/What/Outreac
h/Roadshow/
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Dispel the geek stereotype

• CMU Roadshow
• IU Just Be

CMU Roadshow. http//women.cs.cmu.edu/What/Outreac
h/Roadshow/
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Giving students an opportunity to interact
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Who are we?
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Who are we?
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Who are we?
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What do you think people in computing related
areas are like?
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Who is the computer scientist?
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Who is the computer scientist?
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Who is the computer scientist?
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What does this person do for a living?

1. Computer Scientist
2. Rock Climber
3. Park Ranger
4. Car Salesman

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What does this person do for a living?

1. Computer Scientist
2. Rock Climber
3. Park Ranger
4. Car Salesman

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What is this persons occupation?

1. Snow Surveyor
2. Park Ranger
3. Biker
4. Computer Scientist

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What is this persons occupation?

1. Snow Surveyor
2. Park Ranger
3. Biker
4. Computer Scientist

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What is his job?

1. Climber
2. Mathematician
3. Computer Scientist
4. Rope maker

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What is his job?

1. Climber
2. Mathematician
3. Computer Scientist
4. Rope maker

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What is this persons profession?

1. Photographer
2. Actor
3. Computer Scientist
4. Super Hero

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What is this persons profession?

1. Photographer
2. Actor
3. Computer Scientist
4. Super Hero

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What does this man do for a living?

1. Explorer
2. Electrical Engineer
3. Computer Scientist
4. Doctor

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What does this man do for a living?

1. Explorer
2. Electrical Engineer
3. Computer Scientist
4. Doctor

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What do these people do?

1. Computer Scientists
2. Psychologists
3. Physicists
4. Mathematicians

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What do these people do?

1. Computer Scientists
2. Psychologists
3. Physicists
4. Mathematicians

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Who is the computer scientist?
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Who is the computer scientist?
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What can you do with computing?
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Virtual Reality Cave
Dr. Margaret Dolinsky _at_ Indiana University
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Interface Design
CHI 2004 Student Design Competition
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UbiComp
Dr. Kay Connelly _at_ Indiana University
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Graphics
Dr. Andrew Hanson _at_ Indiana University
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Information Retrieval
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Bioinformatics
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Ambient Wood
Dr. Yvonne Rogers _at_ University of Sussex
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Music Informatics
Variations 2 project _at_ Indiana University
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What can we do now?
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Contact Info

• Amanda Stephano - alstepha_at_cs.indiana.edu
• Katie Siek - ksiek_at_cs.indiana.edu

http//www.cs.indiana.edu/wic Special thanks to
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Why do we need diversity in computing?

• Program design is improved when designers better
  understand users.
• Having designers from a diversity of gender and
  ethnic backgrounds will improve designs.    

DESIGN Marcus, A (1993) Human communication
issues in advanced UIs. Communications of the
ACM, 101-109. USER STUDY Teasley, B.,
Leventhal, L., Blumenthal, B., Instone, K., and
Stone, D. 1994) Cultural diversity in user
interface design. SIGCHI Bulletin, 26(1),
36-40. Is Diversity in Computing a Moral Matter?
In Inroads, by Deborah G. Johnson Keith W.
Miller