10-28-10, 7:30 pm - 110 Knight Law CenterThis month's distinguished lecture will feature Maria Klawe, President of Harvey Mudd College. WICS members have been given the unique opportunity to meet with Klawe before her talk at 3:30 pm on Thursday the 28th. Please RSVP for location.
Maria's talk will focus on gender issues with women in computer science. The abstract is as follows:
Gender and Computing
This talk explores how girls and women differ from boys and men in their uses of and attitudes towards computing technology, and how this affects career choices and technology design. From playing computer games to pursuing computing careers, the participation of females tends to be low compared to that of males. Why is this? We discuss research findings on this issue, as well as best practices for increasing and retaining the participation of females in computing
